Therapy that meets you at the intersection of your experiences.

The goal is to combine your expertise in yourself and my expertise in feelings, relationships, and nervous systems.

Let's build your plan, together.

Artists

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ADHD

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Trauma

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Neurodiversity

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Families

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Children & Teens

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Chronic Illness

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Attachment

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OCD

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Complex PTSD

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Artists ✳︎ ADHD ✳︎ Trauma ✳︎ Neurodiversity ✳︎ Families ✳︎ Children & Teens ✳︎ Chronic Illness ✳︎ Attachment ✳︎ OCD ✳︎ Complex PTSD ✳︎

Therapy designed for people like you:

Neurodiversity: ADHD, Autism & Giftedness

Neurodiversity, including ADHD, Autism, and Giftedness (or any combination thereof) set us up for unique challenges. This can look like struggles with boredom, physically painful emotions, uncomfortable social dynamics, feelings of pressure, unease, or discomfort that are hard to get to the root of. This can also look like a need to be constantly in motion, constantly problem solving, constantly trying to be perfect. Neurodiversity is not the excuse, it is the reason. We work collaboratively with you, not against you, to get to unexpectedly delightful outcomes.

  • Therapy starts with getting to know you and your successes. We spend time with your special interests. We ask what is working and what needs improvement? We take a curious eye to your day to day life and figure out where we can better meet sensory, communication, and learning needs. We experiment with executive function skills based on your brain and your life. We collaborate to consider what self-advocacy looks like for you. We may bring in family or friends to learn together. The goal is realistic empowerment and acknowledgement of disability, not magical thinking.

    • Fatigue

    • Overwhelm

    • Trauma

    • Stress

    • Shame

    • Challenges shifting tasks

    • Grief of adult diagnosis

    • Struggles to start tasks/procrastination

    • Irritability

    • Struggles with focus

    • Changes and transitions

    • Sensory overwhelm

    • Guilt

    • Embarrassment

    • Impulsivity

    • Struggles with describing feelings or experiences to others

    • Social skills

    • Role overload in relationships

    • Perfectionism

    • Getting to know yourself and what makes you happy, without shame or embarrassment

    • Overuse of screens

    • Building meaningful connections

    • Communication

    • Finding the right level of sensory stimulation

    • Organizing and utilizing spaces in the home to reduce overwhelm

    • School challenges, including school refusal

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Parts-work

    • Parent Management Training

    • Executive function skill development

    • Play therapy

    • Exposure Response and Prevention (ERP)

    • Psychoeducation

High Achievers & Perfectionism

Your outward presentation says you have it all together: the world thinks life is easy for you. Inside, you are working hard to keep afloat. Common issues include imposter syndrome, loneliness, burnout, fatigue, and disconnection from important things like hunger and tiredness cues. You might always be looking for approval from others, or struggle to take compliments. You might be on top of the world, but it’s a struggle to enjoy where you are.

  • We will use your successes, skills, and points of pride to build a solid foundation of self awareness and appreciation, so that we can address underlying drives (such as self-doubt). I will support you in doing the challenging self work needed to be happy, present, psychologically flexible, and confident.

    • Stress

    • Burn out

    • Fatigue

    • Role overload

    • Strained relationships

    • Self-doubt

    • Anxiety

    • Imposter syndrome

    • Body image challenges

    • Challenges celebrating successes and accepting positive feedback

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Parts-work

    • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Exposure and Response Prevention

    • Family systems work

Binging Behaviors

The cycle looks like this: you’re doing great, really on your A-game and not indulging. And then, you start to indulge in that thing (you know, the thing you really don’t want to do too much of anymore), and…. you can’t stop. The next day you feel awful in your body and awful about yourself. The cycle keeps you on your toes- you think it’s really gone this time and then- BAM!- it’s back. And you don’t like yourself very much. We can do deep work to change they way you engage with this cycle, and how you think about yourself.

  • We work collaboratively to observe patterns with curiosity, kindness, and a scientific mind. We don’t accept excuses, but we do get to know reasons. And when we find those reasons, we address them at their root. This means cycles change and you can live a life in balance and harmony, instead of at extremes.

    • Binge eating

    • Over consumption of screen time

    • Over consumption of media

    • Over-spending

    • Impulsivity

    • Regret

    • Negative self talk

    • Adults with difficult childhoods

    • Anxiety

    • Trauma

    • Relationships

    • Positive self-regard

    • Imposter syndrome

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Parts-work

    • Unified Protocol (UP)

Chronic Illness & Pain

Living with chronic illness and pain often means being your own best advocate, scientific researcher, and treatment team manager at once. These huge jobs generate a lot of stress, which makes our diagnoses flare. It may feel like the cycle of flare and recovery is dictating your life and future. Your diagnosis has a big impact on your life, and, at the same time, it is one part of who you are and your life story. It is possible to live fully with illness and pain.

  • As a disabled therapist, I provide disability-affirming care to individuals and families. Here, your self-expertise is respected and valued. We work with your experience and nervous system to build a felt sense of safety, making space for you to renew energy and participate in a life you love. The goal is to acknowledge the impact of your diagnoses and live life on your own terms.

    • Disability identity development

    • Relationships

    • Pain related to trauma

    • Sleep challenges

    • Fatigue

    • Self-Doubt

    • Life transitions

    • Family changes

    • Childhood trauma

    • Anxiety

    • Rumination

    • Intergenerational trauma

    • Family dynamics

    • Boundaries

    • The topic that you really want to address, but providers keep thinking the central issue is your diagnosis (ask me how I know)

    • Struggles with self advocacy

    • Grief

    • Struggles with taking up space

    • Accessibility within home and family

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Parts-work

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Executive function skill development

    • Mindfulness & relaxation skills specifically tailored to you

Challenging Childhoods

It’s not easy being a kid. And it’s not easy being an adult who feels like their childhood experiences refuse to stay in the past, impacting their relationships, self-concept, and decision making. Whether the tough childhood we’re talking about has already happened, or you are an adult looking to help a child currently going through a difficult time, therapy can help.

  • I specialize in treating childhood trauma through integrative therapy practices including EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and I utilize the theory of Structural Dissociation of Parts (parts-work). Trauma in childhood requires comprehensive therapy treatment: it impacts our body, nervous system, and sense of self. We will work together to help you establish a felt sense of safety in the present day, in your body, within yourself, so that you can live fully in the present.

    • Child abuse

    • Ongoing exposure to stressful experiences (eg: medical, family, relationship, school stressors)

    • Family bullying

    • Ongoing abuse

    • Stressful relationships

    • Late in life diagnoses

    • Feeling stuck or stalled

    • Confusion

    • Guilt, shame, and embarrassment

    • Food problems

    • Codependency

    • Role overload

    • Burnout

    • Loneliness

    • Anxiety

    • Hypervigilance: always being on alert, waiting for the other shoe to drop

    • Sleep problems

    • Pain associated with traumatic events or long term stress experiences

    • Feeling unsure about what you want in life

    • Concerns about gaps in memory

    • Somatic Experiencing

    • EMDR

    • Structural dissociation of parts

    • Parts-work

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

    • Unified Protocol

    • Parent Management Therapy

    • Play Therapy

    • Family systems work

People Pleasing

People pleasing doesn’t only mean that you find satisfaction in making others comfortable and happy. It means that you’ll go to great lengths, even at the expense of your own wellbeing to avoid conflict with people in your life. We work together to help you identify your own desires and preferences, and to let your voice be heard, while maintaining relationships you care about.

  • I hold space and curiosity for you to be yourself. And if you don’t know who that is yet, I’ll sit with you as you figure out who you are. We will consider how your new skills, preferences, and self knowledge can be made actionable in the context of your relationships.

    • Anxiety

    • Trauma

    • Social anxiety

    • Self-Doubt

    • Relationships

    • Standing up for yourself

    • Family changes

    • Relationship violence

    • Not liking yourself very much

    • Wishing you could say ‘no’ but feeling you can’t

    • Family and cultural expectations at odds with your goals and hopes

    • Feeling different from others

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Parts-work

School Refusal

Getting to school can be hard. Maybe it starts the night before with your child debating the need to go to school. Maybe it starts every weekday morning with struggles to wake up and get out of bed. Perhaps your child refuses on days where something big is happening, even if it’s something you might think is awesome- like a field trip. From social anxiety and separation anxiety to sleep problems and sensory overload, there are many reasons children might refuse to get to school. Let’s work together to get them back to the classroom, in a way that works well for you as a family.

  • Based on your child’s age and specific challenges, we will work with them, their teachers and school administrators, and the adults your child loves to build a team approach that encourages and emboldens your child, step by step, until they feel ready for anything the day throws at them.

    • Separation Anxiety

    • Social Anxiety

    • Specific phobias

    • Sleep problems

    • Rumination and perseverating

    • Sensory overload

    • Stress leading to belly aches and bathroom problems

    • Challenges with starting homework

    • Struggles with transitions

    • Feeling unmotivated to attend school or complete schoolwork

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Play Therapy

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Parent Management Training

    • Exposure Therapy

    • Exposure and Response Prevention

    • Executive function skills to support mood and development

Anxiety

Living with anxiety is exhausting- you are on high alert, waiting for something bad to happen, and in the mean time, you’re missing out on rest and fun. And on top of that, because anxiety responses are intended to propel you into action, your body might be physically exhausted, too. It is possible to move through the anxiety to live a life with peace and calm.

  • We start by pulling out our detective hats and assessing what kind of anxiety your brain is working with. When we’ve pinned that down, we leverage your strengths to help you develop a sense of safety, moment to moment, one step at a time. Sometimes those steps are tip-toe small, and sometimes those steps are huge leaps. We’ll figure out the shape of your anxiety together.

    • Anxiety

    • Separation Anxiety in Adults and Children

    • Trauma

    • Phobias

    • Social Anxiety

    • Performance Anxiety

    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    • Self-Doubt

    • Relationships

    • Life transitions

    • Family changes

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Parts-work

    • Exposure and response prevention

    • Unified Protocol

    • Play Therapy

    • Family Therapy

    • Parent Management Training

Sleep Problems

Choose your battle: do you have trouble winding down for bed? Falling asleep? Staying asleep? Waking up early after too little sleep? Is it hard to wake up in the morning? Or maybe you’re super sleepy throughout the day? Or you have an erratic sleep schedule and don’t know why. Even more challenging- maybe it’s not you with the sleep problems, it’s your little one. Understanding the source of sleep challenges and how to address them can make bedtime more restful and renewing.

  • We’ll think about your mental health and sleep holistically. This means carefully listening to the details about your experience and figuring out where things go haywire during the day, so that you are set up for success at night. I will collaborate with your care team as we support you in achieving restful sleep.

    • Neurodiversity (ADHD, ASD, Giftedness)

    • Busy brains: it’s hard to wind down

    • Anxiety

    • Trauma

    • OCD

    • Bedtime procrastination or ‘revenge procrastination’

    • Burn out

    • Role Overload

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • CBT for insomnia

    • Parent Management Training

    • Play therapy

    • Exposure and Response Prevention

    • Unified Protocol

    • Parts-work

Artists

Creating something from nothing, by yourself or with others, is magical. It’s also hard work, sweat, and dedication. Many creative people and artists can struggle with artist’s block, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism. Suffering isn’t necessary to make great art. I work with visual artists, dancers, writers, and musicians to help them move through, and past, stuck points and self-doubt and into more flow in their creative practices.

  • The goal is to help you get to know your process in a new way, to deepen your connection to what drew you to your art form in the first place, or, find new, healthy ways to be an artist, if you’ve outgrown your old narrative.

    • Artist block

    • Imposter syndrome

    • Feeling disconnected from community

    • Self doubt

    • Burn out

    • Fatigue

    • Perfectionism

    • Overly harsh self-critique

    • Isolation

    • Disenchantment with the art world

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Parts-work

Caregivers, Teachers & Parents

Your job is tough: emotional labor requires creativity, connection, openness, and seemingly endless energy. Caregivers, teachers, and parents often struggle with feeling burnt out by the work, and people, they love. I work with caregivers, teachers, and parents to help them build sustainable change, to improve their quality of life, and to reconnect with themselves.

  • You don’t want to give up on your caregiving role, you want to find a way to make it work. I collaborate with you to identify ways to sustain your energy, reduce burnout, access resources, and say no or ask for help in a way that feels right to you and matches your values.

    • Burnout

    • Fatigue

    • Caregiving for parents who didn’t care for you

    • Caregiving for children with specific needs

    • Neurodiversity in families

    • Improving family cooperation

    • The impact of chronic pain & illness

    • Grief

    • Relationships

    • Life transitions

    • Family changes

    • School problems

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Family Therapy

    • Group Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Somatic therapies

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Radically open DBT

    • Parts-work

Trauma & Complex Trauma

Trauma changes the way we understand ourselves, our history, and the world around us. Sometimes trauma comes from one distinct event. Very often, trauma responses develop because you’ve experienced a series of adverse events over a longer period of time. Too much, too soon, too little. Emotional neglect, unmet needs, unidentified neurodiversity, and chronic exposure to stressors- even those in our own body- create ripple effects through our lives. Healing from trauma is possible.

  • Meg Rogers, LMFT specializes in trauma-informed and holistic approaches to treatment that integrate parts work, somatic therapies (such as Somatic Experiencing), and EMDR with practical changes that build your confidence, capacity, and ability to be present in your life. First, we build a felt sense of safety in your own body. From there, we can do much more, and it will feel much easier for you.

    • PTSD & C-PTSD

    • Adults with difficult childhoods

    • Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

    • Medical trauma

    • Emotional neglect

    • Secondary trauma

    • Disassociation

    • Memory gaps

    • Confusion

    • Overwhelm

    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    • United Protocol

    • Somatic Experiencing

    • Cognitive Processing Therapy

    • DBT

    • Theory of Structural Dissociation

    • Narrative Therapy

    • Solution Focused Therapy

Re-running Thoughts: Obsessing & Perseverating

Your brain (or your child’s) feels like it’s playing the same song over, and over. The playlist won’t shuffle and even if you like the song, it’s not working for the bigger picture of your life. Maybe the re-running thoughts are keeping you from doing the things you’d love to do. Maybe you’ve had feedback from others that this focused interest is getting in the way of relationships. Maybe you notice that you feel physically awful after your brain get stuck on one topic. We can figure it out and help you move on.

  • The first step is noticing when the thoughts start sticking. We’ll use your observations, and if you want, the observations of your family and friends, to figure out the source of the stuck thoughts. Then, we’ll collaborate and build a plan that addresses your specific flavor of stuck in a way that empowers as you build flexibility and freedom. The goal is to help you live the life you want to live, with flexibility and freedom.

    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    • Anxiety

    • Rumination

    • Perseveration

    • Feeling stuck

    • Pestering, intrusive thoughts

    • Trauma

    • Avoidance

    • Strained relationships

    • Rigid thinking

    • Exposure and Response Prevention

    • EMDR

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • Somatic therapies

    • Play Therapy

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Parent Management Training

    • Exposure Therapy

    • Mindfulness

    • Unified Protocol

Repetitive Behaviors

Picking fingernails, pulling hair, counting, repeating processes in your mind, asking others for reassurance… even avoiding things that feel uncomfortable: the behavior could be anything. The challenge is that you get stuck in it, you lose time to it, and even though it seems like the behavior should help (or might help), it doesn’t. And maybe the behavior is causing you pain, or is straining your relationships. You can change this, and you don’t have to do it alone.

  • Whatever the stuck behavior is, it started because it once seemed helpful. With a kind and compassionate eye, I’ll help you understand your behaviors and patterns. We’ll work together to give you the power to decide what you’ll do, for how long, and when.

    • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

    • Anxiety

    • Repetitive Behaviors

    • Obsessions

    • Trauma

    • Avoidance

    • Strained relationships

    • Rigid thinking

    • Fearfulness

    • Embarrassment about behaviors

    • Exposure and Response Prevention

    • EMDR

    • Solution Focused Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • Somatic therapies

    • Play Therapy

    • Neurodiversity affirming DBT

    • Parent Management Training

    • Exposure Therapy

    • Mindfulness

    • Unified Protocol

2025

New York

How can one therapist specialize in all of these different experiences?

The secret: all of these experiences overlap and interconnect. Understanding you and your experience means paying attention to where your experiences intersect and diverge. To work well with clients who have experienced trauma, it is important to understand human development.  To collaborate with neurodiverse clients, it is critical to know how gender, socialization, and early experiences impact current behavior. The benefit of working with a therapist who knows how to discern OCD from Autism, Binge Eating Disorder from ADHD, and c-PTSD from PTSD, is that I take you and your observations seriously. Every step of the way. The result is clearer, more comprehensive treatment, for your whole self.