Margaret (Meg) Harari, LCSW
Licensed in California · 40 years in practice
Margaret (Meg) Harari is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience working in hospitals, outpatient programs, and behavioral health settings across Boston, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 13959 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1659502128 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
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About Margaret
Margaret (Meg) Harari is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience working in hospitals, outpatient programs, and behavioral health settings across Boston, Los Angeles, and San Diego. She brings decades of practice to conversations about addiction, grief, depression, and relationship struggles. Meg focuses on creating a calm environment where people can speak honestly about what they are facing.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She listens for patterns related to attachment, abandonment, and codependency.
Background and approach
She helps people untangle communication problems, control issues, and the fallout of divorce or separation. Meg also supports those coping with chronic illness, cancer, caregiving stress, chronic pain, and the emotional effects of disability. She addresses body image concerns, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation or loneliness that often accompany major life changes.
Across sessions she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide practical steps forward. Sessions often focus on building better communication skills, recognizing destructive patterns, and making small behavior changes that add up over time. Clients can expect a steady, nonjudgmental presence that encourages honest talk and clear goals.
Meg draws on her long clinical background to help people find paths toward more manageable daily life and improved emotional balance.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Margaret lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Online support
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many of the techniques used draw on evidence-based therapeutic methods that help people change unhelpful patterns and cope with difficult emotions. One approach focuses on identifying and shifting relationship and attachment patterns - it helps people recognize repeating behaviors that harm connections and practice new ways of relating. Another approach emphasizes skills for managing mood and impulsive behaviors, teaching concrete strategies to handle urges, reduce risky actions, and improve day-to-day functioning.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Over time they review what helps and adapt the plan so sessions stay useful and focused on realistic steps.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits into a work break. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, get quick support between sessions, or work through smaller issues without scheduling a full call. These options make regular care easier to fit into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What issues does this therapist often address?
She works with concerns such as addictions, relationship problems, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include attachment, codependency, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe the therapy style and approach?
The approach is practical and compassionate, using evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Sessions focus on clear communication, behavior change, and identifying patterns that maintain distress.
What is the clinician's background and experience?
Meg has 40 years of professional experience working in hospitals, outpatient programs, and behavioral health in Boston, Los Angeles, and San Diego. That background informs her practical, steady approach.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California and practices from that state.
What languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different communication preferences.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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