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Margaret Bean

LMFT-S

She/Her/Hers

ABC Counseling Inc.

Accepting new clients

Licensed states

ColoradoMontanaTexas

At a glance

Services Provided

Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Individual Therapy
Parenting Therapy
Sex Therapy
Teen Therapy

Ages Served

Adults (18+)
Older Adults (65+)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)

Languages Spoken

English
Spanish

About this provider

Clients I Work With

I work with adults, teens, couples, and helping professionals who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, burnout, relationship stress, life transitions, and the pressure of holding everything together. Many of my clients are overthinkers, people pleasers, high achievers, cycle-breakers, or the “strong one” in their family who’s exhausted from carrying everyone else emotionally. You may look successful on the outside while privately struggling with self-doubt, emotional exhaustion, boundaries, communication, trauma, or feeling disconnected from yourself and others. I also work with clients navigating identity exploration, attachment wounds, grief, ADHD-related challenges, and difficult relationship dynamics. If you’re self-aware but still stuck in the same patterns, craving healthier relationships, or simply tired of surviving instead of living, you’re in the right place.

Approach

My approach to therapy is warm, collaborative, honest, and human. I believe healing happens when people feel safe enough to show up fully — not just the polished version of themselves. Sessions with me are a mix of validation, insight, practical tools, gentle challenges, and the occasional humor when it’s needed most. I’m not the kind of therapist who silently nods while you spiral alone. We work together to understand patterns, process emotions, build healthier coping skills, and create lasting change that actually feels sustainable in real life. I pull from attachment-based therapy, CBT, trauma-informed approaches, mindfulness, solution-focused work, and emotionally focused techniques to meet clients where they are. My goal is to help you better understand yourself, improve relationships, regulate emotions, and feel more connected, grounded, and empowered in your everyday life.

Beliefs & Lived Experience

Growing up between different cultural identities and family systems has deeply shaped the way I understand people, relationships, and healing. With roots in Irish, Scottish, French, Mexican, and Indigenous backgrounds, I recognize how culture, generational experiences, and family expectations influence the ways we cope, communicate, connect, and survive. I believe therapy should honor the whole person rather than force people into one narrow definition of healing. I understand how navigating different cultural values and expectations can create pressure, guilt, identity conflict, or a feeling of never fully belonging. My approach values authenticity, connection, emotional safety, and helping clients define healing in a way that feels meaningful and aligned for them.

More About My Practice

In addition to individual and couples therapy, I offer clinical supervision, consultation, and support for newer therapists navigating the challenges of the mental health field. My practice is rooted in creating a warm, affirming, and down-to-earth environment where clients and clinicians alike can feel supported while doing meaningful work. I provide both virtual and in-person sessions to help make therapy more accessible and sustainable for busy lives. My office also includes a therapy dog in training, Macie, who may occasionally join sessions for added comfort and emotional support. I strive to make therapy feel approachable, collaborative, and genuinely human — a space where growth, healing, and authenticity can coexist.

Specialties & approaches

Specialties

AddictionADHDAgingAnxietyAttachmentBipolar DisorderBurnoutCancerCareer CounselingChronic Pain and IllnessCodependencyConsensual Non-MonogamyDepressionDisabilityDivorceDomestic AbuseGender IdentityGriefImmigrant & Refugee Mental HealthLife TransitionsOlder Adults & AgingPanicPerfectionismPregnancy, Postpartum & Perinatal Mental HealthPsychosisRelationship IssuesReligious Trauma & Spiritual AbuseSelf EsteemSelf-HarmingSexual AbuseSpiritual AbuseSpiritualitySubstance UseSuicidal IdeationTrauma & PTSDWomen’s Mental Health

Therapy approaches

Attachment-BasedCognitive Behavioral (CBT)Cognitive Processing (CPT)Culturally Responsive TherapyFamily Based TreatmentInternal Family Systems (IFS)Mindful Self CompassionMindfulnessMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPlay TherapyRelational TherapySolution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral (TF-CBT)

Specialized Experience

Athletes / Professional SportsBIPOC clientsBody-positive / Health at Every SizeEntrepreneurs & ExecutivesFirst Responders & Medical ProfessionalsLaw EnforcementLGBTQ+ AffirmingNeurodiversity-affirmingRace & cultural identitySex-positive / kink friendlyVeterans / Military Service

Fees & insurance

Payment Accepted

Cash
Credit
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Out of Network (Superbills Provided)
Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)

Insurance Accepted

AetnaBlue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)CignaOptumSuperior HealthPlanUnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

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