Meghan Gilliland, LCSW
We all have an innate capacity for healing. My work is to help you tap into your natural strength and wisdom to achieve your mental health goals.
I began working as a case manager for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault in 2005, and this experience put me on a path to become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. My first job as a psychotherapist was to provide in-home therapy to a wide range of populations, including young children in foster care, court mandated parents, and vulnerable older adults. My next job was at a residential treatment center with teenagers and adults in treatment for eating disorders. In each setting, I observed how trauma was often the common thread that brought people in for services. This led me to seek more specialized training in trauma therapies, as I became interested in treating the root cause rather than the symptoms. I started my private practice in 2019 and have been providing trauma-focused online therapy since that time.
I love to learn and I will forever be a student. I stay up to date on current research and participate in regular training and consultation to continue my professional development. My personal growth is something I value and consider a lifelong process. In my free time I enjoy hiking, gardening, cooking, watching movies and spending time with my husband and kids.
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona, 2005
Master of Social Work, Arizona State University, 2010
Licenses and Certifications:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker , Arizona, July 2019- present
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, Massachusetts, May 2024- present
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Oregon, January 2025- present
EMDR Certified Therapist, August 2021- present
EMDRIA Approved Consultant, August 2024
Miscellaneous Training:
KAP Theory and Methodology for Journey Clinical Members, Fluence, 2025
Clinical Hypnosis: The Fundamentals, Oregon Society of Clinical Hypnosis, 2024
Exposure and Response Prevention, International OCD Foundation, 2024
IFS Online Circle: Foundations of the IFS Model, PESI, 2024
Internal Family Systems Informed Psychedelic Integration, Moxie School, 2023
Psychedelic-Assisted Treatment Summit, PESI, 2022
KAP Provider Training, Resilience Behavioral Health- Jennifer Montjoy, 2022
Safe and Sound Protocol, Unyte, 2020
A Body Oriented Approach to Trauma: Introduction to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Pat Ogden, 2019
DBT Skills With Marsha Linehan, Psychwire, 2018
EMDR Training:
An Introduction to KA- EMDR Therapy, Danielle Ciccone and Michele Topel, 2025
EMDR and Chronic Pain/ Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Mark Grant, 2024
R-TEP, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy, 2024
EMDRIA Summit 2024
Thinking AIP and Using EMDR, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy- Deany Laliotis, 2024
Strengthening the Self, Andrew Leeds, 2024
Healing the Wounds of Attachment and Rebuilding Self, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy, 2024
Treatment of simple, complex, and dissociative panic, Andrew Leeds, 2024
EMDR Treatment Planning with Survivors of Complex, Early Neglect and Abuse, Andrew Leeds, 2023
EMDR Therapy with Complex Trauma and Dissociative Personality Structure, Jim Knipe, 2023
The Positive Affect Tolerance Protocol, Andrew Leeds, 2023
Powerful Techniques With EMDR Therapy, Ad de Jongh and Suzy Matthijssen, 2023
EMDR and Ego State Interventions, an Advanced Course, Robin Shapiro, 2023
IFS-Informed EMDR, Syzygy Institute, 2022
The Craft of EMDR, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy- Deany Laliotis, 2021
Beyond Basics, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy- Deany Laliotis, 2021
The Dance of Attachment, An Advanced EMDR Clinical Course, The Center for Excellence in EMDR Therapy- Deany Laliotis, 2021
EMDRIA Virtual Conference, 2021
EMDR Therapy with Preteen and Adolescents, Carolyn Settle, 2020
Healing the Whole Self, Sarah Jenkins, 2020
Memory Reconsolidation, the Flash Technique & EMDR, Phillip Mansfield, 2020
Treating Complex Trauma with EMDR and Structural Dissociation Theory, Kathleen Martin, 2019
The Progressive Approach of EMDR, Dolores Mosquera, 2019
EMDR Sandtray Specialist Intensive Program, AGATE Institute-Ana Gomez, 2019
EMDR Basic Training, Dragonfly International Therapy- Sarah Jenkins, 2018