Megan Balcarczyk , LMHC

Megan Balcarczyk is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York who earned a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in 2012. The LMHC credential indicates that she is licensed to provide professional mental health counseling in the state. Across six years of clinical experience, she has worked with a broad range of concerns, including substance abuse, depression, anxiety, personality and mood disorders, and psychotic disorders.

Her therapeutic approach combines warmth and empathy with tactful honesty and an emphasis on accountability. She emphasizes mutual respect and compassion, encouraging clients to speak up when something in therapy is not working. Megan supports clients in taking ownership of the therapeutic process and building skills to advocate for themselves, while acknowledging that imperfection and mistakes are part of the human experience.

She draws on a mix of cognitive-behavioral techniques, psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, and humanistic methods to tailor care to each person's needs. Megan values the healing that comes from telling one’s story and understanding the origins of current struggles, and she works to help clients identify practical steps to move forward. Her goal is to empower clients to strengthen what is working well and to develop tools to change what is not working, and she looks forward to beginning that work with those who seek support.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client is regarded as the expert on their own life. This approach helps people who want to explore emotions, build self-understanding, and work through personal challenges at their own pace.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that helps clients resolve ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change. It is useful for issues such as substance use, behavior change, and situations where someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes practical, forward-looking strategies and small, achievable goals. It helps clients identify existing strengths and resources to create timely improvements in areas like stress, relationships, and coping with life transitions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Megan will work collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will adapt techniques and strategies over time to support progress.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and lets clients access care from home, work, or other convenient locations. These options can make it easier to maintain consistency in sessions and fit therapy into a busy life.