Megan Prior , LCPC

Megan Prior is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois who brings ten years of experience in the mental health field. As an LCPC Megan holds a professional counseling license and applies her training to support people facing a wide range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting difficulties, grief, trauma exposure, and sleep or intimacy-related problems.

Megan has worked with clients navigating attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, codependency, and a variety of personality and mood-related concerns. She also supports those coping with life changes, career transitions, ADHD, anger, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is warm and collaborative - she aims to offer practical resources, coping strategies, and steady support so clients can move toward their goals.

Megan tailors her therapeutic work to each person, adapting techniques and orientations to fit individual needs and preferences. She draws on several established approaches to guide interventions and help clients build skills, process difficult experiences, and find greater balance in daily life. Megan frames therapy as a partnership and works to create an engaging, compassionate space for growth and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Megan draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking meaningful action while learning to live with difficult thoughts and emotions - it can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns that formed in early life and how those patterns affect present-day connections, making it useful for intimacy, parenting, and relationship concerns. Megan also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to stress, sleep problems, or low mood.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Megan treats that as a collaborative effort. She listens to each client’s needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods accordingly so the work fits the person rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions may take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend regular sessions, maintain momentum between appointments, and access support from wherever a client is located within Illinois, helping therapy fit into busy lives.