About Margaret
Margaret Buchholz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She is based in Minnesota and brings eight years of experience working in mental health settings. She aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable and respectful.
She focuses on practical, goal-based work that fits each person’s needs. Sessions are relaxed and person-centered. She listens first, then helps people pick small steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Margaret learned social work at Southwest Minnesota State University and earned a Master of Social Work from the University of South Dakota in 2016. Her early work included a residential treatment center and a hospital, followed by ongoing work at an outpatient mental health clinic. Those roles gave her experience with concerns like depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, grief, and relationship stress.
In sessions she often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test different ways of thinking and acting. She also uses techniques from Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy when a person’s goals call for them. The focus is on what matters most to the client and finding realistic steps forward.
People who want straightforward, respectful support may find her approach helpful. She aims to build a warm working relationship and help clients set clear, achievable goals. If you want guidance with coping, mood, or life changes, she offers practical ways to move forward.
How her approaches work for online therapy
Margaret commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT helps people break patterns that feed anxiety or low mood and then practice different responses in everyday life.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about change. That approach uses guided conversation to clarify values, increase readiness, and find personal reasons to move forward. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to highlight strengths and small, achievable steps that can make a noticeable difference quickly.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then adapt techniques to fit what feels most useful. The choice of methods is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use nonverbal feedback and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates, quick coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- 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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