About Margaret
Margaret Reul meets people where they are and helps them find clearer footing during stressful times. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in California. Her style is practical and direct, aimed at helping people make small changes that ease daily pressure.
She draws on eleven years of clinical work supporting people with anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Margaret also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, bipolar challenges, and relationship or family stress.
Background and approach
She helps people who are questioning identity or navigating LGBT issues and addresses career and caregiving strain as well. Margaret favors approaches that move people toward solutions. She uses Client-Centered methods to follow the person’s lead and build trust.
She pairs that with Solution-Focused work to set clear, achievable goals and Cognitive Behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Sessions are offered in formats that fit busy schedules, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. She often schedules evening and weekend appointments to accommodate working lives.
Margaret aims to help people set realistic goals and take steady steps toward them. Her training includes a Bachelor’s degree from UC Santa Barbara and a Master of Social Work from California State University, Los Angeles. Her California license is listed as LCSW 75171.
She brings a straightforward, compassionate approach to practical problems and major transitions.
How Margaret Uses Practical Approaches Online
Margaret commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist follows the person’s lead, listens closely, and helps people feel heard. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings. Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on small, concrete steps and clear goals to help people get relief faster and build momentum.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify patterns of thinking that keep problems going and to practice new ways of responding. Choosing the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. Margaret works with each person to figure out which approaches match their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter updates, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent within a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English