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Does ChatGPT Make a Good Therapist?

October 1, 2025

Megan Rees, LPCC talks about the safety and efficacy concerns with using ChatGPT as therapist.

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“You can’t call it that.” Pedaling Dirty Words in 2025

September 12, 2025

When HR Loves Your Workshop… But Not the Words You Use Several months ago, when a call for guest speakers came up, this psychological safety

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Why Saying “We’re Like a Family” at Work Can Backfire

September 4, 2025

“We’re Like a Family” — What’s the Harm? A couple of weeks ago, I said something to a room full of filmmakers that I could

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A Therapist’s Insight: Employees & Manager Overwhelm

August 28, 2025

A Tough Love™️ Letter to Managers (and Their Leaders) A therapist’s note you might want to forward to your boss. Today, I’ve got another love

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A Love Letter to Managers from a Work Stress/Burnout Therapist

August 15, 2025

I started this newsletter with tips on how individuals can define and protect their boundaries. I began there because boundaries are one of the few

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Work Stress, Boundaries, and Burnout: Special Considerations When You Work From Home

July 1, 2025

Work From Home? Or Live at Work? When I did an AMA recently, several people asked how to separate work from life when you work

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A Therapist’s Guide to Work Stress, Boundaries, and Burnout

July 1, 2025

Welcome to the First Edition of Work Shrink Hi, I’m Megan, an Oakland, California licensed professional clinical counselor specializing in work stress, burnout, workplace mental

Megan Rees, LPCC

Megan Rees is a California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (#767). She serves all of California via telehealth and has limited in-person slots in Oakland.

Land Acknowledgement

Megan Rees, LPCC acknowledges use of space on the territory of Huichin, part of the stolen land of the Chochenyo Muwekma Ohlone people (a.k.a. Oakland, CA), by supporting the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.

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