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Margaret Buchholz, LICSW

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Margaret is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Margaret. View 51 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Minnesota, North Dakota, and 1 more

Recent reviews

Very understanding therapist. She takes in your concerns and comes back with thoughtful questions. She validates your feelings while also having your explore why those feelings are there.

Reviewed September 2024

Great

Reviewed August 2024

More about Margaret

  • 7 years' experience
  • Female
  • LICSW, LCSW

Hello!

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Minnesota. I have been working in the mental health field since 2014. I graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University in 2014 and began working in a residential treatment center. I started graduate school at the University of South Dakota. I graduated in 2016 with a Masters of Social Work. I then worked in a hospital setting for a short period of time. After that, I went to work at an outpatient mental health clinic in Southwest Minnesota which I have continued working at since. I really enjoy my work and having a positive impact on peoples lives.

I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including, but not limited to depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, trauma, abuse, bullying, relationship issues, parenting, addiction, teen concerns, life changes and concerns that arise during adjustment periods.

My therapeutic style is person-centered, yet relaxed and non-threatening. I will work to build a healthy and beneficial therapeutic relationship with you. I treat everyone with respect and compassion. This includes meeting the client where they are and work on things they feel are most important or impacting them the most. I mainly utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) which is short term and goal oriented. CBT helps clients recognize negative patterns of thinking and behavior that impact their lives and works to provide healthy ways to challenge these thoughts and behaviors. With CBT, it is important to recognize these patterns, which may include me challenging your thought processes and behaviors. Overall, my therapeutic style is based on what the client needs/wants, which we can discuss as we move forward.

It is a big decision to reach out to receive help, you should be proud of yourself for taking this step and realizing you deserve more. I am honored to be able to help you with your concerns and reaching your goals. I am excited to chat with you and can't wait to help!

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes Addictions LGBT Family conflicts Grief Parenting issues Anger management Career difficulties Bipolar disorder ADHD

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Margaret Buchholz's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1023661436.

  • LICSW · Minnesota · 25372 · Expires July 2026
  • LCSW · North Dakota · 6350 · Expires December 2025
  • LCSW · Nevada · 11283-C · Expires July 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Margaret Buchholz

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

51 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Helpful Recommend Understand Easy Helped Listens Understanding Great listener Easy to talk

Very understanding therapist. She takes in your concerns and comes back with thoughtful questions. She validates your feelings while also having your explore why those feelings are there.

Reviewed September 2024

Great

Reviewed August 2024

She’s great.

Reviewed August 2024

Margaret has clear experience in what I’m going through and has been helpful in me understanding what I need to do in the situation and how I can improve as an individual.

Reviewed July 2024

Margaret is a wonderful therapist who listens to my concerns and provides me with useful tools to work through my challenges. I am really grateful for all the help!

Reviewed April 2024

She’s great!

Reviewed April 2024

Margaret is a great help! She helps put things into a new perspective!

Reviewed January 2024

I was given techniques to use to figure out how I want to proceed. Great suggestions

Reviewed December 2023

Margaret is wonderful to talk to and has changed my mind on therapy.

Reviewed September 2023

Margaret is a great listener and helps give me a different point of view at key times

Reviewed May 2023

Margaret is very polite and respectful. She is nonjudgmental no matter what weird things I may throw her way. Easy to talk to!

Reviewed April 2023

Margaret is easy to talk to and very respectful. Only 2 sessions but so far so good!

Reviewed March 2023

Margaret has been very helpful, she’s a great listener and I feel very comfortable talking to her. She has supported me and offers great advice and things to work on in between meetings.

Reviewed March 2023

I've only been working with Margaret for a few weeks, but she has been very helpful for me so far. She is helping me recognize and break bad habits and unhelpful ways of thinking

Reviewed March 2023

Margaret is the best therapist I’ve ever worked with. Her ability to ask the right questions, give me honest feed back, compassion, encouragement, and challenge me, and give appropriate homework is a true testament to who she is as a person and how well she takes the time to “get” her clients. I’ve been working with her for quite a while now and hope to for a long time. The strides I’ve made in my personal and professional life are in huge part to our therapy sessions. She’s walked with me through some very dark times and celebrated with me at the best of times. I’m very grateful for her!

Reviewed March 2023

Margaret has been kinder to me than anyone else in my life, and I’ve never told her but I cried during our first session when she told me it’s okay to have the feelings I have. I’ve just started and I feel safer knowing she’s my therapist.

Reviewed February 2023

Margaret was a great listener. She did not judge me at any point, but rather helped me ask myself the right questions and better understand why I was behaving the way I was behaving.

Reviewed February 2023

Margaret is patient, resposive and caring. She shows a desire to undersand me and genuinely wants to help.

Reviewed January 2023

Very attentive and efficient with high emotion situations in a short amount of time

Reviewed November 2022

I haven't been meeting with her long but she's insightful, responsive, and encouraging. I look forward to continuing to work with her.

Reviewed November 2022

Accidentally hit a button without seeing the question!!! Whatever I “strongly disagree” to was an accident!!!!!!

Reviewed May 2022

She's willing to help you work through your issues and guide you towards your own solutions.

Reviewed April 2022

Margaret has been extremely helpful with finding strategies to help with my self-confidence, anxiety, and depression. She is always a listening ear and provides helpful insight. I definitely feel like she's got my back.

Reviewed March 2022

Margaret has been great! Really enjoy our time together. I feel like we make great short term goals and I am able to work through so many issues in our short time together! Highly recommend and having the set date/time for each session is very helpful.

Reviewed September 2021

She is very nice and is willing to jump through hoops to set up appointments and helps you really explore the gray areas that some of us may not realize is truly affecting us.

Reviewed September 2021

Margaret listened well and gave good advice. I would recommend her for anyone that’s having problems and just need someone to talk to.

Reviewed August 2021

Took the time to listen and really understand what I was going through at the time.

Reviewed June 2021

Margaret is the one of the few counselors that I have felt connected too. I know what to expect from her and she is always patient with me!

Reviewed March 2021

Very easy to talk to and very honest!

Reviewed January 2021

Margaret is great at what she does! She approached me with understanding and a listing ear. She is a direct communicator who worked to understand my my perspective and identify key areas that helped my better understand myself.

Reviewed November 2020

Margaret is a really good listener. She established goals with me and reminds me that I need to take care of myself. She asks me reflective questions, to help me think outside of my perspective. She reinforces and praises my efforts in reaching my personal goals. I am able to cope more with life struggles and check in a little less.

Reviewed November 2020

Margaret is very good at her profession and I’m comfortable talking to her

Reviewed November 2020

Only been with her for a week ish but she really dove into my problems and gave me things to help I’ve never had any kind of counseling/therapy in my life and I would recommend it

Reviewed November 2020

Margaret is very helpful, she tries her best to really understand what you are feeling and going through, asks the right questions and gives the right responses.

Reviewed November 2020

Margaret is a great counselor! She makes me feel heard and works to find a solution that works for me- not just the obvious advice. I feel like she really listens to what I have to say and cares.

Reviewed November 2020

Margaret is really great at helping identify your personal struggles and how to go about resolving them in your own lifestyle and at your own pace. I needed someone familiar with family issues and she’s amazing with my situation. I would highly recommend her to another person.

Reviewed September 2020

Margaret is a very understanding person and is very open and helpful in her advice and the tools she gives me to use have brought me a long way in a short amount of time.

Reviewed September 2020

I've appreciated getting to know and trust Margaret over the course of the last 6 months. She is a patient listener, a good sounding board, and responds to questions and messages in a timely manner. She is above all very kind and willing to work with me to set goals, hold me accountable, and bolster my confidence in myself. As a person who struggles with depression and mood instability, the consistency of speaking with her and her words of affirmation as well as encouragement to see myself in a more positive light when my outlook is bleak has helped me come to a place of more peace. I'm grateful for her help.

Reviewed September 2020

Margaret was AWESOME to work with. Challenged my anxious brain to dive deep and figure out the root of some of my issues. Worked through my relationship with my parents with me. Kind, friendly, easy to talk to.

Reviewed August 2020

I’ve been working with Margaret for a few weeks and so far I’m impressed. I was nervous about a virtual/mobile platform and it being helpful. She’s been so responsive and checking in and really there for me. I’d highly recommend her.

Reviewed August 2020

Margaret is really kind and helpful to my needs. She asks questions in a way that helps me think differently about things and find some light at the end of the tunnel

Reviewed July 2020

She is amazing, very attentive and the most helpful person I have ever talked to!

Reviewed June 2020

Margaret has been very helpful and an excellent listener.

Reviewed June 2020

Margaret has been helping me through a divorce. She is the best counselor I have had and I have used many apps similar to BetterHelp! She gets to know you as a person and understands what you're going through.

Reviewed May 2020

I love better help and Margaret has been great. Even when things are going ok and I don't need to message consistently, she takes time to reach out and check in. And when things aren't going ok, she's very responsive and helpful.

Reviewed April 2020

Margaret is always available and is not only a great listener, but helps me ask myself the questions I wouldn’t normally think about. I’ve found overall she has helped me immensely through high anxiety moments, or just my day to day thoughts and actions. I will continue to use all the tools and advice she’s given me throughout my life. Would recommend her to anyone seeking help.

Reviewed April 2020

Margaret has been a great therapist. She is always there to listen and has given me lots ideas to help with my anger.

Reviewed April 2020

Wonderful councilor. Listens and offers help without judgement.

Reviewed April 2020

Margaret has been great! She respond to me quickly, has had great advice, and validated my feelings and concerns. I recommend her to everyone!

Reviewed April 2020

Margaret holds me accountable and listens actively to my needs and concerns. Her caring is genuinely conveyed over the phone, and she is very responsive via messenger. A good counselor who is thoughtful, funny, and kind. I feel safe expressing myself honestly with her

Reviewed March 2020

I’ve been through a lot in my life and have met with many different counselors and therapists. I’ve never had one I click with it trust as much as with Margaret.

Reviewed February 2020

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Frequently asked questions

Does Margaret Buchholz offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Margaret Buchholz works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Margaret Buchholz speak?

Margaret Buchholz speaks English.

How many years of experience does Margaret Buchholz have?

Margaret Buchholz has 7 years of experience.

Where is Margaret Buchholz licensed to practice?

Margaret Buchholz is licensed to practice in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Nevada.

Does Margaret Buchholz accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Margaret Buchholz does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Margaret Buchholz offer?

Margaret Buchholz offers clients Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Margaret Buchholz?

Margaret Buchholz can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Margaret Buchholz?

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