Margaret Elkins, LPCC

Margaret Elkins helps people who are overwhelmed by stress and anxiety find steadier footing. She offers straightforward support for worries that get in the way of daily life, including trouble with mood, grief, addiction, and painful memories.

Margaret has worked in the mental health field for 15 years and has been a licensed professional counselor for seven years. She earned a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from Eastern Kentucky University and holds the LPCC credential listed for Kentucky.

In sessions she focuses on practical, evidence-informed tools that people can use between meetings. She often uses strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and from dialectical behavior therapy to build emotion regulation and coping skills. She also uses EMDR approaches when processing traumatic memories and motivational interviewing to support change efforts.

Margaret aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant. She talks through current problems, helps set small goals, and practices real skills together. Typical concerns she addresses include relationship strain, caregiver stress, body image worries, anger, and questions about life purpose.

People who see her come for clear, practical work on mood and behavior. She pays attention to how past attachment and abandonment issues shape present choices. Her approach is steady and goal-focused while staying attentive to each person’s story.

How Margaret Uses Structured Approaches Online

Margaret commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR methods in her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and then trying small experiments to change them; it can be useful for anxiety, mood problems, and stress. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing involves structured processing of painful memories and can help reduce distress tied to traumatic events.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Margaret will review your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first, then adjust as you go. The collaboration helps match tools and pace to what feels useful for each person.

If you are thinking about online therapy, confirm the exact session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Many people find remote sessions easier to fit into a workday, allow shorter check-ins, or avoid travel time. Online work can also make skill practice between sessions more convenient, helping you apply strategies in real life.