Megan Hanafee-major

Maybe your life has changed and you’re not sure where you’re headed anymore.

It can be overwhelming to feel like you’ve lost yourself. Does it feel like the ‘you,’ inside might not live up to the ‘you,’ that lives, breathes, and presents yourself out in the world? When neither feels like the authentic person that you want to be, it’s difficult to know where to ask for help, what is wrong, what’s off balance, or even where to begin. Even if neither of these things feels totally right, the answer lies in finding the balance between the two of them, and creating your own meaning. Life is full of challenges ranging from small bumps in the road to extreme detours, but wherever you are at, you don’t have to navigate it alone. I’m excited the journey has led you here.

As a person who has engaged in therapy at various times in my own life for a variety of reasons, I understand how helpful it can be and also how challenging. While all of my relationships with counselors were helpful to me, the close connections of a few were the experiences that I found most enriching. I know firsthand the best therapy happens in a healthy relationship.

I inform my work with my own experiences growing up in the Christian faith, being faced with trauma, managing mental health issues, discovering my identity, and trying (sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding) to find balance in life. I understand that although not everyone who walks through the door will relate with these personal experiences, the underlying emotions of confusion, fear, joy, and sorrow, are universal.

What is therapy like? Well, we make space to explore together, look at your experiences from different angles, and build a trusting respectful therapeutic relationship that we use as the vehicle for healing and change. We will build this relationship while also building skills, building confidence, and building on your strengths. We work together to identify your personal goals and how I can best support you in them. Therapy is like working with a personal trainer. While I can’t personally run the mile for you, we’re here to help you be a better runner, and that starts by showing up (the hardest part sometimes). I will encourage you, provide resources like an exercise targeting a muscle that helps make you stronger and plot goal posts to break down the seemingly impossible into something real. If you are here, you have already made the first step of the journey, so let’s figure out together what the next one is.  At some point, growth will be hard work, but you’re worthy of that effort. I’ll support you, and trust that you know you the best. I am here to walk with you as you work to become the happiest and healthiest version of yourself.