Dr. Megan McElheran

Psy.D. (she/her)

Clinical Psychologist, CEO

Dr. Megan McElheran is a clinical psychologist and chief executive officer (CEO) of Wayfound Mental Health Group. Dr. McElheran completed graduate training at the PAU-Stanford University Clinical Psychology Consortium, during which she obtained specialized training in the treatment of PTSD through the National Center for PTSD in Menlo Park, CA. Dr. McElheran has been in practice in Calgary since 2008. She continues to focus on work with first responders, and her clinical practice involves work with active-duty members of the Canadian Forces, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, members of the Calgary Fire Department, medical personnel, and others who are directly or vicariously impacted by traumatic events. Dr. McElheran also founded the Before Operational Stress (BOS) program to address the gap in preventative mental health training and support for public safety personnel and frontline workers. She is passionate about arming frontline workers with the tools they need to help manage their workplace stress and routinely engages in teaching and supervisory activity to ensure the sound dissemination of empirically grounded interventions for trauma. Dr. McElheran continues to engage in speaking events, both locally and internationally regularly. Her caseload is limited and new patients are accepted on a case-by-case basis.