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Megan Attore is a licensed therapist and professor of psychology based in Santa Barbara, California.
She relies on a blend of talk therapy, somatic healing modalities and a sense of humor to support clients in their pursuit of well being.
She specializes in trauma and attachment, with an emphasis on relationships and psychological development across the lifespan.
Megan is part of a group practice at the Montecito Wellness Clinic, where she often partners with functional medicine doctors, psychiatrists, acupuncturists, and other healing professionals to facilitate comprehensive care for her clients, based on their individual needs.
In addition to her clinical practice, she is a member of the teaching faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Montecito and teaches breathwork classes at Palma Colectiva.
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“The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives”
- Esther Perel
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Therapy as a Ritual
Therapy as a Ritual
I see psychotherapy and breathwork clients in person in Montecito & Santa Barbara, and throughout California via Zoom.
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voice behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life that you could save.
- Mary Oliver