Margaret Mortensen, FL Psychologist PY4165

About Margaret

Margaret Mortensen is a Florida licensed psychologist (FL Psychologist PY4165) with 33 years of clinical experience. She works with adults and couples on family and parenting concerns, relationship struggles, stress, anxiety, depression, and eating-related issues. Her manner is warm and straightforward, and she aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters most to them.

Margaret uses practical methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered approaches.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on clear goals, learning skills to manage symptoms, and finding ways to improve everyday interactions. She brings empathy and a direct style, along with occasional lightness to ease difficult conversations. Her work also covers a broad range of life challenges.

This includes intimacy and communication problems, parenting adjustments, caregiver stress, grief and life transitions, and complications around blended families. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, body image concerns, and the impact of past family patterns. Margaret has experience addressing issues often linked with trauma and severe mood instability, and she incorporates trauma-focused tools and DBT strategies when helpful.

She supports people facing career shifts, commitment questions, and forgiveness work. Her goal is to help clients build practical coping skills and clearer relationships with themselves and others. Sessions are offered in English and available to international clients.

Therapy can take different forms depending on each person’s needs, and Margaret helps clients find an approach that fits their life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance while helping people find their own solutions; it is useful for relationship, parenting, and self-esteem concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood. It teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change unhelpful behaviors in daily life.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds emotion regulation and stress-tolerance skills when strong emotions or intense relationship patterns get in the way of functioning. It can be helpful for mood instability and high-conflict moments.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals and preferences and then tailor techniques together in a collaborative way.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to get help. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations from home. Phone sessions are an option when video isn’t possible, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins or skill practice between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work lives, while keeping the focus on clear goals and usable skills.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, eating and body image concerns, parenting questions, bipolar mood challenges, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is warm and straightforward, combining client-centered listening with practical CBT and DBT skills to help people change unhelpful habits and improve daily functioning.

What background does she bring to therapy?

Margaret has 33 years of experience helping adults and couples through a range of mood, trauma, and relationship concerns, and she often integrates trauma-focused techniques when needed.

What are her professional credentials and location?

She is a Florida psychologist, licensed as FL Psychologist PY4165, and practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

In what formats are sessions offered?

Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How are costs handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I need to do to start working with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 33 years
Licensed: Florida
Languages: English

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