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Dr. Megan RossIntegrative coaching & systems-based consultation
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When integration takes root within us, it ripples outward; into our relationships, our organizations, and the ecosystems that sustain us.

Toward a Regenerative Future.

Philosophy

Philosophy

As individuals cultivate self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-organization, their families, teams, and communities become more adaptable, creative, and compassionate. Integration scales one person, one relationship, one system at a time.

Integration is foundational to well-being

Integration is what allows a system; whether a brain, a family, or a society to thrive. When people develop integration within themselves, they become more adaptable, creative, and compassionate. Our lives become not just successful, but sustainable.

Growth happens in relationship

Human beings develop through attuned, reflective connection. Transformation is not merely cognitive—it is relational, embodied, and systemic.

Human beings are wired for connection. Change doesn’t happen in isolation; it emerges through safe, reflective, attuned relationships. Our relationship itself becomes an ecosystem of healing and learning.

Life is complex and currently fragmented

Modern systems pull us in competing directions, leaving many people overstimulated, scattered, and disconnected from themselves.

We have long lived in systems that pull us in multiple directions disallowing our multitudes. Career demands, family dynamics, technology, and social change. Many people feel scattered, disoriented and disconnected from their deeper sense.

Systems need integration, not just optimization

Personal transformation influences teams, organizations, families, and culture. Integration is not a private achievement; it is a social catalyst.

Many coaching and consulting models focus on performance, productivity, or mindset. I help people understand how their individual transformation influences larger systems — teams, organizations, families, and even culture. This systems view turns personal growth into social impact.

Integration unfolds through three essential capacities

  1. Self-Awareness — The capacity to witness our inner experience with curiosity and compassion. Awareness is the ground of choice and change.

  2. Self-Regulation — The ability to steady the mind and body, to respond rather than react, and to engage life with emotional intelligence.

  3. Self-Organization - The capacity to align our thoughts, feelings, and actions with our deepest values, allowing us to adapt, grow, and contribute creatively to life’s unfolding.

  4. Dr. Daniel J. Siegel

These are not only personal skills; they are systemic virtues. As individuals integrate, so do families, organizations, and societies.

Services

Services

Through coaching, consulting, and education—online, in-person, and on retreat—Dr Megan Ross helps people and systems move from fragmentation to integration, from stress to sustainability, and from information to wisdom.

Individual & Partners

Adaptive inner work for complex outer systems

I work with individuals and partners who are navigating personal, relational, or professional transitions and want to engage their lives with more awareness, regulation, and organization. I support those who want to disrupt entrenched patterns, deepen emotional and relational intelligence, strengthen communication, and build more integrated ways of relating to themselves and each other.

I specialize in working with the following:

  • Individuals

  • Founders and Co-Founders

  • Students and Practitioners

  • Partners and Parents

Inner clarity for navigating the complexities we should not face alone.

Sessions are held via a secure video platform, phone, or in-person for individual and partner intensives and retreats.

Sessions are typically 50 minutes. Longer or shorter sessions available upon request. Sliding scale and pro-bono options may be available on a limited basis for those in need.

Teams & Organizations

Strategic team alignment for wiser organizations

I work with teams and organizations that are wanting to move beyond reactive, fragmented functioning toward more connected, adaptive, and human-centered ways of working. These are groups facing growth, conflict, cultural drift, or strategic complexity who want to develop healthier dynamics and work cultures where people and product thrive.

I specialize in working with the following:

  • Climate

  • Healthcare

  • Psychology

  • Education

  • Arts

  • Law

  • Finance

Contexts where no single actor can solve challenges alone.

Sessions are held via a secure video platform, phone, or in-person for team intensives and retreats.

Fields & Ecosystems

Advancing coherence and systemic change

I work with fields, networks, and ecosystems that are confronting complexity, fragmentation, or rapid change and are seeking greater coherence and collective capacity. I partner with cross-boundary groups and coalitions to deepen shared understanding, strengthen collaboration, and create conditions for creative, systemic, durable change.

I specialize in working with the following:

  • Climate

  • Healthcare

  • Psychology

  • Education

  • Arts

  • Law

  • Finance

Integrated alignment for conditions that require many hands, perspectives, and stewardship.

Sessions are held via a secure video platform, phone or in-person for field conversations, intensives, and retreats.

Experience

Experience

Focus

  • Trauma Psychology
  • Somatic Psychology
  • Interpersonal Neurobiology
  • Leadership Development
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • International Psychology
  • Peace & Security Psychology
  • Philosophy

Education

  • PhD. International Psychology, I/O & Trauma
  • MA Movement Therapy & Counseling
  • BA Movement Science & Cultural Anthropology

Licensure

  • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
  • Registered Movement Therapist (R-DMT)
  • Certified Movement Analyst (GLCMA)
  • Somatic Experiencing Intermediate (SEP)
  • Advanced Yoga Teacher (300-RYT)
  • Birth Doula (DONA)

Positions

  • Founder, Coaching and Consultation - 2019-present
  • Interim Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Therapy Through the Arts - 2021-2022
  • Chief Clinical Officer, Aloria Health - 2016-2019
  • Timberline Knolls
    1. Clinical Development Institute Core Faculty - 2013-2016
    2. Director of Program Development and Trauma Awareness - 2014-2016
    3. Trauma Awareness Coordinator - 2013-2014
    4. Clinical Expressive Therapist - 2012-2013

Teaching

  • 2019-present

    The Chicago School - Adjunct Professor - PhD and Masters in Business Psychology

    The Chicago School - Adjunct Professor - PhD and Masters in International Psychology

  • 2020-2024

    Leoron Institute, Dubai, UAE - Trainer, Program Developer - Organizational Psychology

  • 2019-2024

    North Park University, Chicago IL - Lecturer – Masters in Clinical Psychology

  • 2016-2019

    Aloria Health Institute of Education and Research, Founder & Core Faculty - Clinical Psychology

  • 2013-2016

    Timberline Knolls Clinical Development Institute, Lemont, IL - Core Faculty - Clinical Psychology

  • 2013-2014

    Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL - Visiting Lecturer - Masters in Clinical Psychology

  • 2007

    Washington State Healthy Child Grant, Olympia, WA - Recipient and Educator

Presentations

  • 2024

    MARS Materials, Trauma at Work, Work as Trauma, Virtual

    Breathe, Entrepreneurship Incubator, Spencer, IN

  • 2023

    Mideast Psychology Association, Motivational Interviewing for Leadership, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Breathe, Entrepreneurship Incubator, Spencer, IN

  • 2022

    The Society for International and Organizational Psychology, Motivational Interviewing, Virtual

  • 2021

    International Leadership Association, Agility in Uncertainty, Virtual

    North Park University, Global Mental Health: Trauma and Preparing for Post-Disaster Recovery, Virtual

    Inner Sense Healing Arts, Healing the Whole Self, Virtual

    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Gathering Data in Country, Virtual

    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Gathering Data in Country, Virtual

  • 2020

    Psychology and Peace, Attitudes About Peace: Countries with Histories of Gender Inclusive Peace Processes, Virtual

    Dance Therapy Advocates Summit, How Our Language Influences the Care We Give, Virtual

    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Gathering Data in Country, Virtual

  • 2019

    American Psychological Association, International Perspectives on Women in Leadership, Chicago, IL

    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Gathering Data in Country, Chicago, IL

    Arora Hospital, Process Addiction and Bariatric Surgery, Milwaukee, WI

    Institute for Therapy for the Arts, How Our Language Influences the Care We Give, Chicago, IL

    Linden Oaks Hospital, The Social Media Avatar, Naperville, IL

    MEDA, How Our Language Influences the Care We Give, Boston, MA

    MOEDA, Expressions in Therapy, St. Louis, MO

    Renewed, Suicide and the Clinician, Nashville, TN

  • 2018

    Aloria Health, Dependency: Relationships, Reliance and Eating Disorders, Chicago, IL and Madison, WI

    Columbus Park, Family Based Treatment and the Continuum of Care, Greenwich, CT

    Illinois Therapy Association, Evolution, Adaptation & Integration of Business of Health Care, Chicago, IL

    MEDA, Dependency: Relationships, Reliance and Eating Disorders, Boston, MA

    Renewed, Dependency: Relationships, Reliance and Eating Disorders, Nashville, TN

    Timberline Knolls, Shame and Belonging, New York, NY

  • 2017

    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Keynote Panel Moderator, Chicago, IL

  • 2016

    Colorado Mental Health Assoc., Keynote: Somatic Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Denver, CO

    Eating Disorder Coalition, Somatic Experiencing Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Des Moines, IA

    Freud Meets Buddha, Somatic Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Austin, TX and Las Vegas, NV

    U.S. Journal, Somatic Experiencing Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Seattle, WA

  • 2015

    Assumption College, Dependency: Relationships, Reliance and Eating Disorders, Worchester, MA

    Assumption College, Energy Efficiency and Disordered Eating in Athletes, Worchester, MA

    Freud Meets Buddha, Somatic Experiencing Principles, Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL and Philadelphia, PA

    Humana LifeSynch, Somatic Experiencing Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Cincinnati, OH

    Insights and Innovation, Somatic Experiencing Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Charleston, SC

    International Association of Eating Disorders, Somatic Approaches in Clinical Realities, Chicago, IL

    Lakeview Health, Building Resilience, Jacksonville, FL

    Talks on Trauma, Transforming Trauma, Phoenix, AZ

    Timberline Knolls, Trauma Treatment and Yoga: Ancient Practices for Modern Healing, Lemont, IL

    The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, The Embodied Therapist, Chicago, IL

  • 2014

    American Dance Therapy Association, Clinical Collaboration in Residential Treatment, Chicago, IL

    Association of Professionals Treating ED, Somatic Approaches into Clinical Realities, San Francisco, CA

    Freud Meets Buddha, Somatic Experiencing Principles in the Treatment of Trauma, Atlanta, GA

    International Association of Eating Disorders, Tolerating the Present Moment, Dallas, TX, San Diego, CA

    Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, Tolerating the Present Moment, San Diego, CA

    Navy Medical Center, Domestic Violence and Trauma Recovery, San Diego, CA

    National Webinar, Introduction to Somatic Integrated Modalities for Trauma Recovery

    Sierra Tucson, Embodied Joy: Cultivating Presence as a Practitioner, Kansas City, KS

    Sierra Tucson, Embodied Joy: Cultivating Presence as a Practitioner, Kansas City, KS

    Trauma Renewal, The Embodied Therapist, New Orleans, LA

    University of Connecticut, Keynote: Healing with an Open Mind, Stamford, CT

  • 2013

    Columbia College Chicago, Trauma Recovery with Co-occurring Disorders, Chicago, IL

    Hazelden, Addictions and Trauma, Portland, OR

    Illinois Dance Therapy Association, Somatic Experiencing and Laban Movement Analysis, Chicago, IL

Publications

  • 2023

    The SAGE Encyclopedia of Multicultural Counseling, Social Justice, and Advocacy, Cultural Self-Awareness

  • 2017

    Eating Disorder Hope, A Conversation with Care

  • 2015

    Eating Disorder Hope, Mirror Neurons in Eating Disorder Treatment

    Eating Disorder Hope, Sexual Trauma and Eating Disorders on College Campuses

    Eating Disorder Hope, The Power of Treating Eating Disorders and Trauma Simultaneously

    Eating Disorder Hope, Yoga Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Trauma

    Recovery Campus, Relationship of Sexual Trauma to Eating Disorders and Addiction

    Rewire Me, How to Stop a Panic Attack

    Spirituality & Health, How to Stop a Panic Attack

  • 2014

    Eating Disorder Hope, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma and Treating Eating Disorders

    Eating Disorder Hope, Treating Trauma with Somatic Experiencing Principles

    Healthy Place, How to Stop PTSD Anxiety, Flashbacks and Panic (Part 1, 2, 3 & 4)

    Healthy Place, PTSD Recovery: Why You Need to Develop a Meditation Practice

    Heal My PTSD, Incorporating Mindfulness into Trauma Recovery

    Heal My PTSD, What is Complex-PTSD?: An Overview

    Research on Meditation, Incorporating Focus in Your PTSD Recovery

  • 2013

    Heal My PTSD, How Do You Find Motivation for Trauma Recovery?

    Healthy Place, How Your Brain Develops Motivation in PTSD Recovery

Media

  • 2019

    Return to Embodiment, Integration for Therapists, Organizations and Nations

  • 2014

    Conversations That Heal, Managing Our Triggers This Holiday Season

    Changing Direction, Anger and Trauma: Is it Normal to Rage?

    Changing Direction, Complex PTSD: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment

    Changing Direction, How to Meditate: Strengthening Your PTSD Recovery

    Changing Direction, How to Stop Anxiety, Flashbacks and Panic with Mindfulness

    Styrk, PTSD and the Military

  • 2013

    Changing Direction, How to Find Motivation in PTSD and Trauma Recovery

Connect

Connect

I welcome inquiries from folks, organizations, and collaborators interested in integrative psychology, coaching, and systems-based approaches to personal and collective well-being.