Dr. Megan Kain provides a broad range of psychological services, including attachment-based individual therapy informed by developmental neuroscience, psychological testing, consultation, teaching, and supervision to graduate students.
Blending a performance arts background with a forensics psychology training, she conceptualizes cases with a systems-level understanding of both pathology and effective healing. As a lifelong dancer, she often centers principles of balance, longevity, integrity of expression, and mind-body connection at the heart of her work.
Additionally, Dr. Kain is fully certified as a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist working ethically and legally with ketamine. She has ample experience in the psychedelic domain, including preparation and integration aspects of a journey.
Her passion involves working with clients to self-actualize and transcend the things that bind and constrict.
Emily has had the honor of supporting individuals through profound life transitions and systemic challenges. Her clinical experience includes working with adults living with severe OCD, Veterans navigating substance use and homelessness, young adults with co-occurring intellectual and psychiatric conditions, and both pediatric and elder populations facing health crises such as cancer and autoimmune diseases.
She holds master’s degrees in psychology from both Columbia University’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute and Pacifica Graduate Institute, and is currently completing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology at Pacifica. Emily’s earlier career in contemporary dance, alongside training in somatic healing methods, continues to shape her therapeutic presence. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Indiana University.
Outside of her clinical work, Emily engages in somatic practices, spends time in nature, and slowly makes her way through an ever-growing bookshelf. She has a special interest in collective re-embodiment and in understanding how systems of oppression shape—and often degrade—our relationship to our bodies within the current sociopolitical climate.
BA in Psychology from University of Michigan (graduated: 2004) | Psy.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology with Forensics and Family Systems from Antioch University Santa Barbara (graduated: 2016) | Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist Certification from Integrative Psychiatry Institute (completed 2023)
BA in Psychology from University of Michigan (graduated: 2004) | Psy.D. and M.A. in Clinical Psychology with Forensics and Family Systems from Antioch University Santa Barbara (graduated: 2016) | Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist Certification from Integrative Psychiatry Institute (completed 2023)
Emily Forche (M.A.) - Psychological Associate
Supervised by Dr. Megan Kain
