Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Margaret works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 34
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Margaret
Margaret Sue Echols is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 34 years in mental health. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, and addiction. Her style is calm and conversational, aimed at making hard conversations feel manageable for adults.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. That can include cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking, mindfulness to reduce reactivity, and client-centered listening so a person feels heard.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical exercises to try between meetings. Margaret has worked in independent practice for most of her career and brings long-term experience to complex problems. She also supports issues such as parenting strain, intimacy concerns, career stress, bipolar mood concerns, caregiving burdens, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes work with grief, end-of-life matters, and a range of trauma and abuse-related issues. Her way of working is collaborative. She helps people set clear goals and focuses on steps they can take right away.
Coaching and skills practice are available alongside traditional therapy methods when a client wants a more action-oriented path. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What Margaret works with
Everything Margaret lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Margaret's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Margaret lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and values and then taking steps that match what matters most. It can help with anxiety, anger, and big life transitions by guiding someone to take meaningful action despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, identifies unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with clearer thinking and practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s experience, offering reflective listening and support so someone feels understood and can make their own changes.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and everyday routines, and then choose methods together. That collaborative process means techniques can be mixed and adjusted as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people send updates, try short exercises between meetings, or fit support into a busy day. These options help people get consistent care without long commutes or strict scheduling.
Questions people ask about Margaret
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports adults facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and grief, addictions, parenting strain, career stress, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is calm and conversational, with an emphasis on listening, practical steps, and collaborative goal setting.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 34 years in mental health and many years in independent practice, working with complex grief, trauma, relationship issues, and long-term mood concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices from Texas.
Which languages and clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Work can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.