About
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Trauma recovery
About Margaret
Margaret Swanson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Vermont with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting strain, and issues related to identity and trauma. Margaret also addresses concerns such as burnout, ADHD, and career pressures.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She uses proven methods to help people recognize patterns that cause pain and to develop practical skills for daily life. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-oriented, with room to process emotions and plan next steps.
Margaret often works with people facing family-related problems and parenting challenges, helping them sort communication issues and set realistic boundaries. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect present behavior. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) also inform her work when people need tools for emotional regulation and values-based decision making. Client-centered principles guide the pace and focus of sessions so the person leads the priorities.
Over the years she has supported people through midlife changes, caregiving stress, adoption and foster-care related concerns, chronic illness, and grief. Margaret encourages practical steps - small changes that make daily life more manageable - and she helps people track progress over time.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take action guided by personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going, and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with communication and relationship-related stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret treats approach selection as a conversation. She will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and adapt the methods she uses so they fit your situation. You and she decide together which tools to try and how to measure progress.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Ask about the available session types when you schedule. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by saving commute time, allowing a shorter check-in during a work break, or avoiding camera use when that feels better. Licensed professionals can use these practical options to help therapy fit everyday routines without changing the focus of the work.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
New Hampshire, Vermont
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps adults with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting strain, trauma, and related issues such as ADHD and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and goal-focused, using practical tools and reflective discussion to address immediate problems and longer term patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults in Vermont on a wide range of life and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensed in Vermont and practices from Vermont.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.