Megan "Meg" McCarthy, Ph.D., PLMHP
Therapist

Megan McCarthy, Ph.D., PLMHP, is a trauma-informed therapist providing telehealth and in-person services to clients in Nebraska. Much of Megan’s clinical career began in Arizona, where she developed a broad foundation in outpatient therapy, psychological assessment, family systems, forensic work, crisis intervention, and intensive behavioral health programming. As she transitions her clinical work to Nebraska, Megan brings with her a deep respect for the complexity of each person’s story and a belief that therapy is most meaningful when clients feel understood, supported, and not judged for the ways they have learned to survive.

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​Megan’s path as a clinician has been shaped by years of working with people navigating trauma, emotional dysregulation, neurodivergence, complex relationships, identity development, burnout, and major life transitions. She has provided individual, family, child, and group therapy across outpatient, correctional, forensic, and community-based settings, and she has developed and facilitated DBT-informed programming for clients needing more structured emotional and behavioral support. These experiences have helped her understand that healing rarely happens in a straight line. Many clients come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, disconnected from themselves, or exhausted from trying to “function” in systems that were not built with their needs in mind.

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Her approach is grounded in warmth, honesty, curiosity, and practical support. Megan is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with more than 10 years of trauma-focused experience and a Certified DBT professional with more than 10 years of training and clinical application. She often uses DBT-informed strategies to help clients better understand their emotions, reduce shame, strengthen boundaries, improve relationships, and build coping tools that feel realistic outside of the therapy room. Megan is also receiving additional training in EMDR, Brainspotting, and Food as Medicine, reflecting her belief that emotional healing, nervous system regulation, physical health, and lived experience are deeply connected.

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Over the past several years, Megan has also focused much of her work on supporting neurodivergent clients. She is a Certified Autism Spectrum and ADHD Specialist with five years of focused experience in autism, ADHD, learning differences, and related emotional and behavioral needs. Megan considers herself a neurodivergent-affirming provider and strives to create a therapy space where clients do not feel pressured to mask, minimize, or explain away who they are. Her work with neurodivergent clients often centers on self-understanding, sensory and emotional regulation, executive functioning support, identity development, burnout recovery, and building a life that honors the client’s actual needs rather than forcing them into unrealistic expectations.

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Megan currently holds a Provisional Licensed Mental Health Practitioner credential in Nebraska and is preparing to take her exam toward full licensure as an Independent Mental Health Practitioner. She is excited to continue providing therapy to clients throughout Nebraska with an approach that is trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and deeply respectful of the whole person.