About Margie
Margie Harper is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She aims to make first steps toward change feel understandable and doable.
She uses a client-centered style that prioritizes what each person brings to the room. Sessions begin with listening to what matters most, then setting small, concrete goals. That approach helps people feel heard and involved in decisions about their care.
Background and approach
Margie also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and test more balanced ideas. She coaches practical skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and handling setbacks. Solution-focused tools are used to build on existing strengths and create clear next steps.
For people affected by trauma or long-term patterns, she integrates narrative and dialectical ideas to make sense of painful experiences and reduce emotional overwhelm. The work can include looking at stories people tell about themselves and practicing new ways to respond in stressful moments.
Her practice covers many common life issues such as parenting strain, grief, intimacy concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Margie keeps language simple and sessions focused on what you want to change. She invites clients to try things that fit their daily lives and adjust plans as progress happens.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work means conversations begin with the client's goals and values. The therapist listens first, then helps set small, practical steps that fit daily life; this approach helps clarify what matters most and keeps sessions focused on tangible change.Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing alternative responses, which can reduce anxiety and low mood and improve coping in stressful situations.
Dialectical behavior therapy offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It teaches techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication, which can be useful when overwhelm or impulsivity gets in the way.
Finding the right approach is treated as a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and what feels comfortable, then adapt techniques from different approaches to fit the person. That collaborative plan can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options provide flexibility for fitting therapy into work, family, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English