I believe that individuals and families possess the strength to manage challenges, develop new
skills and strategies, and build healthy, happy relationships. My goal is to help you create space
to recognize your positive resources and work towards improving more challenging areas. My
approach is non-judgemental, empathetic, and collaborative. Together we will create an
understanding of the challenges you would like to work on and develop a plan to move towards
achieving those goals. My personal experiences have influenced my strong belief in our power
to locate our internal sources of strength, evoke change, and create new paths to understand
and accept ourselves and our loved ones.
I am a graduate of the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Yorkville University. I have
more than 15 years of experience working with youth & families in diverse environments
including group homes, lived-in treatment, day treatment classrooms, family outreach, youth
justice, crisis services, and private counselling.
I utilize evidence-based modalities tailored to the best fit for you, your needs, and your goals. I
am a registered qualifying member of the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
(CRPO) and a registered member of the Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists (OSRP).
“I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still
be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.”
~Virginia Satir
Currently not accepting new psychotherapy clients. Available for new parent-coaching clients and supervision clients only
Meghan Maynard is a genuine and warm-hearted psychotherapist. Meghan helps families create harmony and happiness in their homes, helps women overcome childhood trauma, and helps parents feel capable and empowered.
Meghan has nearly 20 years of experience in mental healthcare and has had the opportunity to work in group homes, treatment centers, psychiatric facilities, crisis counselling centers, domestic violence shelters, and educational centers.
Meghan has extensive experience supporting children and youth who are impacted by intense emotions, difficulties with impulse control, and anxious and depressive thinking.
Further, Meghan is passionate about helping women overcome their traumatic experiences and challenges with relationships, emotional regulation, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and more.
After completing her diploma in Child and Youth Counselling, and her degree in Youth Work, Meghan completed her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. Meghan has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Attachment-focused therapies, as well as training in art and play therapy techniques.
Meghan is excited to help kids, teens, families, and adults overcome the struggles they face. Meghan’s solution-focused and strength-based approach helps families and individuals to achieve their goals in direct and meaningful ways. Meghan also strives to create space for noticing and resolving the ways in which events of the past impact an individual’s present moment.
Meghan adopts an approach of cultural humility in her work and is an advocate for anti-racist, anti-oppressive social justice. In addition to clinical work, Meghan is a Ph.D. student whose research draws on her own lived experiences of neurodivergence and intergenerational trauma.
Meghan is pleased to be a registered provider with the Non-Insured Health Benefit program.
“Congratulations! Today is your day! You’re off to great places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.’ You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.” – Dr. Seuss
