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Megan Lancaster

Supportive counselor focused on practical change

LCPC Maine

Experience
10 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Megan

Megan Lancaster is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Maine who brings ten years of clinical experience to her work.

Background and approach

She centers therapy on collaborative, strengths-based care that helps people clarify goals and build practical skills for managing stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Megan emphasizes the client’s expertise in their own life while offering guidance, mentoring, and strategies to support change.

Her practice integrates cognitive behavioral tools alongside client-centered and mindfulness-informed techniques to address relationship difficulties, motivation and self-esteem concerns, and challenges such as sleep disruption, grief, and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues related to mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive patterns, panic, and co-occurring concerns including addictions and ADHD.

Megan aims to help clients rewrite unhelpful patterns and strengthen coping during life transitions. Clients can expect an approach that balances practical interventions with an empathetic, person-focused stance.

Her goal is to provide a steady, skills-oriented path through healing that honors each client’s story while supporting measurable progress over time.

Integrating practical therapies into online care

Many clients benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy because it focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with concrete strategies for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Client-centered therapy complements this work by prioritizing the client’s perspective, fostering a nonjudgmental environment where people feel heard and can explore values, motivation, and self-esteem.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to clarify goals, test interventions, and adjust methods over time so the plan aligns with needs and preferences rather than following a fixed script. That collaboration helps tailor whether more skills-focused CBT, reflective client-centered work, or a blend of methods will be most useful.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to access support from home or between commitments. These options allow for timely skills practice, check-ins, and ongoing guidance while fitting into varied schedules and life demands.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Megan commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and communication problems, self-esteem and motivation, as well as related areas like grief, sleep difficulties, addictions, and compassion fatigue.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Megan uses a blend of client-centered care with cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness techniques to help clients develop practical skills and explore personal meaning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, trauma-related, and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location does she hold?
Megan is an LCPC licensed in Maine with the licence identifier ME LCPC CC4785 and practices from that state.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats are sessions available?
Clients can connect by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderDepressionCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentCo-morbidityCommunication problemsDomestic violenceFamily problemsForgivenessIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Workplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Maine

Languages

English