Margaret Yurkunas , LPC

Margaret Yurkunas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people facing trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues around self-esteem. She also supports those coping with grief, parenting stress, career changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges. Her work often touches on attachment, abandonment, codependency, and family problems.

She practices in a straightforward, person-focused way. Sessions aim to help people talk through painful experiences and make small, manageable changes. She listens for what matters most and follows each person’s pace.

Margaret uses Client-Centered Therapy to create an atmosphere of empathy and acceptance. That approach centers on the person’s own goals and choices and helps build clarity and self-direction. She also offers hypnotherapy as a tool when it fits a person’s needs.

Over five years she has worked with a range of concerns, including eating issues, intimacy struggles, and communication problems. Her approach often emphasizes building self-awareness and practical steps toward better self-reliance.

People come to address things like infidelity, divorce and separation, isolation, guilt and shame, or caregiver stress. Sessions aim to increase confidence and improve coping with life changes. The tone in sessions is calm, genuine, and nonjudgmental.

How Margaret’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting a person’s own goals. In practice this means the therapist mirrors what she hears, asks questions to clarify priorities, and helps clients build clearer decision-making. It is useful for low self-esteem, relationship strain, and coping with life changes.

Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help people access thoughts and feelings that can be hard to reach in regular talk therapy. It can support work on trauma responses, anxiety, strong habits, or blocking patterns when the client is comfortable trying it.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Margaret works collaboratively to identify what fits a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Together they may try a few techniques and adjust plans based on how well they work.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be handy when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people message in between appointments or choose a format that feels easier than speaking in real time. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.