- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- New Jersey, California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Margaret
Margaret Auguste is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in New Jersey. She has 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and the everyday pressures that come with work and relationships. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at people who want practical help and clearer footing in difficult moments.
She focuses on concrete tools and steady support rather than labels. Sessions center on honest conversation, skill-building, and real-life problem solving.
Background and approach
She respects each person's story and adapts her approach to match what feels most useful. Her work draws on several familiar methods, including cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance-based practices, and attachment-informed thinking. That mix lets her offer both skills for handling upsetting moments and attention to how past relationships shape current patterns.
Parents and caregivers often seek her out for issues involving parenting stress, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care questions, and behavior challenges. She also helps people coping with grief, trauma, substance issues, body image, and mood concerns such as bipolar disorder. Sessions are practical and collaborative.
Margaret aims to help people build clearer communication, better coping strategies, and steadier emotional regulation. She guides short-term work and longer-term plans depending on what each person needs. To begin, she requests a simple intake so goals can be identified and a plan agreed on together.
Her approach is steady, respectful, and focused on making daily life a bit easier to manage.
What Margaret works with
Everything Margaret lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Margaret helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Margaret lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life changes where someone wants clearer direction rather than just symptom relief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It works well for anxiety, depression, and managing mood or eating concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will discuss different methods and choose what fits each person's goals and style. She treats therapy as a collaboration - clients set goals and she helps test practical strategies to reach them.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, while phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or fit a busy day. Live chat and messaging let people send notes between sessions, check in quickly, or work through brief exercises without needing an extended appointment. These options make it easier to keep consistent momentum and try tools in real life.
Questions people ask about Margaret
What concerns does Margaret commonly address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Parenting pressures, grief, trauma, addiction, body image, and mood conditions are also within her focus.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and practical. Sessions emphasize skills, honest conversation, and tailoring plans to each person's needs.
What is her professional background?
Margaret has 20 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, ADHD, and parenting challenges.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in California and New Jersey, and practices from New Jersey.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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