Margaret Swanson , LICSW

Margaret Swanson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and changes in life. She focuses on issues that often affect women, including parenting strain, body image, and career transitions. Margaret uses straightforward conversation to help clients find clearer thinking and steadier emotion.

She keeps sessions practical and goal-oriented. Clients work on skills for coping with depression, anger, and ADHD-related challenges. Margaret also supports people facing trauma, relationship tension, and caregiving stress.

Her style blends talk therapy with hands-on tools. She draws from approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy to meet each person where they are. Sessions often include exercises for spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors.

With 25 years of experience, Margaret brings steady, real-world perspective to hard moments. She has Vermont and New Hampshire LICSW credentials and has worked with people through midlife changes, chronic illness, and adoption and foster care concerns.

Margaret prefers clear collaboration: clients set goals and she helps map steps toward them. Her practice offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability. The subscription billing can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then move toward values-based action. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions by clarifying what matters and taking small steps aligned with those values.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching clear tools to change thinking and reduce avoidance.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotion regulation. It can help people who struggle with trust, closeness, or repeated relationship patterns.

Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then choose or combine approaches collaboratively. This helps tailor sessions to what actually helps in daily life.

Online formats offer real flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face when conversations benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around a busy life.