About Meredith
Meredith McQuagge is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and offers direct support for people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or isolated. Meredith is based in Florida and brings three years of counseling experience to her work.
She understands how relentless daily stress can become, especially after military life and combat service. That background shapes a practical, down-to-earth style that aims to reduce symptoms and restore steadiness in everyday life.
Background and approach
Sessions center on clear goals and hands-on strategies rather than long explanations. Meredith uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. She offers help for anxiety disorders such as social anxiety, panic, phobias, PTSD, and OCD, and addresses concerns like addiction, body image, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Her approach is neurodiversity-affirming and non-judgmental. In the room she combines problem-solving with emotion regulation skills. That can include exposure practices for fears, cognitive work to shift unhelpful thoughts, and action-based steps to rebuild relationships and daily routines.
She also integrates motivational interviewing to support change. Meredith emphasizes partnership and uses a strengths-based perspective. The goal is to help people feel more confident while staying authentic to themselves.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Meredith uses practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and improving daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and depression, offering concrete exercises to test new ways of thinking. Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) is used for anxiety and OCD-related fears by gradually and safely facing feared situations to reduce avoidance and distress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports people in clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when strong emotions are present, helping with long-term direction and resilience.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Meredith will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then adjust methods as therapy progresses so that each plan fits the person's needs and pace.
Online therapy with Meredith is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English