Megan Navratil, LPC

Megan Navratil is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 14 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, career changes, and addictions. She holds a Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Pittsburgh and combines practical strategies with an empathetic, nonjudgmental approach to build trusting therapeutic relationships.

Megan has significant experience working with youth and young adults, including those with learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism spectrum disorders, and she also offers support to individuals facing grief, parenting challenges, intimacy-related concerns, bipolar mood issues, and difficulties with self esteem and anger. Her work often focuses on developing positive self-talk, building confidence, and creating realistic goals that lead to meaningful change.

Her clinical foundation is cognitive behavioral therapy - a goal-oriented talking therapy that helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors in the present. She also uses solution-focused techniques and structured problem solving to help clients clarify goals, discover practical steps forward, and strengthen coping skills. In addition to therapy, Megan provides executive coaching and career counseling to support professional development, career transitions, performance management, and workplace communication.

Megan frames therapy as an active collaboration aimed at improving day-to-day functioning and overall well being. She values clear communication, goal setting, and measurable progress, and she looks forward to supporting people who are ready to invest in change.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Megan primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. She also applies solution-focused techniques that concentrate on clear goal setting and practical steps, helping people find immediate, actionable ways to move forward when facing relationship, career, or life stressors. These approaches are presented in straightforward, skills-oriented sessions that emphasize measurable progress and self management.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Megan works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She partners with clients to set priorities, try targeted techniques, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds so therapy feels relevant and achievable.

Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity during transitions. These options offer flexibility in scheduling, multiple ways to communicate with a licensed professional, and accessible routes to ongoing support from a therapist without sacrificing clinical focus or accountability.