About Margaret
Margaret "Maggie" Barrington is an AASW-accredited social worker with 25 years of therapeutic counselling experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief and the strain that comes with caregiving and major life changes. Maggie uses straightforward, evidence-based strategies and aims to help clients find clearer direction and more confidence.
Her style is warm and practical. Sessions focus on simple tools that clients can use day to day. Maggie treats people as the experts in their own lives and works alongside them to set realistic goals and make changes that last.
How Margaret works
She has long experience helping people cope with compassion fatigue and the emotional load of illness, disability and end-of-life concerns. Maggie also helps people who are dealing with body image worries, eating issues, communication problems and the impact of trauma or domestic violence. Maggie has worked across aged care and with people affected by chronic pain, cancer and other long-term health issues.
Her approach is grounded in research but always adapted to the person in front of her, not a one-size-fits-all method. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Maggie aims to make that step easier. She offers a calm, practical space to talk things through and to build coping skills that fit a client’s life and values.
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.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Many of Maggie’s methods come from established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses teaches people clear skills for managing anxiety and stress, including breathing and grounding exercises, activity planning and steps to reduce overwhelm. This approach suits people who want concrete tools to use between sessions.She also uses trauma-informed strategies that help people process painful experiences at a comfortable pace. These methods aim to reduce the hold of traumatic memories and build coping skills for day-to-day life, which can help with sleep, mood and relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and Maggie treats it as a collaborative process. She discusses goals, preferences and life circumstances with each person and adjusts techniques so they fit the client’s needs rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep face-to-face connection while living in different regions. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, journalling between sessions or people who find writing easier than talking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments.
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