Margaret Elkins, LPCC

Margaret Elkins helps people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief, or struggles with addiction. She is a licensed professional clinical counselor with seven years as a practicing therapist and a longer history in mental health work. Margaret writes in a direct, compassionate way and focuses on concrete steps people can try between sessions.

She uses straightforward approaches that help people notice thoughts and habits that make problems worse. Sessions tend to mix practical skill-building with opportunities to talk through painful experiences. Margaret aims to make therapy feel manageable for people who are juggling work, caregiving, or complicated life changes.

Margaret earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Eastern Kentucky University. Before becoming a clinician she spent additional years in the mental health field, which shaped her interest in mood disorders, addiction, trauma, and loss. Her background includes work with people facing severe mental health challenges as well as those coping with life transitions.

Her clinical work draws on methods that teach emotion regulation, improve communication, and reduce harmful patterns. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, and problems with impulse control. Margaret also helps people manage career stress and midlife questions.

People who choose her can expect a practical focus and a calm, steady presence. She balances skill practice with space to process difficult feelings. The goal is clearer choices and better day-to-day coping.

How evidence-based approaches work online

Margaret commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems alive and teaching practical skills to change them. EMDR offers a structured way to process disturbing memories so they feel less overwhelming and can help with trauma and abuse.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest ways to try different methods. That decision happens together and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions let people practice skills and notice reactions in real time. Phone appointments can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Chat or text messaging can work for quick check-ins and shorter touchpoints between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, or other responsibilities.