Megan Ice, PhD

Megan Ice, PhD, is a psychologist in the Mood Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute. Her professional experience centers on treating youth with complex psychiatric needs through individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and assessment.

Dr. Ice has treated many children and adolescents with multiple diagnoses — including anxiety, mood, and trauma-related disorders — and specializes in working with youth who have been adopted, families with multiple children with mental health needs, and youth who have historically had difficulty engaging in treatment. She prioritizes transparent case formulation and collaborative treatment planning and adapts treatment to patients’ needs with creativity, flexibility, and reflection.

Dr. Ice has received specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), including trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) and cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT-SP), parent management training (PMT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), motivational interviewing (MI), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Having worked with many children and adolescents who presented with acute safety concerns, she supports individuals and their families calmly through risk assessments, safety planning, and navigating varying levels of treatment.

• Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
• Unit Psychologist at Somerville Hospital in the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry inpatient units, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

• Post-doctoral Fellow on the Child and Adolescent Acute Services Track at Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
• Pre-doctoral Psychology Intern in Clinical Psychology, JCCA, Brooklyn, NY
• Practicum student, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, New York, NY
• Practicum Student, CBT/DBT Associates, New York, NY
• Practicum Student, New York City Children’s Center, Bronx, NY
• Practicum Student, JCCA, Bronx, NY
• Practicum Student, Long Island University-Brooklyn Counseling Center, Brooklyn, NY
• Practicum Student, Child Development Center, Jewish Board of Child and Family Services, New York, NY

• PhD, Clinical Psychology, Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus
• EdM, Prevention Science and Practice, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
• BA, Psychology, University of Virginia