Meg Higgins

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About Meg Higgins

Hello! I’m Meg, the Fat Queer Therapist. I work with people of all genders, sexualities, and body sizes doing therapy work firmly grounded in anti-oppression principles. I believe that individual problems are not solely located inside the individual; social conditioning and societal structures also play a huge role. I’m a forty-two year old, queer, fat, white person who lives in Durham, NC. I’m licensed as a therapist in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina. I do therapy via telehealth for clients located in the states where I am licensed. I like reading, writing, fat studies, queerness, tarot cards, disrupting power dynamics by being unapologetically myself in all spaces, and learning new stuff. I love doing therapy and feel blessed every day that I get paid to do what I have always wanted to do. I believe that our lived experience strongly informs who we are and what we do. I also believe that a therapist must be aware of power dynamics that they intentionally and unintentionally bring to their practice. To that end you should know that I am: White Superfat Queer Genderqueer (she/they please) Assigned female at birth and very femme presenting Financially privileged Blessed with a festival of mental health diagnoses - Don't worry though, I work on my stuff with my therapist, we will just be working on your stuff. Neurodivergent - ADHD flavored Disabled in multiple ways I work with folks 11 and up with a variety of issues, identities and diagnoses. I’m an eclectic therapist which means I pull from a lot of different methods and strategies. ACT techniques (pronounced ACT not A-C-T) inform nearly everything I do, but I also use some neuroscience techniques, some narrative therapy, and some tapping (also known as EFT - emotional freedom technique). ​My main areas of therapeutic interest are around gender/sexuality and around fatness. I also have clinical experience with ADHD, Anxiety, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Eating Disorders (I’m stronger on binge eating than restrictive disorders but have done both), Gender Dysphoria, OCD, and PTSD. I also welcome clients without a specific diagnosis but who have an issue they would like to work on in therapy. ​I particularly welcome fat clients and clients who have diverse genders and sexualities. If you are looking for help on your weight loss journey I am not the therapist for you.