Margaret Auguste, LMFT
Therapist in New Jersey
Margaret Auguste is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience in New Jersey.
- Licensed inNew Jersey, California
- License37FI00183800, 153246
- NPI 1083107213
- Experience20+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Margaret
Margaret Auguste is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience in New Jersey. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce worry, manage stress, and improve relationships. Her manner is warm and interactive, and she aims to make sessions feel respectful and straightforward for busy adults.
She helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and trauma or emotional abuse.
Background and approach
She also supports those facing work stress, grief, addiction concerns, body image struggles, and parenting challenges. Many clients come for help with relationship problems, intimacy issues, and attachment concerns. Her approach pulls from several methods so sessions are tailored to each person's needs.
She draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at relational patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build values-driven action, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to reshape unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical tools, and steady progress. Margaret aims for an interactive, nonjudgmental style where clients feel heard and involved in planning next steps.
She prefers short, manageable exercises between sessions and teaches coping skills that can be used in daily life. Conversations are straightforward and paced to fit each person’s comfort level. Margaret holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential, with licenses in California and New Jersey indicating her training and practice history.
She works in English and uses a range of online formats to make therapy more accessible for people with busy schedules.
Credentials
- LMFT (New Jersey)
- License 37FI00183800 · expires June 2026
- LMFT (California)
- License 153246 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1083107213 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Margaret lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Margaret names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How attachment and action-focused therapies work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape reactions and connection. Online sessions can be used to map those patterns and practice new ways of relating in real time. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and take concrete steps toward them while learning skills to tolerate difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through specific exercises and homework.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and personal style. That plan can shift over time as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility: video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits a quick check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing processing between meetings. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions during busy weeks, manage short check-ins, or practice skills between meetings.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she help with?
She works with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, grief, body image, parenting struggles, and mood disorders such as bipolar.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. She focuses on clear goals, practical skills, and collaborative planning.
What kind of clinical background does she bring?
She has 20 years of experience working with a broad range of adult concerns, including trauma, emotional abuse, and relationship difficulties.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and practices in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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