Rate Margaret Swanson

I have been working with Margaret for a couple of years now (maybe longer… my concept of time is a little unclear at the moment), and she has been a pillar in my journey of working through my many problems. She frequently understands my struggles better than I do, and she always offers me unbiased and nonjudgmental advice and support. I could probably go on for some time longer, but I will conclude with: I would not be where I am today without her, and I truly look forward to the insight she’ll provide me when I come forward with issues.

Margaret is always respectful of my concerns. She is genuine and supportive. She helps me through stressful situations with my family and work, and overall she has helped me manage my emotions in a positive way.

Very easy to talk to

Margaret responds to me in a timely manner and checks in with me which is greatly appreciated.

Margaret helped me challenge my OCD and I thank her infinitely for that. Super responsive and checks on you frequently.

Margaret is wonderful! She has always provided a safe space for me to share my feelings and get advice. Margaret is highly experienced and has offered me a variety of techniques/solutions which we were able to adjust to suit my unique needs. Margaret approaches each session with grounded kindness and expertise, and I look forward to continuing to work with her.

I’ve had two sessions so far with Margaret, she’s wonderful. I feel very comfortable with her. She listens and gives me time to process my feelings which allows me to more deeply explore the issues that I’m experiencing.

Ms. Swanson has been a fantastic therapist in my time of need. She has listened and reflects back what I have said. I have found zero judgement and completely comfortable being open and honest in all areas of my life with her.

Marget Swanson is a professional, kind, empathetic human who provided me with an extremely positive and wonderful experience in counseling.

Working with Margaret is a gift and feels like a family member I can trust. She helps keep me grounded and aware of how the world around me works. She is patient, kind and very understanding. I like how she knows which parts to pull out of discussions for productive work.

She's wonderful; highly recommend!

Margaret has eased my daily struggle in a way I wouldn't have thought possible in so short a time. She listens to me, gives advice, and teaches me tools on how to keep my mind and life positive. She is knowledgable and professional while remaining comfortingly compassionate. Can't recommend her enough!

She is an amazing therapist and is very helpful and understanding.

All I can say, that this has helped me significantly in the past couple weeks of doing this.

Margaret is a compassionate and engaged therapist who listens closely and understands the dynamics and problems I have brought to her. Her advice is sage and well reasoned and I have found her support invaluable over the months.

I have never been to counseling before. I chose to have sessions with Margaret over the phone as I was ashamed for how a situation was going on in my life. I was so comfortable and never felt any judgment from her. All I have is positive feedback. I have only worked with Margaret but I love the Better Help app and the convenience of making appointments through the app. No hassle therapy.

Margaret has been wonderful for me! She has provided me with so much knowledge and tools to better improve my mental health. The improvement over the last 6 months has been amazing from social connection, to work life balance to internal relationship. At the start, Margaret did a great job distilling very disjointed thought and helped me produce a goal of what to focus my energy on. Now Margaret does a great job being very flexible as I come from left field with a new conflict in my life or a revisit from a past one. I really whole heartily recommend Margaret and I'll keep working with her for the foreseeable future!!

She’s fantastic

At the end of every session, Margaret always tells me she is glad I took the time out of my busy schedule to show up. She also is great at pointing out the good skills I used and good things I learned in every situation. She is not the kind of councilor that spends too much time on the negative. I always feel better after speaking with her. She is just as appreciative of me as I am of her, and that is something I have never experienced with a therapist or councilor before.

Margaret has helped me in managing my emotions which given I have bpd, extreme anxiety, depression, An anxious avoidant personality with an anxious partner. We met at a low point in my life and relationships and she has made great strides with her techniques and homework’s

Margaret is wonderful and given me the tools to help myself .

Margaret is fantastic. She's respectful, wise, patient, professional, and a good listener. I especially appreciate that she messages me if she hasn't heard anything in a while. She is exactly the type of life guide I need.

Margaret has worked with me for a few weeks now and I have to say she is very thoughtful and even reaches out after therapy is over. My primary doctor doesn't even do that even after my near death accident.

She seems to really care and is willing to listen even when issues that aren't directly related to the topic is brought up. She tries to understand the situation thoroughly and challenges me with thought provoking questions

Margaret lived up to my expectations of therapy, and then exceeded them beyond belief. I thought I knew exactly what I needed to work on within myself, but it seems as if she cuts a layer further and opens me up to a whole new world of possibility when it comes to self talk, communication, and confidence in myself. The number of skills I use daily is just part of the evidence that Margaret has an incredible ability to change your perspective on any type of issue that may arise. In any scenario I throw her way, I leave the session feeling more whole and in control of my life than I did before we started talking. I can’t imagine what I would do without her guidance.

She is very helpful

We have just started working together but she has already been a great help and I’m excited to continue working together as well as excited for therapy each week

Margaret has been incredibly helpful in my mental health journey. I leave every session with actionable steps and resources!

I’ve been seeing her for almost 6 months now and she has helped me quite a bit.

Margaret has been very helpful in providing me with tools to navigate my anxiety and grief. She is great at asking questions to help me reflect on situations. I enjoy our weekly meetings and have been successful at applying the tools she has provided me with. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for ways to navigate their feelings and issues.

Margaret has helped me so much in my time of need She helps me understand better what’s going on what I need to do what matters and what doesn’t matter and helps me put it all into perspective. I’m very happy with her

I have been working with Margaret for a month now and throughout our time together we have had miscommunications on appointments and getting in touch with each other. She has been helpful up to a point I go long periods without speaking to her or checking up on things. When I go to schedule a session her calendar is always empty with no time slots then I will schedule an appointment with her and not here from her or she won’t confirm and scheduled time to meet. It’s very frustrating when you’re working on emotional issues and need consistency with getting through them. Again she has been helpful and she has offered me a lot techniques and worksheets to work on things and that is great but not helpful with no follow up.

When i start to talk, it’s hard to get me to stop and i tend to bounce around with my topics. Margaret has been excellent when it’s come down to following along, piecing together all the points and “stories” I may be touching on and understanding WHY I may be jumping around. And that helps immensely for me. I feel like It’s ok to speak and not have to cut myself off so that my therapist doesn’t get overwhelmed. She’s welcoming to any journal entries I may provide and she told me she enjoys receiving any messages I may feel like sending. As someone with a lot of trauma during a very short span of time, I have a lot to say and i have a lot of questions. It’s reassuring to know she’s there and will respond when she’s available. That’s something I need in my life. That feeling that there IS someone there to listen.

After my first session with Margaret I felt we were on the same page as to what our sessions would look like. I respect the fact that Margaret was able to identify behaviors I have struggled with all my life and help me set a plan of action to correct the destructive behaviors and work through the issues.

Margaret and I have only known each other for a brief period of time but right from the beginning she gave me space and place to feel valued, heard, seen and safe. That has not always been the case with my previous therapists. She offered me some wonderful resources to build off our session and I am looking forward to continuing to work together.

Margaret is fantastic. I was really looking for a therapist that could help me get back into my roots and find my true happiness and she has helped me towards that! Her hours are very flexible as well. Highly suggest!

She's awesome. I really needed someone to help me sift through stuff.

So far I have been meeting with Margaret on this app for a few weeks now and I couldn’t be happier. She has helped me begin to unpack 2 decades worth of trauma. Talking with her has made me a happier and healthier individual.