Margaret Yurkunas , LPC

Margaret Yurkunas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate trauma and abuse recovery, intimacy-related difficulties, self-esteem concerns, depression, anxiety, and a broad range of relationship and family challenges. Margaret brings a humanistic, empathetic approach to therapy, grounding her work in respect and nonjudgmental support while assisting clients in rediscovering their strengths and clarifying their goals.

Her practice emphasizes Client-Centered Therapy, which prioritizes each person’s unique perspective and fosters self-awareness, personal direction, and increased self-reliance. She also uses hypnotherapy as an adjunct tool when appropriate to help clients access deeper relaxation and focus during therapeutic work. Margaret aims to help clients build clearer self-understanding, stronger coping skills, and improved self-esteem as they move through difficult transitions and healing processes.

Margaret has experience supporting individuals and families affected by a range of life stressors, including parenting challenges, grief, career transitions, caregiver strain, and neurodiversity-related concerns. She approaches each client with empathy and congruence, guiding them collaboratively toward practical insights and sustainable change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Margaret integrates Client-Centered Therapy and hypnotherapy into her online practice to meet a range of needs. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client’s experience, emphasizing empathy, genuine presence, and support so individuals can explore feelings, values, and goals at their own pace - this approach is helpful for building self-esteem, resolving relationship concerns, and processing grief or life transitions.

Hypnotherapy is used as a complementary technique to promote focused relaxation and access to inner resources; it can support work on stress, anxiety, habit change, and confidence by helping clients engage more deeply with therapeutic suggestions and self-reflection.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Margaret works with clients to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and personal preferences, adjusting strategies as therapy progresses to ensure the best fit.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to connect from home or other convenient locations and to select formats that suit their schedule and comfort. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to deliver meaningful therapeutic work across a variety of concerns.