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Margaret Roberts, LPC

  • Experience5 years
  • LocationPennsylvania
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Margaret

Margaret Roberts is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with five years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related struggles, as well as those navigating relationship and family challenges.

Background and approach

Her practice also addresses parenting concerns, self-esteem, LGBT issues, and life transitions, with attention to attachment and communication patterns and women's issues. Margaret centers a collaborative, strengths-based stance that treats each person as the expert on their own experience.

She combines evidence-informed methods such as Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral strategies, and elements of the Gottman Method to tailor a practical plan to each client's needs.

New clients are welcomed with encouragement and clear next steps to begin the process, and sessions aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and support meaningful change. Her approach emphasizes respect, active listening, and using clients' existing resources to move through challenges.

Margaret seeks to create an environment where people can explore patterns, cultivate resilience, and make progress toward their personal goals.

Approaches and Online Care That Fit Your Life

Internal Family Systems helps clients understand and relate to different inner parts or voices, fostering self-leadership and healing for issues like trauma, anxiety, and patterns that affect relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes values-driven action and learning to accept difficult thoughts and emotions while building psychological flexibility, which can help with stress, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathy, unconditional positive regard, and creating a collaborative space where clients feel heard and can explore their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is often a process rather than an immediate decision. Margaret works with clients to assess goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and she adapts methods collaboratively so the work aligns with each person's needs and pace.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible and convenient. These options allow for consistent care around work and family schedules, offer flexibility in how people communicate, and make it easier to maintain momentum between sessions while trying different therapeutic strategies.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Margaret commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, LGBT matters, and coping with life changes, along with attachment and communication problems and women's issues.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-based, blending Internal Family Systems with ACT, client-centered listening, CBT techniques, and Gottman-informed strategies to match interventions to client goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Margaret holds the LPC credential and practices in Pennsylvania; her license details are PA LPC PC014153.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for online work?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

LGBTTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepressionCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesCommunication problemsFamily problemsWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingInternal Family Systems

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania

Languages

English