“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers  within yourself that you have built against it.” ―Rumi

Meet Megan

“There are five freedoms: The freedom to see and hear what is here, instead of what should be, was, or will be. The freedom to say what you feel and think, instead of what you should. The freedom to feel what you feel, instead of what you ought. The freedom to ask for what you want, instead of always waiting for permission. The freedom to take risks on your own behalf, instead of choosing to be only ‘secure’ and not rocking the boat.” —Virginia Satir

These words capture the spirit of my work. My hope is that in exploring your situation together, you will come to know yourself more deeply, and also feel deeply known.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Minnesota with additional training in somatic healing and complex trauma. I currently live in Zurich, Switzerland where I am a Candidate in Training at the International School for Analytical Psychology (ISAP). Since 2010, I have worked with adults, adolescents, families, and couples navigating relationship challenges, depression and anxiety, grief and loss, and questions around gender and sexuality. I look forward to seeing what we might discover together.

Megan is interested in transformative work, to support each of us to tap into our life energy for more connection and aliveness. This work is often spurred by some kind of crisis – be that a loss, relationship rupture or challenge, physical health problems, a spiritual crossroads, or symptoms that are not able to be controlled or managed. The experience serves as some kind of call for a search of what we are really longing for, or most want for ourselves.

Megan works from an understanding that there are developmental life themes and resources that are essential to our capacity for self-regulation and an ability to be present. To the degree that those core needs/themes are met, we experience regulation and a sense of connection to ourselves and others. To the degree that life themes/needs are not met, we develop survival strategies to manage the dysregulation and disconnection.

Megan’s work utilizes somatic mindfulness (a practice to observe cognitive, emotional and physiological patterns and experiences) and inquiry to explore what patterns get in the way of being present to ourselves and others at a given moment and in our life. Using the organizing principals of one’s survival pattern/s, Megan brings more consciousness and awareness to these behaviors. She supports clients to use a dual awareness that is anchored in the present moment to explore patterns that began in the past, while not falling into the trap of making the past more important than the present.