Meet Megan
Megan Segel (she/her) is a therapist whose path into mental health began long before she ever entered a graduate program. Her career started nearly three decades ago in hands-on caregiving as a Certified Nursing Assistant in Minnesota, where she supported people of all ages living with physical disabilities, memory loss, and complex medical needs. That early work shaped her belief that everyone deserves care that is compassionate, dignifying, and attuned to their lived reality.
Megan went on to build a long and diverse career in medical settings — from OB/GYN to neurology, urgent care, internal medicine, infertility, pain management, and laboratory medicine. Those years deepened her understanding of the connection between physical health, emotional well-being, and the nervous system’s response to hardship. After a personal tragedy in 2019, Megan felt called to shift her work toward the heart of human suffering — trauma, grief, and crisis. She transitioned into social work, serving in Tribal Affairs with DSHS and later supporting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the LGBTQIA+ Subnetwork, where she provided chat, text, and follow-up support for people in acute distress.
Her clinical training includes long-term crisis stabilization, risk assessment, suicide prevention, and trauma treatment across multiple care systems. She completed her Master of Social Work in 2024, pursued EMDRIA-approved EMDR training soon after, and now specializes in trauma, PTSD, and crisis recovery. Today, Megan blends decades of medical experience with trauma-informed mental health practice to support clients experiencing suicidal ideation, self-harm, complex trauma, and acute emotional overwhelm.
Clients often describe Megan as grounding, steady, and deeply validating. Her sessions are shaped by honesty, empathy, and a belief that healing requires the freedom to speak openly without fear of judgment. Her hope is that clients leave feeling heard, safer, and no longer alone with what they’ve been carrying.
Education & Credentials:
MSW, Capella University, 2024
EMDRIA 10-Week EMDR Training, 2024
In progress: Sex Therapy Certification Training,(expected 2025)
Experience Highlights:
Specialization in suicidal ideation and self-harm stabilization
EMDR specialist with advanced training in trauma/PTSD treatment
LGBTQIA+ Subnetwork crisis support and leadership within the 988 lifeline
“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
Healing is not linear — and Megan approaches it with patience, clarity, and the belief that every person has the capacity to move toward what once felt impossible. She hopes clients leave their first session feeling safe, understood, and more hopeful than when they walked in. Her work is guided by compassion, respect, and the unwavering belief that reaching out for help is an act of strength.
Megan believes healing becomes possible when clients feel genuinely safe to tell the truth about what they’ve carried — without minimizing, masking, or apologizing. Her goal is not just to reduce symptoms, but to help clients reclaim their agency, rebuild trust in themselves, and move through life with greater clarity, confidence, and inner steadiness. Whether someone is navigating complex trauma, active crisis, long-term PTSD, or the slow work of rebuilding after hardship, Megan walks beside her clients with steadiness, skill, and sincere care.
In Megan’s words:
A book I love to recommend: The Body Keeps the Score is one of my favorite books and covers the physiological changes that occur in response to trauma, the role of the nervous system and brain in storing and processing traumatic memories, the ways in which trauma can disrupt daily life, relationships, and sense of self, the different types of therapy and interventions that can help individuals heal from trauma
Random Fun Fact about me: In my spare time I love doing forensic genealogy and I am a huge animal lover and advocate.
When it’s time for self-care, you’ll find me: exercising, eating healthy, making smoothies, going to the coast and sitting by the ocean, and watching movies that will make me laugh.
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