Megan Rafferty, LPCC

New Mexico · 30 years in practice

Megan Rafferty is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 30 years 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 clinical counselor with 30 years of counseling experience. She works from New Mexico and brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions. Megan focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions.

Megan invites people to talk about what feels hard and painful. She uses a client-centered stance that listens first, then helps people name what matters most to them. Her work often looks at meaning, values, and how daily choices affect wellbeing.

Background and approach

Her practice blends practical skills with deeper reflection. She draws on Existential ideas about purpose and choice while also using attachment-based thinking to understand relationship patterns. Cognitive strategies and DBT ideas are used when people need tools to manage strong emotions or upsetting thoughts.

Megan has supported individuals through grief, caregiving stress, family-of-origin issues, divorce, and questions about identity. She also helps with parenting concerns, workplace tension, and issues around intimacy and non-monogamous relationships. Her approach aims to help people find clearer direction and more steady coping.

Sessions tend to be conversational and focused. Megan helps clients notice patterns, practice new responses, and make small changes that add up. She encourages curiosity about feelings and beliefs while attending to practical steps the person can take next.

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

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online care

This practice commonly draws on Existential Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside client-centered methods. Existential Therapy helps people look at meaning, choice, and values when life feels uncertain, and it can be useful for midlife questions, grief, and finding direction. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and can help people understand and change how they connect with others. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, respect, and working at the clients pace to build trust and clarity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which ideas and techniques to try and adjust them as needed over time.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can fit into tight schedules or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make care more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, caregiving strain, and questions about life purpose and identity.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and conversational, combining a focus on meaning with practical tools for managing emotions and thoughts.

What is her experience working as a counselor?

She has three decades of counseling experience across clinical, training, mediation, and teaching roles.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She practices in New Mexico and holds the credential NM LPCC as a licensed professional clinical counselor.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available online?

Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and billing handled?

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

What are the steps to begin working together?

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