“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
-Pema Chödrön
Hello and welcome! I’m Megan. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) with a Master’s Degree from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and a postgraduate diploma from the University of Glasgow in Scotland. I am licensed to provide therapy in Arizona, California, Maine, and Virginia. Now that we have the formal things out of the way…
I believe that anyone can heal given the right conditions, which are unique to the individual. I feel that it’s imperative that the therapeutic relationship be the right fit in order to achieve the goals that you have for therapy. If we decide to work together, we can find skills and strategies that help reduce the impact that your symptoms have on your life.
I strive to create the conditions of safety and trust within the therapeutic relationship, so that deeper change can occur, beyond symptom reduction. My hope is that during our work together, you can begin to live your life free of the patterns and beliefs from your past that are holding you back from the life you want, and sustain those changes long after our work together is complete.
I am an EMDR certified therapist and use a more relational approach to EMDR psychotherapy as my primary treatment modality. I offer Ketamine-Assisted EMDR Therapy™ (KA-EMDR) for established clients who may benefit from the multiple potential benefits that ketamine in conjunction with EMDR can potentially provide. I am also trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) which is an evidence-based, trauma-focused cognitive therapy, specifically for the treatment for PTSD.
I utilize elements of cognitive, existential, systemic, mindfulness, and compassion-focused therapies. I regularly participate in advanced trainings and consultation to continue to enhance my skills and grow, both professionally and personally.
I care about and do my best to create a safe space for everyone. I am neurodiversity affirming and LGBTQIA+ affirming.
When I’m not working, I enjoy: being outdoors, traveling and exploring new cultures, trying to propagate plants so I can make the inside of my house feel like I’m outside, playing around with creative arts from pottery to poetry, learning about all things celestial, and moving my body through running, hiking, pilates, and yoga.
Relevant Advanced trainings:
- Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (Cohen Veterans Network, 2025)
- Additional consultation for the implementation of CPT (2025- present)
- Neurodivergent Clients and EMDR: Adapting the Standard Protocol without Losing Fidelity (Christine MacInnis, 2025)
- Autism Treatment and Diagnosis Across the Lifespan (Zur Institute, 2025)
- Enhancing Trauma Treatment: An Introduction to Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ (Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™ Institute, 2025)
- Additional experiential training and consultation in KA-EMDR (2025)
- Relational EMDR Therapy℠ – Examining the Self of the Therapist (The Center, 2024)
- Special Considerations for EMDR with Autistic & ADHD Clients (Christine MacInnis, 2024)
- Parts I and II
- R-TEP: Recent Traumatic Event Protocol (The Center, 2024)
- EMDR and ADHD (Carla Natalucci, 2024)
- Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Foundational Series (Modules 1-3, Polaris Institute, 2023)
- Impact of Moral Injury on Veteran Family Dynamics (2023)
- Psychedelic Sciences Conference (MAPS, 2023)
- Foundations: Polyvagal-Informed Practice (Polyvagal Institute, 2022-2023)
- Easy Ego State Interventions (Robin Shapiro, 2022)
- Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR (Sunny Strasburg, 2022)
- Ketamine and Trauma Treatment series (Psychedelics Today, 2022)
- Basic Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) training (2021)
- The Craft of EMDR Therapy (The Center, 2021)
- The Dance of Attachment: An Advanced EMDR Clinical Course (The Center, 2021)
- Healing the Wounds of Attachment & Rebuilding Self (The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy, 2020 & 2024)
- EMDR Adult, Complex Trauma & Dissociation Specialist Intensive Program with Kathy Steele and Dolores Mosquera (Agate Institute, 2019)
- EMDR Basic Training (Dragonfly International Therapy, 2018)