- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Margaret
Margaret Yurkunas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who supports people facing parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship strains. She focuses on practical steps parents can take to manage emotions, set clearer boundaries, and regain a sense of direction in daily life. Margaret favors a warm, person-focused approach.
She listens with empathy and aims to create a calm space for parents to talk through painful experiences.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize realistic goals and small, manageable changes that fit family life. Her work draws on client-centered therapy, which centers each person’s experience and values. She also uses hypnotherapy when appropriate to address patterns that feel hard to change.
Margaret guides clients toward greater self-awareness and more confidence in decision making. With five years as an LPC, she brings both practical counseling skills and a steady presence. Her background includes helping people cope with trauma, grief, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
She encourages people to notice small progress and build on it. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Margaret helps parents clarify priorities, improve communication, and develop routines that reduce stress.
She focuses on what a person can do this week to feel a bit more in control. Overall, Margaret offers straightforward support for common and complex concerns. Her style is calm, direct, and aimed at helping people find workable solutions that fit their lives.
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.
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Margaret lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How client-centered and hypnotherapy approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what they hear, and helps the person identify goals that matter to them. This approach can help with parenting stress, relationship concerns, and low self-esteem by building clarity and self-direction.Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help people access patterns that feel automatic. It can be useful for habits, strong emotional reactions, and some anxiety or stress responses when a person wants to try a different way of responding.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Margaret will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. That collaboration helps shape session pacing, homework, and which techniques to try next.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy parents and people with limited time. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a good lower-bandwidth option for a calmer check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins or to continue progress between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Margaret
What concerns does Margaret commonly address?
She supports people with parenting strain, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and person-focused. Sessions are conversational, and she emphasizes empathy, listening, and helping people find their own answers.
What is her background and experience?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and has five years of experience working with a range of life challenges and recovery from trauma.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Michigan LPC and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
More therapists for parents in Michigan
All in Michigan
Natasha Wagner
LPC, LCPC
Michigan 20 years in practice
Supportive counselor for parents and adults
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship
Krystal Smith
LMSW
Michigan 11 years in practice
Supportive LMSW helping parents and adults
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Family
Crystal Pasciak
LPC
Michigan 7 years in practice
Helping parents handle stress and parenting challenges
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Self esteem