I take a collaborative approach to building treatment plans with my clients. I have specialty experience implementing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxious and depressive disorders with children and their families.
About Megan C. Jeffreys, PhD
Megan Jeffreys, PhD, is a pediatric clinical psychologist at Phoenix Children's. Dr. Jeffreys has specialized training to diagnose and treat children and adolescents with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and habit disorders.
Dr. Jeffreys graduated with a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She earned her master's from San Diego State University and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego. Dr. Jeffreys completed an internship in professional psychology at the Vanderbilt-Veterans Affairs Internship in Clinical Psychology in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Jeffreys is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. In her free time, she enjoys reading, cooking and spending time with her family.
Medical School / Education
SDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA
Internship
(Professional Psychology) Vanderbilt-Veterans Affairs Internship in Clinical Psychology, Nashville, TN
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Psychological Association
Member, Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Weersing VR, Jeffreys M, Do MT, Schwartz KTG, Bolano C. "Evidence Base Update of Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Depression" J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2017 Jan-Feb;46(1):11-43. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1220310. Epub 2016 Nov 21. PMID: 27870579
Jeffreys M, Weersing VR. "Depressive Disorders in Adolescents" in "Comprehensive Evidence-Based Interventions for School-Aged Children and Adolescents," C Alfano, D Beidel (Eds.) Wiley. June 2014.
Jeffreys M, Weersing VR. "Depression in Childhood: Treatment" in "The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology" Vol. 2 (pp. 1034-1038). 2017. doi: 10.4135/9781483365817.n411.
Rating & Reviews
My son seems to really connect with her which is awesome we hav seen a few counselors
Hello. Well, Dr. Jeffreys is great. I believe that her presence in the kid's life has been positive and has been helpful, and she's a very good communicator, and I have access to her when I need be, so I'm very grateful for Dr. Jeffreys and the services she's provided for our family. Thank you.
Yes, I think Dr. Jeffries is excellent and she has been very helpful for my child and understands my child in a way that I don't. I'm learning to figure out so I highly recommend Dr. Jeffries as she is an excellent doctor to deal with.
We have been through many counselors for my teenage son he's never been as comfortable as he is now and I appreciate the help