Margaret Dunn, LPC

Margaret Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people untangle habits, habits that drain energy, and patterns that make change feel impossible. Her work is practical and direct, aimed at helping people move from feeling stuck to making steady progress toward goals.

Her approach blends talk and action. She helps people identify the thoughts and emotions that drive unhelpful behaviors, then practices new responses in simple steps. Sessions often focus on emotional eating, chronic illness or pain, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, and life changes. She also works with addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, and career stress.

Margaret uses several psychological approaches to guide sessions. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential ideas to tailor the work to each person. That means sometimes the room is a place to notice painful feelings, and sometimes it is a space to try new behaviors and skills.

Margaret emphasizes understanding the role of unprocessed feelings and how they show up as physical symptoms or repeated habits. She helps people name those patterns, safely process difficult feelings, and develop practical steps to change day-to-day behavior. Her style combines compassion with clear expectations for progress.

Her stated values are compassion, open-mindedness, and a belief in growth. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that match what matters most, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and to build routines that reduce stress, improve sleep, and change habits like emotional eating.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying and expressing core emotions in a safe way. It can help people understand patterns that drive relationship or intimacy concerns and reduce overwhelming emotional reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, trial different methods, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. Clients and therapist decide together which tools and exercises to use.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time. It can also allow more flexible scheduling around medical appointments or caregiving duties. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and homework so that progress can continue between sessions.