Megan Rafferty

Megan Rafferty is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in New Mexico with 30 years of counseling experience. She greets clients warmly and invites them to talk about struggles, pain, or situations they want to handle differently. Her style is gentle and nonjudgmental, centered on the person sitting across from her.

Megan emphasizes building emotional safety so people can explore what matters to them. She draws on client-centered and attachment-informed ideas to help individuals notice patterns and grow their strengths. Conversations often include practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship challenges.

Over three decades she has worked as a counselor, trainer, mediator, and professor. That history includes supporting people with grief and loss, life transitions, caregiving stress, and workplace conflict. She also brings experience with LGBT issues, blended family dynamics, and parenting concerns.

Megan uses a mix of approaches to match what a person needs in the moment. That can mean focusing on thoughts and behaviors, learning emotional regulation skills, or digging into personal meaning and values. Sessions often combine straightforward tools with reflective conversation.

People who meet with her can expect practical ideas and steady support as they try new ways of coping. Her aim is to help clients find balance, greater self-awareness, and clearer steps forward. She encourages curiosity and small changes that build toward longer term healing.

How these approaches shape online therapy

Megan uses attachment-informed and client-centered ideas alongside cognitive behavioral techniques to guide her work. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and helps people notice repeated responses in relationships. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and following what the person brings to the session so they feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors, offering practical steps to reduce anxiety and manage mood.

Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then suggest ways to blend approaches that fit. Clients help decide whether to emphasize practical skills, relational patterns, or meaning-focused conversation as treatment moves forward.

Confirm session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life by removing commute time and allowing sessions during a lunch break or between commitments. It also lets people use shorter check-ins when needed, or focus on skills practice without extensive preparation. Licensed professionals can adapt tools and homework to work well in an online setting, helping clients stay consistent while they balance daily responsibilities.