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Megan Rafferty

Compassionate, experienced CBT-informed counselor

LPCC New Mexico

Experience
30 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Megan

Megan Rafferty draws on three decades of clinical work and training to offer guided, client-centered care rooted in cognitive behavioral principles and attachment-informed perspectives. She emphasizes practical strategies to reduce stress and anxiety while attending to deeper relationships, grief, and self-esteem concerns.

Background and approach

Megan frames sessions around the whole person, connecting thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and values to help clients navigate life changes and rebuild balance. Her approach is collaborative and grounded in respect, using nonjudgmental exploration to uncover patterns that may limit growth.

Over her career she has supported people through trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, intimacy and relationship issues, career transitions, and caregiving stress. Megan integrates mindfulness and existential themes when people seek meaning or face end-of-life and hospice concerns, and she offers coaching-style support for clients pursuing clearer life purpose.

Licensed as an LPCC in New Mexico, she brings experience as a counselor, trainer, mediator, and educator. Megan offers conversational, strengths-based therapy that aims to increase awareness, improve communication, and foster practical coping skills so clients can move toward the life they want.

Using Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Therapy

Online sessions with Megan typically draw from cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas to address both immediate symptoms and relational patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy examines early and current relational patterns to strengthen emotional regulation and intimacy in relationships.

Megan approaches treatment collaboratively, helping clients explore which methods feel most helpful for their situation. She works with each person to clarify goals and, together, selects strategies that match personal preferences and life circumstances so therapy remains practical and client-centered.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during transitions or busy periods, and they allow clients to access therapeutic support from New Mexico without traveling to an office. Sessions can be adapted to focus on skill-building, relational work, or meaning-making depending on the client’s current priorities.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Megan commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting, career questions, and compassion fatigue.
What therapeutic style does she use in sessions?
Her work blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-informed ideas, and she may incorporate mindfulness or existential reflections depending on a client’s needs.
What is her professional background?
Megan has practiced for 30 years and has experience as a counselor, trainer, mediator, and professor, which informs her skill working with individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Where is she licensed and how is she credentialed?
She is licensed in New Mexico as an LPCC with the license number NM LPCC CCMH0082181.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Clients can meet using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to what fits their schedule and preference.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesForgivenessHospice and end-of-life counselingLife purposeMidlife crisisPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Licensed

New Mexico

Languages

English