About Megan
Megan Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 33 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, or relationship strain. Her approach accepts that clients know their own story and already carry strengths to build on.
Megan focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more confident. She listens and asks questions that help uncover patterns around attachment, abandonment concerns, and codependency.
How Megan works
Together with a client she works on clearer communication, setting boundaries, and rebuilding trust in relationships. She also supports people dealing with life changes such as separation, blended family transitions, caregiving strain, or shifts in personal identity. Body image worries, guilt, shame, and feelings of isolation are addressed with concrete strategies rather than vague talk.
Megan aims for sessions that are straightforward and collaborative. She helps clients set small, manageable goals and practices skills between meetings so progress feels real. Her style is steady, respectful, and focused on what will help most in daily life.
Over three decades she has developed a calm, experienced way of working that centers on clients' strengths. If someone is ready to try new approaches to old problems, she offers support and practical guidance throughout the change process.
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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Megan works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life change. One common approach she uses emphasizes identifying unhelpful relational patterns and practicing new communication skills to reduce conflict and increase connection. This method helps with issues like commitment struggles, communication problems, and blended family transitions.Another frequently used approach targets emotional regulation and coping skills. It teaches ways to manage anxiety, surprise feelings of abandonment, and the stress that comes with caregiving or life changes. Clients learn short exercises they can use between sessions to feel more grounded and in control.
Choosing the right approach is part of the early work. Megan collaborates with each person to decide what methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they test techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, while phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit brief support into a busy day. These options make it easier to practice skills consistently and stay connected to a therapist despite a packed schedule.
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