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Margaret Paul

Compassionate, practical therapy for life challenges

LMHC Florida

Experience
15 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Margaret

Margaret Paul is a licensed mental health counselor who blends practical strategies with an empathic, person-focused approach. She draws on 15 years of clinical experience to help clients build coping skills, improve motivation and self-esteem, and manage stress and anxiety.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes tailoring conversation and interventions to each client's situation so treatment feels relevant and doable. Using tools from cognitive behavioral therapy alongside client-centered techniques and mindfulness-informed practices, she supports people working through grief, life transitions, and loss as well as those addressing depression, anger, sleep disruptions, and addiction-related concerns.

Margaret also focuses on issues such as isolation, finding life purpose, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to veteran and armed forces experiences. She aims to meet clients with sensitivity and respect while helping them explore realistic steps forward.

Margaret invites those considering therapy to acknowledge the courage it takes to begin. She collaborates with clients to shape goals and adapts methods to match changing needs, emphasizing practical progress and a compassionate therapeutic relationship.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Margaret integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered methods to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep disruption; it emphasizes practical exercises and skill building that translate well to remote sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and follows the client's lead, which helps people feel heard and understood during video or phone conversations.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices to support emotion regulation and present-moment awareness when helpful. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process; the therapist works with each person to explore which combination of strategies best fits their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to access care from home or between commitments. These formats allow for consistent skill practice, check-ins, and problem solving without a commute, and they enable clients to engage in ways that suit their schedule and communication style.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with a broad range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, coping with life changes, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, parenting challenges, anger, career concerns, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, plus related topics like isolation and life purpose.
What is the therapist's general therapeutic style?
The approach combines client-centered listening with practical, skills-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior therapy elements, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help clients make meaningful changes.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with people across a range of concerns and life situations.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
Margaret Paul holds the credential LMHC and is licensed in Florida under FL LMHC MH13218.
Are sessions available in languages other than English?
Sessions are provided in English only; she is not listed as offering services in additional languages and does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered for online work?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How does pricing work for therapy with this counselor?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Isolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English