Megan Bartz
Compassionate, evidence-informed care for life transitions
LMHC New York
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Megan
Megan Bartz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York who focuses on a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges like ADHD and bipolar mood management.
Background and approach
With a decade of clinical experience in both outpatient and inpatient settings, she approaches care with attention to the whole person and a practical focus on improving daily functioning and emotional well-being. She practices from a person-centered stance, emphasizing genuine connection and unconditional positive regard as central tools for change.
Megan also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients recognize how thought patterns influence feelings and behaviors, then work toward actionable shifts that produce different outcomes. Her work often addresses caregiving stress, communication problems, substance use concerns, life purpose questions, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and compassion fatigue.
Megan values collaboration and believes clients are experts on their own lives; she aims to listen closely, identify priorities, and support steps toward hope and greater self-awareness. Her style blends empathic listening with structured interventions so clients can explore meaning while learning concrete strategies to move forward.
Approaches and online care that meet you where you are
Megan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice concrete skills that change emotional responses and behaviors; this approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, offering a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can explore their experiences and values while feeling heard and accepted. Both approaches can be adapted for life transitions, relationship challenges, and coping with grief or substance use recovery.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Megan works together with each client to assess goals, preferences, and practical needs, then tailors sessions so the approach fits the person rather than forcing a single method on everyone. She aims to balance empathic support with actionable strategies based on what the client hopes to achieve.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow for flexible scheduling and continued progress from different locations. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity when in-person meetings are difficult, while still enabling the relational work and skill practice that support lasting change.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English