Megan Bartz, LMHC

Megan Bartz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with more than 10 years of experience supporting individuals in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She has worked extensively with people facing mental health and substance use disorders and brings focused clinical knowledge across areas such as stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and major life transitions.

Megan approaches care holistically and places strong emphasis on the counseling relationship as a primary vehicle for change. She practices in a person-centered way, offering genuineness and unconditional positive regard while helping clients explore what brings them hope. A central aim of her work is helping individuals discover and strengthen sources of hope that support meaningful progress.

She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify how patterns of thinking shape emotions and behaviors and to learn alternative ways of responding that can lead to different outcomes. Megan also draws on existential therapy, mindfulness therapy, and motivational interviewing to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.

Megan views each person as the expert on their own life and offers a collaborative perspective to increase self-awareness and clarify goals. Her primary priorities are attentive listening and helping clients find practical paths toward the changes they want to achieve.