Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Margaret works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Margaret
Margaret Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical work. She draws on counseling, coaching, and practical strategies to help people move past patterns that hold them back. Her approach centers on real-world change rather than quick fixes.
She speaks plainly and focuses on steps people can use right away. Margaret listens for the habits and hidden beliefs that keep someone stuck. She helps people name the triggers behind things like anger, emotional eating, or chronic stress.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to turn repeated reactions into choices people can manage. She uses tools from acceptance-based and cognitive approaches alongside client-centered listening. People often come for help with anxiety, depression, grief, or relationship strain.
She also works with life transitions, career stress, caregiver burden, chronic illness, and body image concerns. Anger and difficulties with intimacy are among the issues she addresses in therapy. Her style is direct and compassionate.
She explains steps clearly, offers exercises to practice between sessions, and checks in about what is or isn’t working. Margaret encourages gradual progress and problem-solving that fits each person’s life. Margaret also supports people dealing with addictions, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
She frames change as learning new habits, not as blaming. The goal is to replace avoidance and reactivity with clearer choices and steadier emotional balance.
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
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Margaret lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them and then act in ways that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, anger, and life transitions because it focuses on small steps that lead to meaningful change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is commonly used for depression, anxiety, sleep issues, and problems like emotional eating.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist reflects and follows the person's lead. This approach helps people feel heard and build the confidence to try new ways of coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they choose methods to try and adjust them as needed in follow-up sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, coaching-style exchanges, or when someone prefers writing between scheduled sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and changing life demands.
Questions people ask about Margaret
What kinds of concerns does Margaret address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, emotional eating, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, and life transitions among other concerns.
How does she approach therapy?
Her style blends acceptance and cognitive methods with client-centered listening to help people notice patterns and practice new responses between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience and combines counseling with coaching techniques to support practical change.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Missouri LPC credential and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees 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?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.