Therapist profile
Megan Rafferty, LPCC
LPCC counselor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Attachment-based work
- Cognitive behavioral tools
- Grief and caregiving
About Megan
Megan Rafferty is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in New Mexico with 30 years of counseling experience. She focuses on common life stresses such as grief, anxiety, parenting strain, relationship problems, and career concerns. She also lists family and parenting among her specialties and works with issues tied to trauma, intimacy, and identity.
She uses a client-centered stance that keeps the conversation practical. Sessions often begin by naming what feels most urgent. From there she helps people notice patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior and tries out small changes to reduce stress and improve daily functioning.
Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how past relationships shape current responses. Cognitive behavioral techniques are brought in when unhelpful thoughts and habits need direct attention. Dialectical strategies can be used to build emotion regulation and coping skills when feelings feel overwhelming.
Her background includes work as a counselor, trainer, mediator, professor, and group leader. That range shows up as a practical mix of conversation, skills practice, and sometimes creative methods. She has experience with grief and end-of-life issues, caregiving stress, blended family dynamics, and relationships that do not follow traditional models.
Megan invites adults to talk through the areas that feel stuck and to experiment with different ways of responding. She frames the work as a collaborative process aimed at clearer communication, fewer reactivity cycles, and steadier coping in daily life.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current responses. Online sessions using this approach typically look at patterns in close relationships and help people practice different responses to feel less reactive. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and tests concrete changes to reduce anxiety or depression. It is useful for stress, worry, and everyday mood problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods to emphasize based on goals and what feels manageable. That means trying approaches, checking progress, and adjusting as needed rather than committing to one method at the start.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, allow brief check-ins around work or caregiving, and remove the need to be on camera for every meeting if that helps. Licensed professionals use similar techniques in virtual meetings as they do in person, with practical planning and skill practice adapted to the online setting.
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Experience
30+ years
Listed in
New Mexico
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
Megan works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, trauma and intimacy-related issues, among other life challenges.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach with practical techniques. That means conversations focus on current concerns and skills are tried in everyday life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of counseling experience, including roles as a counselor, trainer, mediator, and professor.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPCC - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor licensed in New Mexico and practices from that state.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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