Megan Young, LMHC

Megan Young is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem. She supports clients facing career challenges, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Her work also addresses fertility concerns, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, and issues many women encounter.

Megan uses straightforward, practical strategies in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try different actions. She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and elements of EMDR and motivational interviewing when those fit a person's needs.

Sessions are collaborative and focused on small, doable steps. Megan helps people build coping skills they can use between sessions. She encourages self-compassion and realistic goal-setting rather than quick fixes.

Clients can expect a calm, direct approach. Megan listens first, then offers tailored techniques for the situation at hand. She pays attention to the practical barriers that get in the way of change and works to remove them.

Her clinical experience spans four years as an LMHC in Florida. She aims to help people regain confidence, reduce overwhelm, and move forward after setbacks. The emphasis is on steady progress and skills that make daily life easier.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Online CBT sessions typically involve practical exercises, thought records, and action plans that clients try between meetings to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action even when difficult feelings are present. In virtual sessions this looks like values work, simple mindfulness practices, and behavioral experiments tailored to everyday life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to decide whether CBT, ACT, EMDR techniques, or motivational interviewing elements best match a person's goals and circumstances. That decision is revisited as needs change so the plan stays useful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and guided exercises, phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or require less bandwidth, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text-based messaging is useful for ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and use skills in day-to-day moments.