- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Margie
Margie Harper is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship challenges. She also supports people dealing with parenting concerns and life changes.
Her sessions aim to be calm and nonjudgmental. She invites clients to talk about what matters to them and listens first. Together they set clear goals and practical steps to improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Margie uses methods that help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns that fuel anxiety and depression. She also uses solution-focused ideas to set achievable short-term goals.
When emotions feel intense or hard to manage, she brings in skills from dialectical behavior therapy to build distress tolerance and emotion regulation. Narrative approaches help people separate themselves from painful stories and rewrite how they see their challenges. Her background includes work with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue.
She has experience addressing issues such as abandonment, attachment questions, blended family stress, and communication problems. Clients can expect practical tools, steady listening, and a focus on small changes that add up. Margie supports people as they try new ways of coping and make clearer decisions about relationships, work, and parenting.
What Margie works with
Everything Margie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Margie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Approaches Margie lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online flexibility
Margie uses client-centered work to make space for each person's experience, offering attentive listening and collaborative goal setting to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to spot and change thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety and depression, offering concrete exercises that can be practiced between sessions.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions are intense, teaching techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. Deciding which approaches to use is a team process; the therapist will help weigh options and tailor methods to a client's goals and preferences so therapy fits the person's life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible ways to check in. Video is useful for a face-to-face feel, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, and daily routines.
Questions people ask about Margie
What kinds of concerns does Margie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem problems, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting issues, grief, trauma and compassion fatigue among other difficulties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental with a focus on clear goals and practical steps. Sessions combine listening with skill building and problem solving.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has eight years of professional experience supporting people through life changes, trauma, grief, and relationship challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential, which is a Licensed Professional Counselor credential, and she practices in Texas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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