Margaret Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 15 years of experience.
01About Margaret
Margaret Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people stuck in repetitive patterns find clearer choices and more energy for the life they want. Her style is direct, compassionate, and goal-oriented.
Margaret works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, eating and body-image concerns, low self-esteem, and trauma. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related questions, sleep troubles, anger, career shifts, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions often look at habits, underlying emotions, and the routines that keep problems going. In therapy she mixes practical tools with space to process feelings. She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build meaningful action. Client-Centered methods shape sessions so the person feels heard and respected. Margaret pays attention to the ways the body and mind interact, including chronic pain, illness, and stress.
She offers support around emotional eating, caregiver strain, codependency, and isolation. Work may include identifying triggers, practicing new responses, and building daily habits that support lasting change. Her approach welcomes people who are ready to do the work and try new strategies.
She helps clients name realistic goals, learn new skills, and track small wins. That practical focus is balanced with steady emotional support as change unfolds.
02Credentials
- LPC (Missouri)
- License 2008009343 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1417114349 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Margaret lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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
Methods Margaret names
- 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
These are the methods Margaret names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters to them and take small, meaningful steps toward those values. It focuses on action even when uncomfortable feelings are present and can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It provides concrete strategies to test and change unhelpful thinking and build new behaviors, which is useful for stress, sleep problems, and habit change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean combining techniques and adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help with emotion work. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges. These options make it easier to schedule regular contact and to try different ways of working until the best fit is found.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Margaret commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, eating and body-image issues, low self-esteem, trauma and intimacy-related problems among other life challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style blends direct, compassionate coaching with practical tools. Sessions mix skill-building and emotional processing to create concrete change.
What is her clinical background?
She has 15 years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor and uses several evidence-based approaches to guide work with clients.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices in Missouri and holds a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor credential.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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