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, V.R., Jeffreys, M., Do, M.T., Schwartz, K.T.G., & Bolano, C. Evidence-Based update of psychosocial treatment for child and adolescent depression. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 46(1), 11-43. 2016
Jeffreys, M., & Weersing, V.R. Depressive Disorders in Adolescents. In C. Alfano and D. Beidel (Eds.) Comprehensive Evidence-Based Interventions for School-Aged Children and Adolescents. New Jersey: Wiley & Sons. 2014
Jeffreys, M., & Weersing, V.R. Depression in youth: Treatment. In A. Wenzel (Series Ed.), Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology: Vol. 2 (pp. 1034-1038). 2017
