Megan Shipley
Practical, relational care for life’s hard moments
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Megan
Megan Shipley is a licensed independent clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She writes in a warm, down-to-earth way and aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through hard things. Megan brings five years of clinical experience and works from Minnesota.
In sessions she begins by getting to know the person and what matters most to them. She centers the relationship and listens closely before suggesting ways to move forward.
Background and approach
That might mean learning new thinking tools, practicing coping skills, or addressing painful memories at a pace that feels manageable. Megan uses therapies that focus on the person in front of her. Client-centered work keeps the client’s goals central and emphasizes empathy and collaboration.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets patterns of thought and behavior that keep distress in place and offers practical skills to change them. She also incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, for people who are processing trauma. EMDR is used to reduce the intensity of distressing memories while supporting resilience and healing.
Megan’s style is relational and trauma-informed. She aims to balance support with concrete strategies so people leave sessions with clearer next steps. Her practice notes family and parenting as an area of interest, and she adapts methods to fit each person’s life and goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy places the person’s own goals at the center of the work and relies on empathy and collaboration to move forward. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort priorities and make changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions, and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety or depression. It is useful for people who want hands-on strategies to change unhelpful patterns.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, offers a way to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge. It is used alongside a supportive therapeutic relationship to build resilience over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, what feels safe, and what methods are likely to help. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust the plan as progress happens.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls offer face-to-face interaction from home, phone sessions work for those who prefer voice-only contact, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins and ongoing work between sessions. These options provide flexibility while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical coping skills.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point