Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am a LMHC therapist, public speaker community organizer, social and environmental activist and have been listening for decades. I received my formal education at University of North Florida as Master of Clinical Psychotherapy, 2013. I also took a 9-month internship under Ed Wilder, in Clinical Pastoral Education, in deep listening. I worked in the Talk program at Wounded Warrior for 8 months- the warriors talked; I listened.
Did you go through trauma? Are you, right now, in a high stress situation? Do you keep losing your patience or your professionalism at the wrong moment and you don’t know why? Do you keep getting in your own way? I use Trauma Supportive Therapy to safely address, as slowly as need be, the pain of the past that keeps coming to trip your defenses at all the wrong moments, in your present. I can be that supporting presence who will help sort it out by listening- really hearing you. Reflect your depth of feelings back to you. Validate what are your unmet emotional needs. I practice the therapy of defining personal meaning, so, together we will facilitate your thinking of your options, planning, purpose, and goals for living a meaningful life without being afraid of tripping over your past or yourself.
I practice person centered therapy by meeting you where you are. I strive to be culturally sensitive, non-prejudicial and use strength-based therapy as a jump point, truly believing I am the guide for you, but you are the treasure/wisdom keeper. Of all the reasons people come to therapy: anger, guilt, anxiety, changes, transitions, depression, trauma, jealousy, and “it is just not working anymore”, the extra burden of race and racism is more than just a nuance to be nodded at in therapy. I will view race as central to all the other pieces, when it is central to you.
I am inclusive, secular, competent, affirming and non-judgmental. I have worked with people in transition, people who are very much defined, “but things got complicated”, people in the communities of LGBTQA, Polyamory, Kink, non-gendered. Each are safe and welcome here.
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Margaret Johnston is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, holding the credential FL LMHC MH15423, and brings 11 years of clinical experience to her practice.
She earned a Master of Clinical Psychotherapy from the University of North Florida in 2013 and completed a nine-month Clinical Pastoral Education internship under Ed Wilder that emphasized deep listening. She also spent eight months in the Talk program at Wounded Warrior, where she listened to participants as part of her clinical work.
Margaret combines public speaking, community organizing, and social and environmental activism with long-standing experience as a listener. She works with people on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, coping with life changes, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating disorders, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
Her clinical style draws on Trauma Supportive Therapy to address painful past experiences at a pace that feels safe for each person, and she practices person-centered approaches that begin by meeting clients where they are. She uses strength-based work and a therapy of defining personal meaning to help clients clarify options, plan, set goals, and pursue a purposeful life without being continually tripped up by the past.
Margaret strives to be culturally sensitive and non-prejudicial, and she treats race as central to other therapeutic concerns when it matters to the client. She describes her practice as inclusive, secular, competent, affirming, and non-judgmental, and she has experience supporting people in transition as well as those from LGBTQA, polyamory, kink, and non-gendered communities.
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