Margaret Buchholz
Supportive guidance for family and parenting
- Credentials
- LCSW, LICSW
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota, North Dakota, Nevada
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Margaret
Margaret Buchholz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on family and parenting concerns among other life challenges. She keeps sessions calm and straightforward. She aims to meet people where they are and help them tackle the issues that feel most urgent in day-to-day life.
She uses practical tools to address stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting struggles. Her style is person-centered and relaxed, with an emphasis on clear goals and small, workable steps.
Background and approach
Margaret often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and actions influence feelings and helps build different patterns. Margaret trained at Southwest Minnesota State University and completed a Master of Social Work at the University of South Dakota in 2016.
She began working in residential treatment and spent time in a hospital setting before moving to outpatient mental health work in southwest Minnesota. She has been in the mental health field since 2014 and brings eight years of experience to her practice. In sessions she listens without judgement and offers straightforward feedback when helpful.
She may challenge unhelpful thinking and suggest new ways to respond to daily stressors. That practical approach is often paired with brief, goal-focused techniques and motivational interviewing strategies to support change. People who want clear steps, respectful conversation, and skills they can use between sessions may find her approach useful.
Margaret holds LCSW and LICSW credentials in Minnesota and works with clients via online formats and phone.
Approaches that guide online work and practical steps
Margaret uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and habits and then practice different responses. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many day-to-day problems because it focuses on clear steps and skills.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. That approach is conversational and supportive, and it can be helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure about making changes like addressing addictions or starting new routines.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Margaret will discuss goals, preferences, and how you respond to different techniques. Together you can try strategies and adjust the plan as you learn what helps most.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options let clients use short check-ins, longer weekly sessions, or a mix that supports progress between meetings. The flexibility makes it easier to keep therapy part of everyday life without major travel or schedule changes.
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.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, North Dakota, Nevada
- Languages
- English
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