Therapy Services for Parents, Teenagers and Young Adults
PLEASE NOTE: From January-June 2026, Megan will be available for on-line sessions only.
Parenting in today’s world can feel complicated.
Parents are constantly bombarded with endless information, advice, and competing theories - all packaged up in the latest books and programmes promoting the “right” or “latest” way to raise children and teenagers.
I provide psychological consultations for parents that help them cut through this noise.
Across development, children’s core needs remain constant: secure relationships, consistent care, and emotionally attuned parenting. Contemporary neuroscience and developmental research has repeatedly identified these as foundational to healthy psychological development.
My approach is firmly grounded in this science.
Perfect parenting is a myth. Good enough is powerful.
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My primary focus is working with parents.
While there is sometimes a place for children and early teenagers to receive individual therapy, my clinical experience - combined with research-based knowledge - show that in most circumstances, the most effective and lasting change often begins with parents. Parents hold the key to their child’s emotional wellbeing, and when parents are well supported, the whole family benefits.
Parenting Consultations
At the initial consultation, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your child or teenager’s needs, gain clarity about their developmental and psychological needs, and receive science-informed insights and practical strategies. It is anticipated that our work together will be time limited, with a clear plan of action developed by the end of the initial consultation, that strengthens your confidence and supports you to be the parent you want to be.
Initial Clinical Consultation: 90 minutes $375
Subsequent Sessions: 60 minutes $250
Parenting consultations can help with many issues:
Challenging behaviour and emotional regulation
Anxiety, low mood, and mental health concerns
Strengthening parent–child and family relationships
Grief, loss, and trauma
Adolescence and developmental transitions
School stress and pressures
Neurodiversity and developmental differences
Parenting differences and separation
Support for adoptive, foster, and non-biological parents
Building your wellbeing and resilience
Understanding how your own upbringing shapes your parenting
Individual Psychotherapy – ages 14-25 years only
Individual therapy focuses on client’s goals i.e. improvement in mood, behaviour, wellbeing or relationships, or other issues.
Initial & Subsequent Sessions – 60 minutes $250
Note: Adolescents aged 14-18 years – first session is with parents only (60 minutes)
Areas I can assist with:
Behavioural difficulties
Mood difficulties
Stress and anxiety management
Relationship challenges
School/Uni based stress
Grief, loss and trauma
Transition to adulthood
My professional experience
I am a Clinical Psychologist (MA Hons, PGDipClinPsych) who has 25 years’ experience in working with children, adolescents, young adults and their parents.
I am registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board, holding both the Clinical, and Neuropsychology, scopes of practice. I am a full member of the New Zealand Psychological Society, (NZPsS), and am a member of the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI), the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), and the American Psychological Society (APA).
As a specialist child and adolescent psychologist, I work with a wide range of emotional, behavioural and developmental difficulties. I am also a specialist paediatric neuropsychologist with expertise in working with clients who have acquired brain injuries, neurological or neurodevelopmental disorders, or cognitive and learning difficulties.
I have worked in my private practice since 2005 and also have experience working in the public sector in the areas of child and adolescent mental health, maternal mental health, health and disability, and in community based rehabilitation services.