Dr. Margaret Dwiggins

You may appear successful on the outside while feeling overwhelmed on the inside. Others see someone who is capable, dependable, and accomplished, but privately you wrestle with anxiety, overthinking, perfectionism, burnout, or the feeling that you can never quite do enough. Perhaps your mind rarely slows down, you second-guess decisions, or you feel pressure to keep achieving even when you’re running on empty. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and you don’t have to navigate it by yourself.

I enjoy working with adults and couples who are facing anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, relationship concerns, career and academic pressures, and significant life transitions. Many of my clients are professionals, leaders, graduate students, healthcare providers, educators, or others who carry tremendous responsibility while quietly struggling beneath the surface. Together, we’ll work to better understand what’s keeping you stuck, develop practical tools for lasting change, and help you move forward with greater confidence, peace, and purpose.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and practical. I believe you are the expert on your own life, and my role is to provide a supportive space where you feel understood, challenged, and encouraged. I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and the Gottman Method to help clients quiet the mental noise, overcome unhelpful patterns, strengthen relationships, and build lives that are more aligned with their values.

Before becoming a therapist, I spent many years serving in executive leadership, the information services and technology industries, higher education, military family advocacy, and nonprofit service. I also spent several years as a stay-at-home mother and community volunteer. These diverse experiences allow me to appreciate the unique challenges of leadership, demanding careers, military life, parenting, major life transitions, and the pressure of balancing multiple responsibilities. My goal is to combine practical wisdom with compassionate care to help clients build resilience, make confident decisions, and create meaningful, lasting change.

Dr. Margaret Dwiggins is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Texas (#100973), supervised by Dr. Shannon Moseley, LPC-S, and Shannon Kouser, LPC-S. She holds a PhD in Educational Psychology, with research focused on smartphone use, fear of missing out (FOMO), attention, and learning, providing her with unique insight into how digital overload, comparison, and constant distraction can affect focus, confidence, relationships, and emotional well-being. She also holds master’s degrees in Counseling, Psychology, and Business and is both a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation and a Board Certified Coach.