About Margaret
Margaret Buchholz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and addiction concerns. She speaks plainly and keeps sessions focused on practical steps that fit into a busy life. Many clients come for help coping with life changes, managing mood or attention differences, or rebuilding after loss.
Margaret practices from Minnesota and brings eight years of clinical experience to her work.
Background and approach
She began in residential treatment after earning a bachelor’s degree in 2014. Margaret completed a Master of Social Work in 2016 and has worked in outpatient mental health settings and hospitals. Those varied roles shaped her skill at assessing what matters most to each person.
The mix of settings also taught her to match treatment style to real life demands. Her style is warm, relaxed, and person-centered. She focuses on meeting people where they are and on what they find most important.
Sessions aim to feel non-threatening while still addressing core patterns that keep people stuck. Margaret often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot negative thinking and change unhelpful behaviors. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to strengthen personal goals and Solution-Focused Therapy to build quick, practical steps.
Together these tools help clients set concrete goals and try small changes between sessions. Clients can expect direct conversation, clear goals, and collaborative planning. Margaret values respect and compassion in every session and works with each person to set a pace that feels manageable.
Online approaches that focus on clear goals
Margaret commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that worsen mood or anxiety. CBT breaks big problems into smaller steps and teaches concrete skills that can be practiced between sessions.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what matters most to them and to build internal motivation for change. Solution-Focused Therapy appears in sessions as short, forward-looking planning that creates immediate, doable steps toward goals.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they decide which methods to try. That collaborative planning helps make sure work between sessions fits real life.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a lunch break. Live chat and text help people keep momentum with brief updates or quick skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule while still focusing on clear goals and practical change.
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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