About Megan
Megan Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 33 years of practice in California. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns, depression, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her style is straightforward and supportive for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. She approaches sessions with the belief that each person knows their own story best.
Megan looks for strengths clients already have and uses those strengths to build change. She encourages small, clear steps so progress feels achievable.
In sessions she listens for patterns that get in the way - such as control issues, avoidance, or trouble with commitment. She also addresses concerns like attachment wounds, codependency, body image, and guilt or shame.
Conversations are practical and focused on what to try next. Megan draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients manage symptoms and cope with transitions.
She works at a calm pace and lets people set the goals they want to reach. Her aim is to help clients feel more capable of handling life stressors.
People typically leave sessions with a plan or a next step to practice between meetings. Megan supports people through divorce and separation, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation.
She offers care in English throughout California and adapts sessions to fit each person’s needs.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Many of the techniques Megan uses are evidence-based and work well remotely. One helpful approach focuses on identifying unhelpful patterns and trying small behavior changes. This helps with anxiety, low mood, and relationship habits by creating manageable steps to practice between sessions. Another common method emphasizes building on a person's strengths and resources. It centers on practical problem solving and boosting confidence to handle stressors and life changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try an approach, and adjust based on how things go. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan stays practical and relevant to their daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people see and hear each other for fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or on-screen time is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging works for short check-ins, brief coaching, or when a written exchange fits a schedule. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy days.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- 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
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English