About Margaret
Margaret Thomas- Lapsley is a licensed mental health counselor who helps adults facing anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to feel steadier and more in control. She offers a calm, present approach that centers on being seen and heard without judgment.
Sessions emphasize emotional regulation and setting boundaries so daily life feels more manageable. Margaret guides clients toward rebuilding self-trust and finding clearer direction.
Background and approach
Her work is informed by trauma and attachment ideas. She helps people process past hurts while learning new ways to relate to themselves and others. The goal is safer feelings around difficult memories and stronger coping skills for current stressors.
Therapy blends skill-building with compassionate listening. Margaret uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to change unhelpful patterns. She also draws on emotionally focused and client-centered methods to strengthen emotional awareness and communication.
Over sixteen years of practice in Florida, Margaret has supported people through grief, relationship strain, and substance-related concerns. Her style is collaborative - she works with each person to set clear goals and try tools that fit their life. If someone wants steady, practical help for anxiety, trauma, or life transitions, she offers straightforward support and skills-based work.
Approach-driven online therapy for healing and coping
Margaret often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small, practical experiments to change behavior and mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they try techniques, adjust strategies, and track what is most helpful over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for in-depth work and face-to-face connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, journaling between sessions, and ongoing encouragement while life gets busy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English