megan garza, ma, lmft

Megan Garza, MA, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Specialty Trauma Care Supervisor with experience working in the mental health/violence against women field since 1999. She is a graduate of Pepperdine University with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and Marriage and Family Therapy and University of Missouri St. Louis with a 2nd Master’s degree in Psychology as well as additional doctoral level training. She works as an individual and group therapist treating sexual trauma survivors at the YWCA Women’s Resource Center/St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center. Megan also works for Behavioral Health Response as a Mobile Outreach Crisis Counselor performing suicide and homicide crisis assessments, providing stabilization support in the community, and facilitating inpatient psychiatric hospitalization admission, when necessary. She is a Board Approved Clinical Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapist’s (AAMFT) and she provides trauma related consultations to other professionals. She is an active member of the St. Louis chapter of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Megan has spoken at National conferences on sexual trauma and PTSD and has published research in the area of sexual trauma, weight, and sexual behaviors. Her specialty areas include: sexual trauma, PTSD, women’s issues, crisis intervention, and children & adolescents. Megan is a long time mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters and volunteer with the Humane Society of Missouri. She plays an active role in grassroots social justice movements.