Margaret Buchholz

Margaret Buchholz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She approaches sessions with a calm, respectful style. She aims to meet people where they are and focus on what matters most to them.

Margaret earned her Master of Social Work from the University of South Dakota in 2016. She began in residential treatment after completing her undergraduate degree and later gained experience in a hospital setting. Since then she has worked in an outpatient mental health clinic in southwest Minnesota.

Her work covers many common struggles, including relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and self-esteem problems. She uses a person-centered approach that keeps the client's priorities first. Sessions are relaxed and nonthreatening, with a focus on practical steps that people can try between visits.

Margaret commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy to support goal setting and building motivation. Over eight years in the field shapes how she blends these methods to fit each person.

Reaching out for help can feel hard, and Margaret invites people to take that next step. She emphasizes collaboration, respect, and compassion while working toward the goals a person identifies.

How these approaches work in online sessions

Margaret commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot patterns of thinking and behavior that cause problems, and then practice new responses. Motivational Interviewing focuses on building a person’s own motivation to change, useful for addictions, habit shifts, and readiness for new steps.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Margaret will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adapt methods over time. She helps people try concrete tools and checks in about what is and isn’t working so the plan can be adjusted together.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn how sessions are scheduled. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people work through motivation and behavior change using exercises and goal-setting between sessions.