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Online therapist

Megan Navratil

Calm, practical counseling for life's challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
14 years
Licensed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Megan

Megan Navratil is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, or career uncertainty. She writes plainly and works to build a trusting, nonjudgmental connection so conversations feel safe and constructive. Her style centers on setting clear goals and teaching skills that can be used right away.

Megan draws on 14 years of counseling experience and a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh.

Background and approach

She has worked with adults and has also spent time supporting youth and young adults with learning differences and developmental concerns. Her background includes work with clients managing mood concerns, attention differences, and autism spectrum traits. Her practice uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a talking approach that looks at how thoughts and actions affect emotions.

That includes practical techniques for changing unhelpful thinking, building self-esteem, and developing better problem solving. She also uses solution-focused methods to set short-term goals and produce measurable change. Megan offers career coaching and counseling focused on career transitions, communication at work, performance issues, and navigating change.

In relationship work she emphasizes improving communication, identifying emotional needs, and practicing problem-solving and compromise. Sessions are offered in English and occur from Pennsylvania. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How Megan Uses Practical Approaches Online

Her work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused methods that translate well to online formats. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and practicing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Solution-focused work zeroes in on small, achievable goals and steps to create quick improvements in daily life.

She also brings career coaching techniques into online sessions to help clients plan transitions, improve workplace communication, and manage professional change. Those sessions combine concrete action plans with skill practice so clients can make measurable progress between meetings.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan together. That allows the work to match the person’s needs, pace, and preferences rather than following a fixed script.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy people. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person meetings, phone sessions remove travel needs, and live chat or text-based messaging provides day-to-day check-ins and brief problem solving. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a hectic life while still focusing on concrete, skill-based change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
Megan works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, career questions, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, anger, self esteem, and bipolar concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Her work emphasizes short-term, practical approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused methods to set goals and teach coping skills.
How long has she practiced?
She has 14 years of counseling experience and a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices from Pennsylvania and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, PA LPC PC004583.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
14 years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English

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