About Megan Rees (she/her)
Feel Better. Sleep More. Be Nicer to Be Around.
Therapist for burnout and work stress in Oakland
I specialize in helping people who feel overwhelmed, exhausted, or stuck in toxic work environments. If work is draining your energy or joy, I’m here to support you in reclaiming balance, setting healthy boundaries, and rebuilding a sense of purpose, even if leaving your job isn’t an option right now.
Through therapy, you can transform your relationship to work, even if you can’t quit your job. It’s possible to regain your sense of purpose, develop skills for coping with stress, set boundaries with difficult people, and take back your power. The results could mean a better time at work and more meaningful time away from work.
Check out my blog to read my thoughts about workplace challenges.
A unique approach to work stress, burnout, & ADHD
I’m here to listen, but sometimes you’re all talked out. I’m trained as a drama therapist, which means that we can optionally use more than just talking to get at the heart of what’s troubling you. We might use metaphors, images, or storytelling. It might be easier for you to explain it by talking about your favorite TV character. We might explore where you feel it in your body because that’s where your stress is hanging out, anyway.
I help my clients work through serious issues, and while there’ll be insights, progress, challenges, and triumphs, sometimes there’ll also be playfulness and maybe even some laughter.
I’m not just a therapist. I’ve worked in the kind of places that are causing you stress.
In addition to being a therapist, I’ve worked in tech, hospitals, utilities, and community mental health. I’ve survived toxic workplaces and I’ve had my heart broken by mission-driven orgs riddled with abuse. Because of this, I also have a specialization in diagnosing psychological safety problems in companies. That, coupled with years of grassroots anti-racism work means that I will see, not only you, but the systems that might further cause you harm.
My 19 years of experience includes training in grief, loss, and trauma. Whether you’re mourning a person, the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, or a change in identity that comes with making a career pivot, I would be honored to help hold space for your grief.
I identify as LGBTQIA+ and anti-racist. I’m proudly gender-affirming.