Since I was a little girl, I have cared deeply about other people and their suffering. People have sensed that about me and have come to me with their suffering even before I became a therapist, so it came naturally to me to go into the field of social work. I am a very open human and know that each person's path to their potential is winding and different. I learn something from all of my clients and love to watch people find their inner potential and voice. I am someone who is constantly a student and love learning new things every day. I feel passionately about social justice and believe every voice matters.
Since I was a little girl, I have cared deeply about other people and their suffering. People have sensed that about me and have come to me with their suffering even before I became a therapist, so it came naturally to me to go into the field of social work. I am a very open human and know that each person's path to their potential is winding and different. I learn something from all of my clients and love to watch people find their inner potential and voice. I am someone who is constantly a student and love learning new things every day. I feel passionately about social justice and believe every voice matters.
Since I was a little girl, I have cared deeply about other people and their suffering. People have sensed that about me and have come to me with their suffering even before I became a therapist, so it came naturally to me to go into the field of social work. I am a very open human and know that each person's path to their potential is winding and different. I learn something from all of my clients and love to watch people find their inner potential and voice. I am someone who is constantly a student and love learning new things every day. I feel passionately about social justice and believe every voice matters.
About me
Since I was a little girl, I have cared deeply about other people and their suffering. People have sensed that about me and have come to me with their suffering even before I became a therapist, so it came naturally to me to go into the field of social work. I am a very open human and know that each person's path to their potential is winding and different. I learn something from all of my clients and love to watch people find their inner potential and voice. I am someone who is constantly a student and love learning new things every day. I feel passionately about social justice and believe every voice matters.
© 2020 Meredith Mehner, LCSW.
Experience
I have had a wide variety of experiences in therapy. I now live in Salt Lake City Utah and work with individuals and couples. However, in Chicago, I worked at a Methadone clinic with people who struggled with intense drug addiction and mental illness. I worked for Family Services helping families, couples and individuals. I have seen clients from all over the US and World in the last several years working through issues like depression, abusive relationships, faith crises and transition, marital conflict etc. I like to say I specialize in "surviving life." My therapy experience in Utah includes working with sexual assault victims at the Rape Recovery Center in Salt Lake City, giving therapy and teaching psycho-educational classes to homeless veterans struggling with drug addiction, working with a myriad of clients for Family Services and facilitating a grief group for parents. I have had the opportunity to speak on the topic of sexual assault in a number of venues and believe frank conversations yield a better, more educated community.
I graduated with my Master's of Social Work with an emphasis in mental health from the University of Utah. I also graduated with my B.S. from Brigham Young University in Sociology with a minor in Women's Studies. While at BYU, I did research with the Flourishing Families project in Seattle, which is the largest longitudinal study to date on familial relations.