Megan Rafferty, LPCC

New Mexico · 30 years in practice

Megan Rafferty is a licensed professional counselor with three decades of counseling experience.

License and registration

LPCC, New Mexico: CCMH0082181 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1962003517 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Megan

Megan Rafferty is a licensed professional counselor with three decades of counseling experience. She practices from New Mexico and brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence to sessions. Megan uses a person-centered stance to help people name what matters and take small steps toward change.

She often helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and big life changes. Relationship and family concerns are a common focus, including communication problems, separation and divorce, blended family issues, and intimacy-related challenges.

Background and approach

She also works with people facing caregiver strain, career crossroads, and questions about life purpose. Megan blends systemic thinking with attachment-focused and client-centered approaches. In sessions she listens for patterns in relationships and for how past connections influence current feelings.

She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches when people want concrete skills to manage emotions and behavior. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She helps clients identify strengths, notice unhelpful patterns, and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Sessions may include discussion, skills practice, and reflection tailored to each person’s goals. Across her career Megan has worked in many roles including counselor, trainer, mediator, and professor. That background informs a flexible, experienced approach to common life problems.

She speaks English and provides online formats such as video, phone, live chat, and messaging to fit different needs.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Megan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Grief
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Career difficulties
Depression
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
Forgiveness
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Megan names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Systemic thinking looks at how relationships and patterns shape a person’s struggles. Online sessions can help identify repeating dynamics in family, work, or intimate relationships and try new ways of interacting. Attachment-based work focuses on how early connections affect current emotions and trust. It helps people notice attachment patterns and practice different responses to feel safer in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose strategies together. That collaborative process lets the therapist combine relational perspectives with skills-based tools when that fits the client’s needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through relationship material in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

Megan works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, and related topics such as caregiving stress and life purpose.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She uses a client-centered, nonjudgmental style and applies systemic and attachment-based ideas. Practical skills from CBT and DBT are used when helpful.

What is her background and experience?

Megan has 30 years of counseling experience and has worked as a counselor, trainer, mediator, and professor.

Where is she licensed and located?

She holds the credential LPCC and is based in New Mexico.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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