Margaret McGann, MA, LCPC, E-RYT 500+, MSN, CSN, RN, CFM UMass Certified MBSR
Margaret is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) as well as a Registered Nurse in the State of IL.
Margaret views therapy as a collaborative relationship, working towards a balanced sense of awareness in relationship to the challenges and stressors of life. Margaret draws from the tenets of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Adlerian Parenting model, and Strength Based Counseling. Mindfulness practices (formal and informal) may be incorporated into the collaborative therapeutic relationship based upon the needs and receptivity of the client.
Margaret’s areas of interest include parenting support (Adlerian model), life transitions, grief and loss, adjustment disorder related to chronic illness, Cancer diagnosis and treatment, mood disorders (anxiety and depression), death and dying (End of Life Doula) and perinatal mood challenges (postpartum depression). Margaret works with young adults, adults, older adults, and Veterans.
In addition to working at the Center for Psychological Services as a therapist, Margaret is the Founder and Director of Mindfulness Midwest, LLC. Mindfulness Midwest
Margaret was awarded a Masters in Science in Nursing from St. Xavier University, as well as a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Adler University. Margaret received her 500-hour Yoga Teacher Certification and Meditation Teacher Training from the Temple of Kriya in Chicago and has been teaching yoga for over 20 years.
Margaret was awarded her Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher Certification from Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society™ (CFM) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As a lifelong learner, Margaret is supporting her current teaching of Mindfulness with ongoing study of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness with author and educator, David Treleaven.
‘Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”.
-Simone Weil