About Megan
Megan Fernandes supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, anger, low self-esteem, and big life changes. She also helps with addictions, grief, trauma, parenting pressures, sleep and eating concerns, and mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar. Her first paragraph names Megan and makes clear she offers practical, respectful care.
Megan keeps sessions simple and direct. She listens without judgement and focuses on what matters to each person. Conversations aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and reduce overwhelming emotions.
How Megan works
She draws on approaches that help people notice patterns and try alternative ways of responding. Her practice pays attention to cultural background and personal history. Megan aims to adapt work to each person's values and daily life.
That can mean short-term strategies for symptom relief or longer conversations about attachment and meaning. Megan uses a mix of teaching, reflective conversation and practical exercises. She helps people set realistic goals and practises new skills together in session.
This approach supports progress you can see week to week. She holds BACP as a professional credential, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Megan speaks English and Hindi and offers sessions to people from different countries.
Her eight years of clinical experience include varied settings and presenting concerns. To begin, she asks a few questions to understand what matters most and then plans sessions that fit each person's schedule and aims. The emphasis is on collaboration, clear steps forward, and treating people with warmth and respect.
Megan lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Megan works with
The areas below are the ones Megan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English, Hindi |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people name what matters to them and practise small steps towards those values. It focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life changes.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. It helps people understand connection and closeness, and can be useful for intimacy concerns, communication problems and feelings of abandonment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and together decide what to try first. Sessions can shift methods over time if something is not helping or if priorities change.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let you see body language and use shared exercises, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you need a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief reflections, ongoing coaching, or when writing helps you process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around busy days, travel, or different time zones, and let registered or accredited professionals deliver consistent support across distances.
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