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Thoughtful Therapy for Relationships, Grief and Anxiety
Helping couples at a crossroads, grieving parents, and highly sensitive people caught in cycles of anxiety make sense of what’s happening and figure out what comes next.
In-Person Therapy near Oklahoma City
Online Therapy Throughout Oklahoma and Vermont
Therapy for the Healing. The Grieving. The Becoming.
When something in life feels stuck
Most people arrive here because something in their life has become tangled in a way they can't quite sort through alone.​
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Maybe your relationship feels caught in the same painful pattern: the same arguments, the same hurt feelings, the same distance that keeps growing. ​
Sometimes it’s grief after the loss of a pregnancy or baby or the death of your child at any age or stage, the kind of grief that quietly reshapes everything and can feel difficult to speak about in everyday life.​
Or perhaps you're here because of the anxiety that keeps looping in the background of your otherwise thoughtful and capable life.
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Whatever brings people here, it usually means something important in their life needs attention.
People reach out to me for therapy for many reasons, but most of the folks I help fall into one of these areas.
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​Couples Therapy for Relationships That Feel Stuck
You love each other, but something isn’t working.
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I work with couples who find themselves:​
• stuck in the same painful argument
• feeling distant or disconnected
• at a crossroads about whether to repair the relationship or separate
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In couples therapy, both partners are invited to look honestly at the patterns that are hurting the relationship and begin shifting them.
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Grief Therapy for Parents
Losing a child is every parent’s worst nightmare. The depth of that grief can feel impossible to put into words.
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I work with parents grieving many kinds of loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, and the death of children later in life.
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Therapy offers a place where your child can be remembered and where your grief can be spoken about honestly.
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Therapy for Anxiety and Highly Sensitive Individuals
Some people's minds that are constantly buzzing and problem-solving.
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This can make you thoughtful and perceptive. It can also make it very hard to rest. You may find yourself overthinking decisions, replaying conversations, or getting stuck in endless “what if” loops.
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Therapy can help you understand the patterns behind this kind of anxiety and develop a steadier relationship with your thoughts and emotions.
Meet Megan
Hi, I'm Megan Secrest.
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides therapy in person near Oklahoma City and online for clients across Oklahoma and Vermont.
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I know how important it is to find the right fit in a therapist. Reaching out for help often happens at a moment when life already feels incredibly tender, complicated, or uncertain.
My work focuses on helping people navigate some of the hardest experiences in life: struggling relationships, deep grief, and anxiety that feels difficult to untangle alone.
My goal is to create a space where people feel understood and seen deeply, and where we can look honestly at the patterns that are keeping things stuck.
Who I Tend to Work With Best
Many of the people who reach out to me are thoughtful, sensitive individuals navigating difficult moments in life.
They may be:
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couples who love each other but feel stuck in painful patterns of conflict or disconnection
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parents grieving the loss of a pregnancy, infant, or child and trying to make sense of life after unimaginable loss
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highly sensitive people whose minds are constantly analyzing, anticipating, and overthinking
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individuals carrying anxiety that feels specific, sharp, and painful: the kind that can feel hard to talk about openly
Often these experiences are connected to deeper patterns shaped by earlier relationships, life transitions, or moments when the ground shifted beneath you. Therapy offers a place to slow down, understand what’s happening more clearly, and begin finding a steadier way forward.
Specialized Training
My work is informed by specialized training in several approaches that support deep, lasting change for individuals and couples.
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• EMDR Certified Therapist through EMDRIA, using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help the brain process trauma and painful experiences
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Relational Life Therapy (RLT): an approach developed by relationship expert Terry Real, that focuses on identifying and changing the patterns that keep relationships stuck. (I am currently completing the two-year certification process in RLT.)
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Inferential Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT) training for obsessive overthinking and intrusive “what if” thinking
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Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International, supporting parents navigating pregnancy loss, postpartum challenges, and reproductive grief
These approaches inform my work. However, therapy is always tailored to the specific needs of the person or couple sitting in the room. I practice from an integrative perspective, wanting my clients to be best served by the relationship and then the methods I've been trained in.
What People Often Gain From Therapy
Many people come to therapy because something in their life feels tangled, painful, or stuck.
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Over time, people often begin to experience:
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clearer understanding of the patterns affecting their relationships
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more honest and productive conversations with partners
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space to grieve without pressure to “move on” before they are ready
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relief from the constant loops of anxiety and overthinking
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a steadier relationship with themselves and their emotions
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an increased ability to trust themselves and their ability to handle 'whatever comes'
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Therapy doesn't remove life's difficulties, but it can help people move through them with greater clarity, support, and self-understanding.
About Insurance and Private Pay
Many of the people I work with choose private-pay therapy because it allows us to focus on the work itself, without the restrictions insurance companies often place on mental health care.
Private-pay therapy also offers greater privacy, flexibility, and the ability to tailor treatment to the unique needs of each person or couple.
If you're curious about whether working together would be a good fit, the best next step is a consultation.
If you’re wondering whether therapy might help, the best place to start is a consultation.
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This is a brief virtual conversation where you can share what’s been going on, ask questions, and get a sense of whether working together feels like the right fit.
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Reaching out for support can feel like a vulnerable step, and there’s no pressure to have everything figured out beforehand.
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Consultations are usually about 20-30 minutes long and are virtual. If you click the button to schedule one, you'll be directed to my calendar to select a time for us to 'meet' face to face.