Margaret Reul , LCSW

Margaret Reul welcomes people who are ready to invest in their mental health and find practical ways to manage stressors in daily life. She emphasizes a respectful, goal-oriented process that can help whether someone is facing a crisis or seeking greater meaning and balance. Margaret approaches therapy with an openness to reduce the stigma around mental health care and to help people discover tools that fit their lives.

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in California. Margaret completed her undergraduate studies at UC Santa Barbara and earned a Master of Social Work from Cal State Los Angeles. Her background includes work with individuals and families navigating medical and mental health concerns, and she has experience supporting people with serious mental illness as well as those seeking a mental health tune-up. She has also assisted first-responders coping with the unique stresses of working through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Margaret prefers a solution-focused approach that helps clients begin to feel relief from specific stressors fairly quickly, while also drawing on other methods as needed. She works to identify clients' goals and supports them in taking the steps they choose toward greater self-awareness, calm, and satisfaction. Evening and weekend appointments are available to help fit therapy into busy schedules.

Approaches and benefits of online therapeutic care

Margaret Reul uses Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients identify specific goals and begin taking practical steps toward relief - this approach is often useful for addressing stress, relationship concerns, and short-term challenges. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to explore connections between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and to build skills for managing anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy is offered to strengthen present-moment awareness and stress-management skills, which can help with emotional regulation and coping during difficult transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Margaret Reul will work with each person to evaluate their needs, goals, and preferences and choose methods that fit the client's situation, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with a licensed professional offers flexibility in how sessions are scheduled and conducted. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow people to access support from home or on the go and can make it easier to fit therapy into evenings or weekends. This variety of formats helps increase accessibility and makes it simpler to maintain continuity of care as life circumstances change.