About Margaret
Margaret Mortensen is a Florida psychologist with 33 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Many people come for support with eating and body image problems, parenting strain, career pressure, or major life changes.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build trust and help clients feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are used to teach skills for mood regulation and clearer thinking.
How Margaret works
Margaret also addresses trauma-related issues and offers focused work on patterns that keep problems repeating. Sessions often include goal setting and small, doable steps toward change. People looking for help with family of origin issues, blended family challenges, or caregiving stress will find targeted attention to those areas.
She has experience supporting concerns such as bipolar disorder, chronic pain and illness, communication problems, and the effects of divorce or separation. Additional focus areas include first responder issues, forgiveness work, and aging and geriatric challenges. Sessions combine empathic listening with concrete tools.
All sessions are conducted in English and are available to international clients. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session based on availability.
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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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | FL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful therapeutic relationship. In practice this means sessions start with understanding what matters most to the person and shaping work around those priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors. It helps with anxiety, depression, and managing stress by teaching practical techniques to change thinking and action.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. It can be useful for strong mood swings, relationship conflicts, and situations that feel overwhelming.
Margaret approaches the choice of method as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide whether to focus on skills training, trauma work, or a more person-centered path.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, step-by-step skill practice, or when written reflection feels easier to manage.
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