About Shira
Shira Meged is a New York based clinician who blends clinical care with investigative and writing skills. She focuses on anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship strain, and depression. Her style is warm and collaborative, aimed at helping people who feel overwhelmed or disconnected despite appearing high-functioning.
Shira holds an MD, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), and is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). Shira draws on a trauma-informed, strength-based stance that honors what a person has already managed.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how the nervous system and attachment patterns shape everyday reactions. Sessions combine insight work with practical exercises that people can use between meetings. Her toolbox includes mindfulness practices, gentle somatic awareness, and reflective or creative exercises to help people notice bodily signals and mental patterns.
She also uses parts-oriented methods to help sort complicated inner experiences into clearer, workable pieces. The emphasis is on small, steady steps toward feeling steadier and more authentic. Shira often helps people repair their sense of direction and purpose after major life transitions or losses.
She addresses communication problems and isolation alongside core concerns like anxiety. Therapy aims to make thoughts clearer, reduce reactivity, and rebuild trust in one’s own judgment. With 13 years of experience, Shira integrates compassion with practical strategies.
Sessions are tailored to each person’s goals and pace, with attention to both deeper understanding and everyday change.
How her approaches translate to online work
Shira uses evidence-based techniques that translate well to remote sessions. Mindfulness practices are taught and practiced in-session and then used as brief exercises between meetings to reduce anxiety and sharpen attention. Gentle somatic awareness involves noticing breath, posture, and bodily sensations to reduce reactivity and build steadier responses to stress.She also uses parts-oriented work to help people name and speak to different internal parts or roles. This can make confusing emotional responses easier to understand and change. These approaches suit concerns like anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, and difficulties with connection or purpose.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. This means methods evolve with the person’s needs and pace rather than being fixed from the start.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for her practice. Video calls support deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter reflections when that format fits their day. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep steady progress over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New York, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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