Meghan O'Connor (they/them/she/her)

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

• Codependency
• PTSD
• Relationship / Marriage Issues
• Coronavirus/COVID-19
• Depression

• Codependency

  Codependency is simple by definition - It's a pattern of chronic appeasement and dislocation from Self. It's a strategy of relating to others that is typically the result of developmental and socialized trauma. This pattern creates symptoms - resentment, dissatisfaction, deadness, depression, overwhelm, bitterness, anxiety, and even self-harm. We can create relief from the preoccupation and obsession with others, and find ourselves again, or perhaps, for the first time.

• PTSD

  Trauma is an experience that overwhelms your system. Childhood experiences can continue to impact us in a number of ways - unstable relationship to oneself and others, panic attacks, depression, addiction, anger, anxiety, feeling out of body, chronic destructive habits, memory loss. Talk therapy alone rarely does the trick. I work with you through Somatic interventions, EMDR, and parts work, to mitigate chronic nervous system arousal, helping you to feel more safely engaged with the world.

• Relationship / Marriage Issues

  Has a previously fluid and easy connection dissolved into fighting, blaming, emotional disconnection, or indifference? Differences in values causing stress or resentment? Wanting to reestablish intimacy and closeness? I have specialized training to help couples and individuals break patterns that cause fighting, improve communication, and strengthen connection.

• Coronavirus/COVID-19

  This, like any crisis, holds both tragedy and opportunity. As we all attempt to cope with and apprehend this large scale global event, we are learning quickly what is and isn't working on both a personal and collective level; Many are wondering, with a sense of pre-emptive despair, if we will integrate these lessons. I am available to those who are seeking support around these sudden shifts.

• Depression

  Depression can be an all-encompassing mental, emotional, and bodily state. The word itself reveals much about its nature - something is being 'depressed,' and the symptoms can be a scary experience - lack of joy, chronic fatigue, numbness, negative thought patterns. The effects of depression are compounded by social stigma. I work with you to stabilize your moods and recover a sense of aliveness.