Megan Shea, MSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

“I help adults navigate anxiety, relationship challenges, and life transitions by understanding the deeper patterns driving their experience. Trained in the U.S. and practising across Australia, I offer structured, online therapy focused on clarity, emotional stability, and real change.”

About Me

I work with people who feel stuck in relationships, emotional patterns, or life direction, even when they have insight. Therapy with me is active and focused. We look at what’s happening, understand what’s driving it, and create practical, meaningful change. I am trained in the United States (Master of Social Work, Adult Mental Health) and practise as an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) in Australia, with experience across both systems. My approach integrates attachment, depth psychology, and nervous system regulation. This means we don’t just manage symptoms, we make sense of your experience so you can move forward with clarity and direction. Sessions are delivered online and available across Australia and internationally.

Approach

Trauma-informed, person-centred, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Focused on anxiety, trauma, relationships, and emotional regulation. Structured work aimed at real, sustainable change.

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Basic Information

Bundall, Australia

Services

I offer online psychotherapy and counselling for adults navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions. My work focuses on understanding underlying emotional and relational patterns, supporting nervous system regulation, and creating practical, meaningful change.

Services Offered:

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CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.
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Expressive Arts Therapy
A therapeutic approach that combines visual art, music, movement, writing, and drama as channels for emotional expression and processing.
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Free Consultation
A no-cost initial session to meet the therapist, discuss needs, and decide whether they are the right fit before committing.
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Individual Psychotherapy
In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Online Counselling
Counselling conducted via video, phone, or secure messaging, providing professional support remotely.
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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Supervision & Training
Combined clinical supervision and professional development for mental health practitioners building their skills and expertise.
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Schema Therapy
A therapy that identifies deep, long-standing emotional patterns (schemas) formed in childhood and works to change the ones that cause recurring problems.
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Relationship Counselling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

Works With:

•Adults
•Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
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Autism (ASD)
A neurodevelopmental condition affecting social communication, sensory processing, and behaviour patterns, with a wide range of presentations and strengths.
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Depression
A mood disorder marked by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, and changes in energy, sleep, or appetite that impair daily functioning.
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Identity & Self-Image
A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.
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Intimacy Issues
Difficulties with emotional or physical closeness in relationships, including fear of vulnerability, avoidance of connection, or sexual concerns.
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Men's Issues
Psychological challenges commonly experienced by men, including difficulty expressing emotions, anger, relationship struggles, fatherhood pressures, and societal expectations of masculinity.
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Mood Disorder
A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.
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Performance
The psychological factors (confidence, focus, pressure management) that influence how well a person performs in sport, academics, the arts, or work.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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Professional Title:

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker
A social worker licensed to provide clinical therapy, diagnosis, and treatment for mental health conditions.

Qualifications

Master of Social Work

Masters

University of Southern California

Year: 2020

Memberships

Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

Graduate Member

Membership: 663930

Service Area

Mindful Sparrow Therapy & Coaching

In-person

Gold Coast, Queensland 4217

Australia