Megan Prior, LCPC
Practical, story-focused counseling with steady support
Details
| Name | Megan Prior |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCPC |
| Based in | Illinois |
| Licensed in | Illinois |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Megan
Megan Prior is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who helps people find practical ways to feel better. She speaks plainly and focuses on concrete steps you can use between sessions. Her style is steady and compassionate, aimed at making the work feel manageable for busy parents and overwhelmed adults.
She has ten years of experience in mental health and has supported people coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship strain.
Background and approach
She also helps with parenting concerns, sleep problems, anger, compassion fatigue, career stress, and attention-related challenges. Her experience includes work with attachment difficulties and people affected by abandonment, adoption, or foster care situations. Megan blends several approaches to meet each person's needs instead of using a single method.
She draws on Narrative ideas to help people reframe hard stories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values, and Cognitive Behavioral tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses attachment-informed and client-centered ways of working when those fit the situation. Sessions focus on real problems and clear goals.
Megan aims to offer resources, teaching, and simple strategies you can try right away. Conversations tend to be interactive and practical, with attention to how past relationships shape current struggles. She practices in Illinois and offers therapy in English.
Megan emphasizes collaboration - she and the person in therapy choose the pace and focus together. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting issues among the things Megan works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Megan among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Megan directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Megan directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches and Online Options to Fit Your Story
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarifies what matters most so action can follow. That approach can be useful for anxiety, depression, and when life transitions feel overwhelming.Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves. It helps separate a person from a problem and opens space to rewrite parts of the story that limit choices or cause shame. This can be helpful for relationship struggles, identity concerns, and issues rooted in past experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Megan treats therapy as a collaboration where she and the person in therapy try different techniques and settle on what feels useful. Goals, values, and day-to-day needs guide how methods are combined.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video sessions let you use visual cues for deeper conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, skill practice, or when writing out thoughts helps you sort them. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into real life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Megan supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, sleep problems, anger, compassion fatigue, career strain, ADHD-related struggles, and related issues such as attachment or abandonment.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is supportive, engaging, and practical. She combines Narrative, ACT, CBT, attachment-informed, and client-centered ideas to match each person's needs.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of experience in the mental health field working with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and attachment difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, licensed in Illinois and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
She works with people through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what fits the person and the situation.
How are costs and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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