About Megan
Megan Shea helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and major life changes. She is an AASW social worker with eight years' experience and a practical, straightforward style. Parents reading this on a phone will find short, clear sessions focused on what matters now.
Megan uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. She combines attachment-based ideas with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding.
How Megan works
Somatic work and psychodynamic ideas are woven in when past events and body-held reactions are part of the picture. Sessions are collaborative and direct. She aims to make goals and next steps clear so people can try things between meetings and see progress.
Therapy is not only about managing symptoms but about understanding patterns and making intentional choices. Megan often supports people at turning points - relocation, career change, relationship shifts, identity questions, or the slow sense that life needs to change. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and intimacy challenges.
She describes her approach as reflective and engaged, suited to people who want both insight and practical tools. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through a range of online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Megan lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Approach and online therapy options
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand attachment needs, repair recurring connection issues, and change how they relate to others. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It helps people test unhelpful beliefs, build practical coping skills, and reduce anxiety or low mood through clear exercises and homework.Megan treats finding the right method as a collaborative process. She will discuss goals, preferences and practical constraints, then try approaches that fit each person's situation. If something does not feel helpful she adjusts the plan together with the client so the work stays relevant and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection helps the work, phone can suit lower bandwidth or brief check-ins, and chat or messaging can be handy for on-the-go reflections and ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family life and relocation while still getting steady therapeutic progress.
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