Megan Cler, Psy D

Megan has been absolutely wonderful. I feel like I have been extremely lucky in having found her. I don’t think I would be where I am today or would have made the progress I did had I seen a different therapist.
She is extremely attentive and remembers the smallest details of our conversations, which I always felt were very honest. It was easy for me to build a therapeutic relationship with her, especially because Megan is genuinely interested in patient care, in her profession and in having a good connection with her client.
Megan has helped me personally through many ups and downs and held me above water through some tough times and I will be forever grateful to have had such an amazing therapist, who I’m able to laugh, cry with, (technically she didn’t cry I did)
The person the other reviewer described is not someone I know at all, I actually had to read it twice and I’m still not positive they’re talking about «my Megan» my point is she’s nothing like that, she’s positively lovely.

A therapist, especially a trauma therapist, should never lose her temper and exclaim «JESUS CHRIST!» in frustration when a client is unable to move beyond an upsetting issue fast enough for the therapist, but she did. This is an example of how her own feelings and needs negatively impacted our therapy at times. While expressing displeasure about being called between sessions she asked with an irritated tone, «When did I say you could call me during a crisis?!» I have never called my current therapist between sessions, but I know that I could if I needed to and she would respond with concern and kindness.
I would advise against choosing Megan Cler/​Megan Wagoner as your therapist if you have trauma history even though she states that this is her specialty. She lacks experience and skill. She never really connected with me. She often seemed distracted, distant, easily frustrated, and unsure of herself as a psychologist.
Our therapy never felt like a partnership. Instead it felt like there was always a power struggle between us and we were never able to move beyond it. It often felt like she needed to be in charge. So much so that she even had a rule that I could not open her office door – Only she was allowed to touch the doorknob. I often felt misunderstood and worried that she was annoyed and/​or frustrated with me. I would leave therapy upset and worry about HER thoughts and feelings until the next week. She discussed my therapy and private information with other therapists without my knowledge or approval and when I expressed my feelings about this, she said, «I’m sorry you don’t understand how therapy works.» When I asked why, she said «Because you’re complex.» Maybe so, but I would have at least liked to know this was going to happen before it did, even if it’s common practice.
She made some decisions that were negligent and harmful to me. My former therapist in another city suggested I file a complaint against her and was even thinking of doing it herself. I’ve never felt so misunderstood, unheard, uncared for, shamed, disregarded, and genuinely disliked by a therapist before or since. I blamed myself for our failed therapeutic alliance for the six months that I saw Megan until I started seeing a new therapist and didn’t have any of these issues. I didn’t have any of these issues with my therapist prior to Megan, either.
AND…she has this crazy rule where only she is allowed to touch the doorknob in her office. She even raced to the door in an effort to beat me to it when I was in a hurry to leave one day.
I’ve been seeing a new therapist for 3 months and she is wonderful. We don’t have ANY of the issues Megan and I had. Perhaps Megan just didn’t like or care about me as a person. Not everyone will click, but she should have ended things immediately if this were the case. Perhaps she just couldn’t deal with my complicated trauma history or perhaps what seemed like a difficult pregnancy made her incapable of being a functional therapist for me. Who knows. But both my current and former therapists believe some of her actions were unethical and harmful. I’m sure she’s a good person outside of my therapy and I’m sad about the whole thing, but my therapy with Megan only brought more stress and dysfunction into my life.