Megan Lancaster, LCPC - Therapist in Maine

About Megan

Megan Lancaster uses client-centered work to help people handle stress and major life changes. She is a licensed clinical professional counselor - LCPC - with ten years of clinical experience in Maine. Her approach starts by listening and treating each person as the expert on their own life.

She focuses on practical steps that can feel useful right away. Megan helps with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, and parenting.

Background and approach

She also addresses sleep problems, anger, low self esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to co-morbidity and overlapping problems so people do not feel forced into single-issue care. Her sessions often include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and habits.

She also uses tools from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help finding momentum for change. In sessions she provides support, mentorship, and practical guidance.

Conversations are meant to help people see small changes they can try between meetings. Megan aims to help clients rewrite parts of their story and build skills that work in daily life. She practices in Maine and conducts work in English.

The first step is a brief matching process and scheduling, after which treatment plans are shaped by each person’s goals and preferences.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Client-Centered Therapy starts with listening and building a respectful space where the client leads the story. Online sessions use that same aim by focusing on what matters to the person and shaping sessions around their priorities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is about identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and trying small experiments to change them. Delivered online, CBT can include homework, thought records, and step-by-step behavior plans that fit into daily life.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. Those skills translate well to phone or video sessions and can be practiced between meetings with guidance from the therapist.

Megan approaches finding the right method as a team effort. She works with each person to decide which approaches match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps shape both short-term steps and longer term work.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for busy schedules, allow check-ins between sessions, and make it easier to keep continuity when life gets hectic. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver focused, skills-oriented work that fits daily routines.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

Megan supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting challenges, grief, sleep issues, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related mood and relationship problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She works in a client-centered way and uses clear, practical tools. Techniques often include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing to help people try new approaches.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of clinical experience working with a range of mental health and life concerns.

Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?

She is licensed in Maine as LCPC and listed with license ME LCPC CC4785.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the person’s needs.

How are costs and getting started handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 10 years
Licensed: Maine
Languages: English

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