Meet Meghan, Associate Therapist for Children, Teens and Adults in San Ramon, CA
Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
Meghan has always been curious about the human condition and the impact of compassion. Her background includes a bachelor’s in psychology and social work, a master’s degree in clinical counseling, and experience working as an associate marriage & family therapist since early 2021. When Meghan first found herself in front of a therapist, she was a teenager who was overwhelmed by familial grief. However, it wasn’t until she pursued therapy as an adult, did she experience both the beauty and challenge of the healing process herself. From an early age, Meghan has hoped to help others and has found herself privileged to do this through the therapeutic setting.
Meghan earned a master’s degree in clinical counseling from Point Loma Nazarene University, where she trained with a focus on culturally competent and evidence-based approaches to therapy. As a part of the interdisciplinary team at SHARP hospital in San Diego, she gained clinical experience from a vast majority of diagnostic issues.
Meghan’s approach to clients is compassion focused and trauma informed. In work with clients, she draws from a number of modalities including Attachment, Family Systems, Narrative, Relational, Somatic, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).
She enjoys working with children, adolescents, young adults and families through anxiety, depression, life transitions/changes, relationship issues, grief and loss, behavioral challenges, and embodiment work. Meghan believes therapy is a space for clients to come as they are openly and freely- and once we are fully seen and heard by another, we can feel safe to let go and thrive.
TRAINING & EDUCATION
Employed by Ritenour Counseling
Supervised by Michelle Ritenour, LMFT #51357
contact@meghanoneil.com | 925-232-1124
Education
Masters (M.A.) in Clinical Counseling
Point Loma Nazarene University, San DiegoBachelor’s of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology & Social Work
Pepperdine University, Malibu
Training/Volunteer Work
PREPARE/ENRICH Certified Facilitator
PHP and IOP - Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital
Center for Enriching Relationships
Professional Affiliations
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
East Bay California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists