Meet Megan Tresh

Marriage & Family Therapist Intern

Megan has a master’s degree in Marriage & Family Therapy and is currently pursuing her PhD in this field. Her MFT training and underlying attachment-based approach allow her to provide therapeutic services, which consider her clients’ entire families. By tailoring the modalities used to each client in order to fit their needs, she found certain types of therapy to consistently provide positive outcomes in various situations.

For individuals, Megan typically uses Narrative Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) depending on the presenting problem. Her training in Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP) makes her a great fit for those experiencing high anxiety and OCD. Her modalities of choice for couples are Emotion Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), concepts from The Gottman Method, and her certification as a Prepare/Enrich facilitator. For children, she uses various Play Therapy techniques and also seeks involvement with the child’s parents and family throughout the therapeutic journey.

There are so many unknowns, unmet expectations, and difficult transitions throughout life. While we may not be able to control what happens to us, we are able to move forward with meaning and purpose. Sometimes building a certain level of resilience and mental fortitude is required before we can progress. “I always strive to provide a safe, authentic, and non-judgemental therapeutic atmosphere, which I believe is the best environment for healing & growth,” she says.

“Spirituality is a beautiful guide toward growth, and a part of anyone’s therapeutic process, whether it’s realized or not. Relationships reflect a deeply spiritual nature, and relational issues are often at the root of the problems we experience,” she adds. While Megan often works with clients who hold a Christian worldview or have been hurt by religious trauma, and she works with — and welcomes and respects — all types of belief systems in therapy.