Megan Bartz, LMHC

Megan Bartz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with ten years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and life changes. She speaks plainly and listens first. Her aim is to help people find hope and steady ways forward.

She treats concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, anger, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and problems with self-esteem. Megan also supports people facing caregiver stress, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and challenges with career or life purpose. She uses practical methods to address drug and alcohol addiction and communication difficulties.

Megan centers the relationship in her work. She describes herself as person-centered and works to be genuine and nonjudgmental. That means she focuses on understanding each person's experience and priorities before suggesting steps to try.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people see how thoughts shape feelings and actions, and then practice different ways of thinking. Megan also brings in mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when they fit a person's goals.

Sessions typically focus on clear, doable strategies alongside conversations about values and what gives someone hope. Megan prefers a collaborative style where the person sets goals and the therapist offers ideas, feedback, and gentle challenges to support change.

Approaches for online change and coping

CBT helps people spot patterns between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and then practice different responses to get different results. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into clear steps and practicing new habits.

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and treating the person with respect and unconditional positive regard. This approach is helpful when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to sort through values, grief, relationship concerns, or life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Megan takes a collaborative stance and will help figure out which methods fit a person's goals, needs, and preferences. Together they agree on goals and then try concrete strategies that match those goals.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a quieter check-in. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, and quick access between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain momentum between meetings.