Megan Gramlow
Compassionate support for stress and relationship challenges
LICSW, LCSW Minnesota
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Intimacy-related issues
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Megan
Megan Gramlow is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy concerns, and the everyday challenges that come with life transitions.
Background and approach
With 12 years of professional experience, she works with clients who are navigating attention and concentration difficulties, sexual and intimacy questions, self-esteem, and the practical impacts of neurodivergence including ADHD. Her approach emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassionate collaboration as clients take steps toward clearer goals and healthier patterns.
Gramlow integrates practical, evidence-informed methods to support change while honoring each person’s experience and values. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behaviors, and uses client-centered principles to create a supportive space where a client’s priorities guide the work.
Motivational and mindfulness-based strategies are woven in when helpful to build coping skills, improve emotional regulation, and strengthen interpersonal communication. Licensed in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Megan frames therapy as a partnership in which courage and commitment are met with thoughtful clinical support.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
This practice uses a combination of cognitive behavioral approaches, client-centered methods, and DBT-informed skills to support online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and attention difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration so that the client’s values and priorities shape the goals and pace of treatment. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributes concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness when intense emotions or relationship challenges are present.Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist collaborates with each person to determine which approaches best match their needs, goals, and preferences. This means trying different strategies, adjusting over time, and keeping the client’s experience central to decisions about the work.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats allow people to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient settings, make it easier to maintain continuity during life transitions, and support regular practice of skills between sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Licensed
Minnesota, Wisconsin
Languages
English