About Margaret
Margaret Lorenz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with 26 years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports concerns like parenting stress, self-esteem, grief, ADHD, and career pressures.
Margaret focuses on practical skills people can use right away. Sessions aim to identify what feels stuck and build simple steps forward. She adapts the pace to each person's needs and priorities so progress feels manageable.
How Margaret works
Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior methods. That means conversations are guided by the client’s goals while also teaching concrete tools for mood, worry, and relationship patterns. She draws on those tools to help people manage intense emotions and change unhelpful thinking.
Clients can expect a warm, down-to-earth style and clear, actionable strategies. Margaret offers coaching-style guidance for life transitions, workplace strain, and issues like codependency or commitment concerns. She addresses intimacy-related issues, blended family dynamics, and feelings of isolation with attention to everyday challenges.
People come for short-term help with a specific problem or for longer work on patterns that keep repeating. Margaret will collaborate on a plan that fits each person’s goals and circumstances. Conversations are practical, respectful, and aimed at building skills that last.
Margaret lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Margaret works with
The areas below are the ones Margaret selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the person’s lead, helps clarify goals, and adapts sessions to what matters most to the client. This approach is useful when someone needs space to talk and to feel heard while deciding what to change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on understanding and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It offers clear exercises and homework that help reduce anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful patterns in relationships or work. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, relationship conflicts, and emotional overwhelm.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges to choose methods that fit. That way the work matches what the person hopes to achieve and how they prefer to work.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be helpful for short check-ins, and messaging allows for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice skills in real time.
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