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Megan Pollock

Megan Pollock

(she/her)

PhD
17 years of experience
Virtual

Do you have worries constantly spinning around in your head? Feeling on-edge? Maybe having some symptoms that don’t make sense to you or feeling a bit lost? Do you keep waking up in the middle of the night and/or way too early? Maybe just feeling stuck in life? If you are looking to better understand yourself and make some concrete improvements in your life, I can help you. Be who you want to be today, don’t put off living life! I aim to help my patients make the most out of life now. I am dedicated to helping others reach their full potential. I have specialized expertise in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety, Insomnia, and Schizophrenia. I offer specialty assessments and scientifically-based treatment modalities for these conditions. I work from a developmental and holistic framework to meet your unique needs. I integrate mental, physical, and socio-environmental factors into therapy. A little bit about me, I have been working in the mental health field for approximately 17 years. I have worked with a variety of ages from young kids to the elderly. I am a mother, wife, dog mom, avid exerciser, and psychologist. My work and being a mom taught me how important it is to recognize the developmental stage we are at in life. The older I get; the quicker life is going, and I believe we should optimize each day. I have extensive experience in psychological and cognitive assessments, including but not limited to intellectual, memory, medical decision-making capacity, forensic violence risk evaluations, dementia evaluations, and diagnostic evaluations. While I do not offer assessment services via GROW, my expertise in psychological assessments helps inform my understanding to address the whole person and key functional areas in life. I offer Emotional Support Animals (ESA) assessments. I have expertise in emotional support animals. For my postdoctoral research project at the San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center, I examined the social and wellbeing impact of animal exposure and interaction. Here is the link to the peer-reviewed journal publication from this project: https://www.psychosocial.com/article/21-15/8377/ If you are interested in learning more about my approach, please visit my professional website: www.drmeganpollock.com

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

I am direct and action-oriented, yet still warm to actively and collaboratively address the things bringing you in to therapy. I begin with a thorough psychosocial and diagnostic assessment with the aim to have a solid treatment plan by the end of session #3. I generally assign homework and/or activities to practice outside of therapy. About every 5th session, we'll reflect and see what is working and what is not. For some patients, what brings them only takes a few sessions, whereas for others it can be awhile. I meet my patients where they are at in life. I offer 2x/weekly, weekly to monthly sessions depending on your needs and availability.

What treatment methods and tools do you utilize?

I primarily utilize Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Exposure-based treatments, Humanistic, Existentialism, and Mindfulness. I emphasize the importance of physical activity and other key holistic aspects in life. I have a lot of experience and interest in helping women struggling with infertility, and/or peri- post-partum depression and anxiety. I am actively involved in local nonprofit moms organization where I live. Please note, I have extensive expertise in psychotic disorders and schizophrenia, if you or a loved one is struggling with a serious mental illness, I have specialized training to help. For local residents, I offer outdoor therapy (Ecotherapy).

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My biggest strengths are being authentic and active in helping patients reach their goals. I have extensive experiences in evidenced-based treatments. I take a concrete, applied approach to helping you make real-life changes.

About Megan Pollock

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Accepts cash

$180/session

Appointments

Virtual