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Hi! I’m Dr. Megie Shean

Megie is my nickname for my formal name, Margaret. It’s like “Maggie” and “Megan” together, pronounced “Meg-y.”

Shean is an anglicized version of my family’s Irish surname, “Sheahan” (changed a few generations ago due to job discrimination). It’s pronounced “Shee-han.”

I am a clinical neuropsychologist with over 10 years’ experience evaluating and treating patients with complex medical and psychiatric illness. I strive to be emotionally present for authentic connection and to collaboratively build a relationship that helps open doors to meaningful change.

I am trained in neuroscience and psychological and cognitive intervention. This rare combination allows me a deep understanding of why. I’ve studied yoga (certified through Yoga Alliance), and my residencies and fellowships included evidenced-based trauma treatment (Cognitive Processing Therapy), cognitive rehabilitation, and body-based integration. I meet you where you are to help you understand what is happening and build a path forward, together.

Outside of private practice, I am a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and a staff psychologist at UCLA Health’s Operation Mend, serving post-9/11 active-duty service members and Veterans. Areas of specialty include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, Depression, and Anxiety.

Prior to my current roles, I worked with traumatized children, terminally ill patients with cognitive decline, sexual assault survivors, individuals in need of organ transplantation, students with learning disabilities and ADHD, and athletes after injury.

Life Outside

  • Interior design nerd

  • Color connoisseur

  • Hit-the-jumps skier

  • Nonfiction reader

  • On-the-couch nail-painter

  • Mama to two humans and a rescued pit bull that looks like a teeny cow

  • Lived, learned, and gathered friends in Western Colorado, Boulder, Portland, Nashville, Los Angeles, and the Methow Valley of Washington state.

Training & Credentials

  • Licensed in California (CA PSY 30555) and Washington (WA PY 61584082)

  • Board eligible - American Board of Professional Psychology - Clinical Neuropsychology

  • Post-doctoral residency - UCLA’s Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior

  • Doctor of Psychology - Pacific University & Oregon Health and Science University

  • Pre-doctoral internship - Vanderbilt Medical Center & the VA of Tennessee Valley.

  • Masters of Art in Clinical Psychology - Pacific University

  • Bachelors of Art in Psychology - University of Colorado, Boulder

I believe in:

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    The power and inevitability of change

  • Two orange mugs filled with dark liquid, a whole lemon, ginger root, and containers in the background.

    The importance of human connection

  • Close-up of underwater coral with tentacles and polyps.

    Respect for the natural world

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    The physical body's role in emotional work

It’s time to feel like yourself again.