Megan Prior

Megan Prior is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. She speaks plainly and works to make the first steps feel manageable. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at giving practical tools along with emotional support.

With ten years in the mental health field, Megan has supported people dealing with depression, attachment concerns, and grief. She has experience helping those affected by trauma and people managing sleep problems, anger, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges. She adapts her work to each person’s needs rather than using a single method for everyone.

In sessions she blends several approaches to match the problem at hand. That can mean focusing on helpful behavior changes, spotting unhelpful thinking patterns, or exploring how early relationships shape current feelings. She also uses acceptance-focused strategies and skills for managing intense emotions when helpful.

Megan aims to offer concrete strategies clients can use between sessions. These may include thought-recording exercises, grounding techniques, values-based goal setting, and communication skills practice. She checks in about what is working and adjusts plans as needed.

People who choose her often want direct, compassionate guidance and tools they can try right away. To begin, she asks about goals and what feels most important to address. From there she and the client set clear next steps toward change.

Therapeutic Approaches and How They Work Online

Megan draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to create practical change. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches simple exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. Acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward what matters, even when tough feelings are present.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current reactions. That perspective helps when relationship patterns, trust, or closeness are a central concern. All of these approaches aim to give concrete skills people can try between sessions and discuss with their therapist.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Megan will ask about goals, what has helped in the past, and how you prefer to work. Together you decide which methods to emphasize and adjust them as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session formats before booking so you know what is offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support steady work on skills and goals across weeks without needing in-person visits.