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Hi, I am Meghan Stewart. I am an educator, mama of four, auntie to many, registered clinical counsellor and avid cold plunger. I have my own private practice in North Vancouver and love to support people who are feeling overwhelmed, alone, numb, unsure or stuck with old patterns or a challenging something in their life.
I work with people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, genders, and identities in North Vancouver and virtually across BC. I offer a warm, trauma-informed, and integrative approach rooted in attachment-based somatic therapy, supporting children, individuals, and families through a wide range of life challenges, and I am committed to feminist, anti-racist values and proudly support the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Here are some of the focus areas in my practice:
- Complex Grief & Loss
Support for those navigating profound or layered grief, including loss due to suicide, overdose, sudden or traumatic events. This includes unresolved feelings, ambivalence, guilt, and the long-term impact of loss that doesn’t follow a clear or linear path. - Medical Trauma & Chronic Illness
Support in processing the emotional impact of medical diagnoses, invasive treatments, or ongoing health challenges. This includes coping with chronic illness, pain, changes in ability, and grief related to the body, health, and future expectations. - Major Life Transitions & Identity Shifts
Support through significant life changes such as shifts in identity, gender transitions, relationship beginnings or endings, career changes, or other transformative periods that can feel disorienting or redefining. - Anxiety & Nervous System Regulation
Help in understanding and working with anxiety, overwhelm, and dysregulated nervous systems. This includes building awareness of stress responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn) and developing tools for grounding, stability, and resilience. - Gender Identity and Transition
Affirming support for individuals exploring or navigating gender identity, including gender transitions, dysphoria, and the emotional, social, and relational aspects of living authentically. - Relationship Complexities
Help navigating nuanced or challenging relationship dynamics—romantic, platonic, or otherwise—including communication struggles, attachment patterns, conflict, and questions around connection, boundaries, and needs.
My own journey has been shaped by living with a congenital heart condition, which inspired my research on early childhood medical trauma and therapeutic approaches for those navigating chronic or complex health experiences. This continues to inform my understanding of how deeply our experiences can shape our nervous systems, relationships, and sense of self.
I carry a personal understanding of complex grief through the loss of a sibling to overdose. This experience has shaped how I hold space for grief that is layered, nonlinear, and often accompanied by shock, confusion, or unresolved questions. It deepens my sensitivity to the ways loss impacts not only individuals, but entire family systems, and how grief can intertwine with medical trauma, caregiving experiences, and relational dynamics.
As a parent of four very different children (some of whom are queer and nuerospicy), I have both personal and professional insight into the bumpy and beautiful realities families face. Alongside over 25 years of experience as an educator, I understand the complexities of navigating school systems, medical care, and the lasting impact of early experiences such as birth and development. This wisdom helps me support families with empathy and practicality, honoring each child’s uniqueness while helping caregivers feel more confident, resourced, and understood from the fertility journey right through the road of parenting.
I feel especially connected to working with children, teens, and families navigating those hard moments in life. (The ones where you don't know your own way out or through.)My background in embodied trauma supports me in staying steady, compassionate, and responsive alongside you, even in difficult or overwhelming moments.
I hold a deep respect for the complexity of each person’s story, and for the importance of early support and strong, attuned relationships. My lived experience allows me to beouou present in an authentic and grounded way with those facing medical trauma, chronic illness, pain, or ongoing health challenges—whether their own or within their family.
Through both lived experience and professional training, my approach can be described as:
- Trauma-Informed
I work with an awareness of how trauma impacts the body, mind, and relationships, creating a space that feels safe, respectful, and attuned. - Somatic & Body-Aware
I gently support awareness of the body and nervous system to help process experiences, regulate stress, and build a sense of safety from within. - Attachment-Focused
I center the importance of relationships, early experiences, and connection in shaping how we understand ourselves and others. - Strengths-Based
I help you recognize and build on your existing resilience, capacities, and inner resources. - Collaborative
We work together in a way that honors your voice, your pace, and your goals. - Compassionate & Relational
I offer a warm, non-judgmental presence where you can feel supported, understood, and not alone. - Family-Centered (when relevant)
I support families in strengthening connections, communication, and understanding, especially when navigating medical or developmental challenges.
Specialized Training
- Supervision in Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
Coursework in Somatic Theraputic processes and play therapy
- Training in play therapy
Experience in working with families through Children's Hospital
- 25 years of working in the school system as a resource and classroom teacher
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Latest Blog Post by Meghan Stewart
As a somatic grief counsellor, I know in my body and mind that grief is unpredictable and shows up for us in the classic moments of a special holiday or date and also in the normal moments of daily life. It could be the smell of a blanket, someone’s voice, the quiet of sitting together, the taste of a soup or a feeling you have that awakens the memories. The rhythm of ordinary days continues even when remembering or experiencing a goodbye. In my own life, loss ebbed and flowed. I carry the grief of losing a sibling, my father, my cousin, grandparents, friends, and people I’ve walked alongside…