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Margaret Auguste

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Margaret Auguste, LMFT

New Jersey

LMFT - Anger and Relationship Concerns

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Key details

  • CredentialsLMFT
  • LicenseLMFT, New Jersey / 37FI00183800; LMFT, California / 153246
  • NPI1083107213
  • Experience20 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationNew Jersey

About

  • ACT-based strategies
  • CBT skill work
  • DBT emotion tools

About Margaret

Margaret Auguste is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in New Jersey with 20 years of clinical experience. She has spent two decades helping adults manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting challenges, addictions, and anger.

Her background includes work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns, from depression and bipolar mood patterns to ADHD and career-related stress. She has experience with adoption and foster care matters, attachment concerns, and blended family situations. That variety informs her practical approach to common life pressures.

Margaret favors straightforward conversations and collaborative planning. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. In sessions she breaks problems into manageable steps and teaches skills for handling strong feelings and difficult interactions.

Clients can expect an interactive process that focuses on what to try between sessions. She uses behavior-based practice exercises, values clarification, and communication skill work depending on the issue. The aim is to reduce recurring reactivity and to build clearer ways of responding under stress.

Margaret works in English in New Jersey and brings long-term experience to commonly recurring concerns like anger, relationship conflict, and coping with life changes. Before booking, confirm current session options and scheduling details through the platform you are using.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values while learning to live with unwanted feelings. It suits people who want to reduce reactive behavior and respond more intentionally. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and introduces practical exercises to change patterns that keep anger and anxiety cycling. It is useful for managing stress, mood problems, and recurring unhelpful reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining ACT, CBT, or DBT skills over several sessions and adjusting based on what helps in daily life.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. In general, online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy week by reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. Some people prefer video for face-to-face conversation, while others choose audio-only for a simpler setup or when bandwidth is limited. The focus is on making sessions practical so skills learned in therapy can be used between meetings.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Listed in

New Jersey, California

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She addresses stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction concerns, parenting issues, anger, and related struggles listed in her specialties.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is interactive and practical. Sessions focus on clear steps, skill practice, and conversational planning rather than long lectures.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Margaret has 20 years of experience working with adults on emotional and behavioral concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a LMFT licensed in California and New Jersey and is based in New Jersey for her practice.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with clients outside the United States?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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