Clinicians
Meghan Scanlan
Meghan Scanlan, LCSW, M.ED
Meghan Scanlan LCSW, M.Ed has over fifteen years of experience working in the mental health field. She received her MSW from Washington University in St. Louis with a specialization in family therapy. Meghan also completed her masters in education while teaching elementary school to underserved children as part of the Teach for America program. She is also a proud graduate from the University of Notre Dame. Since school, Meghan continues to be an active learner and has attended many trainings- most notably Karyn Purvis’s Trust Based Relational Intervention. Gottman’s Couples therapy, Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Framework, Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Heather Forbes’s Beyond Consequences. Meghan’s experience in inpatient psychiatric, residential, agency and intensive in-home settings, complement her belief that true attachment is best achieved when all family members are part of the healing process. Meghan is happy to return home to Colorado where she lives with her husband (an NHL scout), two sons, and their dog Finny.
303-720-6430
Karen Sear
Karen Sear, MA, LPC
Karen Sear, MA, LPC has a degree in Clinical Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado. For over 20 years she has worked with at-risk families, kids and youth in various settings including wilderness programs, residential treatment facilities, in-home intensive services, public schools, and private practice. Theoretically, Karen draws heavily from developmental and trauma informed models and approaches change and healing from an attachment perspective, using primarily Theraplay® informed practices. She has been trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) with Karyn Purvis, Theraplay®, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) as well as numerous play-based workshops that follow Dr. Stephen Porges and the Polyvagal theory. Karen also facilitates access to the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) and provides foster and adoption trainings required by the State of Colorado. She believes that while additional support may be needed for families, the greatest gains in healing generally takes place within healthy relationships. Karen has four children, both adopted and biological, and has received the bulk of her training living as a trauma-informed parent.
720-515-7327
moysmith
TJ Brennan, BS Intern
TJ Brennan, BS, has a degree in Psychology and Child Development from Texas Christian University. She is currently working towards her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Colorado Christian University. In the past decade, she has worked with neurodivergent children, disabled adults, and at-risk children, youth, and families in multiple settings including private schools, in-home, as a caseworker for the Department of Social Services, and a case manager with Developmental Pathways. She also has significant personal experience with children and youth with prenatal substance exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, autism, ADHD, and trauma histories. TJ focuses on trauma-informed and attachment-based perspectives with an emphasis on the neurosequential model of therapeutics and polyvagal theory. She is adoption competent, neurodivergent affirming, and uses body based strategies and safe relationships as support for regulation and healing. TJ has been trained in Trust Based Relational Intervention and is currently pursuing training in the Safe and Sound Protocol and Theraplay. TJ is supervised by Karen Sear, MA, LPC.