Megan Prior, LCPC
Illinois · 10 years in practice
Megan Prior is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and relationship strain.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180.013080 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1285246280 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- 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 Prior is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. She names practical tools and steady support as part of how she helps, and she aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Megan brings ten years of experience in mental health work. She draws on Jungian ideas alongside acceptance and commitment strategies and cognitive behavioral techniques.
Background and approach
Sessions are grounded in a person-centered stance that centers each person’s goals and values. In therapy she listens for patterns that hold people back and helps identify small, workable changes. She offers exercises for managing anger, improving sleep, and coping with grief or life transitions.
She also helps with attention-related struggles, caregiver stress, and issues tied to attachment and abandonment. Megan adapts her approach to each situation, combining talk, practical steps, and reflective exploration. She works with concerns such as parenting stress, intimacy issues, codependency, and career uncertainty.
Her background includes supporting people affected by trauma and those navigating blended family dynamics. She practices in Illinois and uses a collaborative style to set goals and measure progress. People who choose her can expect clear conversation about next steps, tools to use between sessions, and a focus on what matters most to them.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Megan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 Megan names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions fit
Jungian-informed work pays attention to symbols, personal stories, and recurring life themes to help people find meaning in difficult experiences. This approach can help when someone feels stuck or disconnected from deeper parts of themselves.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and using small actions to move toward them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and build practical skills for managing anxiety, sleep problems, and mood shifts.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then shape a plan that mixes insight work with hands-on strategies. That plan can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into work breaks. Live chat or text messaging offer brief check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and access consistent care from licensed professionals.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Megan help with?
She helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting-related strain. Other areas include relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, and career concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is supportive and collaborative, mixing reflective exploration with concrete skills. Sessions focus on the person’s goals and practical steps to improve daily functioning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience in the mental health field working with a range of concerns including trauma exposure and attachment difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - practicing in Illinois.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
How are online sessions conducted?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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