- Anxiety management
- CBT and DBT skills
- Support for LGBT concerns
About Megan
Megan Bettenberg is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with five years of clinical experience. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem difficulties, and LGBTQ concerns. Her practice centers on helping clients manage everyday challenges and build skills for clearer thinking and steadier emotion.
Megan focuses on practical strategies in session. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills to strengthen emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Sessions aim to identify what is getting in the way and to try out different coping tools. Megan encourages small, doable steps and tracks what helps between meetings. Conversations are collaborative and paced to match each person's needs.
She also uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help clients notice their strengths and increase present-moment awareness. Motivational interviewing is part of her work when people want to build motivation for change or make a specific life adjustment.
Megan has experience supporting issues connected to attachment, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and commitment concerns, feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, isolation, money and life-purpose questions, and mood symptoms. She works in English and practices in Colorado. To begin, prospective clients use the site matching steps to schedule a first session.
How Megan uses evidence-based approaches online
Megan often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in her work. CBT helps by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking that reduce anxious or low moods. DBT offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Megan works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, priorities, and how they prefer to work. She checks in regularly and adjusts methods based on what proves most useful in day-to-day life.
Session formats are not listed explicitly in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Practical benefits of online sessions include fitting therapy into a work or family schedule, shortening commute time, and making it easier to keep brief check-ins between longer appointments. Online work also lets people try out skills at home and bring real-life situations into session conversations for immediate troubleshooting.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Megan works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, and LGBT-related concerns, plus related issues like isolation, codependency, and caregiver stress.
What is her approach in sessions?
She combines client-centered listening with practical methods from CBT and DBT, aiming to test skills and notice what changes help day to day.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience as a counselor practicing in Colorado.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first appointment.