Megan Carter

Online Clinical Psychologist, Coach & Clinical Supervisor based in Aotearoa New Zealand

Therapeutic Approach

It takes a lot of courage to reach out to a person you don’t know to work through challenges. I will meet you with compassion, for you, and hold space for your human experiences. We will build safety and trust together as we seek to acknowledge, understand, heal, and integrate what you have been through.

I am passionate about supporting the diverse humans I work with to build resilience, cope, and process their experiences. I support my clients to live a life where their minds are a bit kinder to them.

I support people to understand themselves better through neuroscience and to develop self-compassion. I am dedicated to delivering high quality, evidence-based psychological assessment and therapy, to improve lives of people who experience diverse challenges.

I believe applying leading evidence-based psychology and neuroscience, with compassion, is the key to the positive outcomes achieved by the individuals, couples and families I have supported.

Additionally, as a registered Clinical Supervisor, I coach and mentor other professionals and clinicians with their continuous professional development in supporting people.

Professional Experience

Registration

I am a passionate neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist, registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board (NZPB) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Qualifications:

With nine years of academic study in neuroscience, psychology, clinical psychology and business at university, I use what I learnt every day. Qualifications include: Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Neuroscience, Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Psychology, and a Master of Psychology (Clinical). I am an enthusiastic lifelong learner and a neuroscience geek.

Additional clinical training in treatments including:

Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing EMDR), Imagery Re-scripting, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness-Based CBT (MB-CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and other compassion and mindfulness-based approaches. I am also trained in Ecopsychology approaches, such as Nature Guided Therapy.

Mental Health Care Experience:

I’m a compassionate mental health professional, with 18 years’ experience supporting a diverse range of people, including adults, older adults, young people, children and perinatal and infant mental health, individuals, couples, and families. I support people of diverse bio-psycho-socio-cultural backgrounds, including people who identify as Māori, Pasifika, Aboriginal, BIPOC, CALD, LGBTQIA+ and neurodivergent.

My careers spans across government and non-government organisations, hospitals, community settings, acute care teams, and private practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia. This includes client-work, groups, workshops, supervision, coaching, leadership and service development.

My strong interest and expertise is in assisting people with complex mental health challenges to flourish on their journey of improving their quality of life. Extensive and ongoing research and training in neuroscience, compassion and contemplative practices has added depth of understanding to my Clinical Psychology and Supervision practice. I am specialised in working with trauma and complex mental health difficulties.