- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Eating disorders
About Margaret
Margaret Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by looking at the thoughts, habits, and emotions that get in the way of change. Her style is direct and encouraging; she helps clients notice patterns and take small, practical steps toward goals.
She often works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating and body-image concerns, and issues around self-esteem and addiction.
Background and approach
Parenting is listed among her focuses, and she supports people dealing with parenting-related stress and decisions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, career concerns, and major life transitions. Margaret draws on several approaches in her sessions.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Client-centered and emotionally-focused work guide conversations so clients feel heard while they process difficult feelings.
Sessions include practical strategies for changing habits, coping with cravings or emotional eating, and managing chronic stress or illness. She emphasizes identifying root causes rather than relying on willpower alone. The work includes emotion processing, habit change steps, and coaching-style guidance for everyday challenges.
Margaret brings compassionate steadiness and a focus on growth to her work. She aims to help people move past avoidance and make lasting, manageable changes in thinking and behavior.
What Margaret works with
Everything Margaret lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Margaret helps people with.
- 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.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Margaret frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting controlled by them. ACT often helps when worry, shame, or avoidance keep someone from living the life they want.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and changing habits like emotional eating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process allows adjustments if something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging suit quick updates, coaching-style support, or when writing feels more comfortable than talking.
These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health needs while still using ACT and CBT techniques, emotion-focused conversation, and habit-change strategies during sessions.
Questions people ask about Margaret
What kinds of concerns does Margaret address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating and body-image concerns, self-esteem issues, addictions, relationship and intimacy challenges, sleep problems, anger, career stress, and parenting-related stress.
What is her therapy style like?
The approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions combine emotion-focused conversation with strategies to change habits and thought patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of counseling experience working with the range of concerns listed in her profile.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LPC credential and practices in Missouri.
Which languages are used in sessions and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Margaret offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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