Meghan Prato, PsyD, ABPP
Senior Clinician/Training Director
Dr. Prato is currently accepting new clients. Her clinical areas of expertise include therapy for children, families, couples and adults. Dr. Prato also offers psychological assessment for ADHD and private school admissions.
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When people experience major life stress, it can begin to feel as if their lives are unraveling along with those closest to them.
Dr. Prato understands how to help people heal, with a keen understanding of family dynamics and human relationships. She is Board Certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in Couple and Family Psychology.
Dr. Prato’s Child Psychology Training
She has spent her career helping children, adolescents, and families find more happiness. She supports her clients in making changes in their lives, with specific emphasis on helping people to build and strengthen their relationships, both with family and with the outside world.
She has expertise in child psychology, family therapy, parenting skills,crisis management and psychological assessment. She has extensive training and experience in Theraplay, applied behavior analysis and clinical assessment.
Dr. Prato has worked in a variety of settings, from outpatient services, partial hospitalization programs, and residential treatment facilities. She was employed by Devereaux Advanced Behavioral Health where she provided services to adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in a residential setting. In addition to her fulltime private practice at Main Line Counseling Partners, she also conducts psychological testing and evaluations for Bucks County Juvenile Probation and the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center in Philadelphia.
A graduate of Chestnut Hill College’s Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, Dr. Prato specialized in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Dr. Prato’s Couples Therapy Experience
Dr. Prato uses the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy and is working toward certification. She has particular interest in infidelity recovery, premarital work and co-parent counseling. She also has conducted research with couples involved in a remarriage with the aim of developing a treatment model to specifically target the unique needs of many of these couples.
She is also an active participant in professional organizations including currently serving on the Colleague Assistance and Early Career Psychologist Committees of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association.
Dr. Prato’s Assessment Experience
Dr. Prato came to Main Line Counseling Partners with several years’ worth of experience in psychological testing and assessment. This included both juvenile forensic assessments as well as level-of-care evaluations for children and adolescents receiving care for Autism Spectrum Disorders. Here at MLCP, she has continued an interest in psychological assessment in areas bolster areas of clinical practice for her clients. This includes assessment of intellectual functioning for purposes of treatment and/or private school admissions, assessment of ADHD symptomology and establishing treatment recommendations for such, and assessing behavioral dysfunction in children and adolescents. Should you be interested in learning more, please feel welcomed to do so here.
Services Provided
- Psychological Assessment-WISC-V
- Private School Admissions Testing (Elementary)
- ADD Treatment
- Depression Treatment
- Anxiety Treatment
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Behavior Management Strategies
- Parent Education
- Gottman Method Marriage Counseling
- Affair Recovery
- Parent/Child Relationship Issues
- Communication Skills Training
- Divorce Counseling
- Stress Management