About Megan
Megan Shea is an AASW counsellor who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, depression and big life changes. She works with people who feel stuck, burnt out, or unsure which direction to take next. Her tone is straightforward and collaborative, aiming to build clear steps forward rather than focus only on symptom management.
Her practice combines body-focused awareness with talk therapy. She uses somatic methods to notice how the body holds emotion and blends that with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and attachment-informed work.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas also appear when they help people understand recurring patterns. Megan describes her style as direct and curiosity-driven. Sessions often involve naming patterns, noticing bodily responses, and trying small experiments between meetings.
She supports people to regain a sense of agency and make choices that fit their values. She is experienced at guiding people through transitions such as career shifts, relocation, separation, or changes in identity. She also works with concerns like intimacy, communication problems, caregiver stress, and issues connected to trauma or dissociation.
Megan has eight years of clinical experience and practises from Australia. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. The process starts with a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling according to therapist availability.
Approaches that combine body awareness and practical work
Somatic Therapy focuses on how the body holds emotion and stress. It uses gentle attention to breath, posture and sensation to help people notice and shift held tension, which can be useful for trauma, chronic anxiety and overwhelm.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns formed early in life and how they show up now. It helps people understand their needs in relationships, improve communication and repair recurring cycles of disconnection.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. It offers clear techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and try behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, give options, and make decisions together about which methods to try first. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what a person actually needs and prefers.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or relocation. They also let people try different ways of working - longer video sessions for deep conversation or text-based check-ins for brief support between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English