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Margo Porter, MSW, LICSW is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Needham, Massachusetts. She works with parents who are feeling overwhelmed, unsure or stuck in patterns that aren't working for the family. Margo brings active, collaborative, and conversational style to therapy and has experience across community mental health, school-based programs, and private practice.
A central focus of Margo's work is parent coaching, where she helps parents clarify their goals, reduce stress, and develop practical evidence-based strategies that lead to meaningful change at home. She is highly attuned to child development and uses this understanding to help parents set realistic expectations, strengthen communication, and respond more effectively to anxiety and behavioral challenges.
Margo takes an integrative approach, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), family systems, psychodynamic therapy and interpersonal therapy (IPT). She is trained in SPACE (Supporting Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) a parent-based treatment that helps caregivers support children with anxiety by changing their own responses- without requiring the child to attend sessions.
Margo partners with parents to create individualized plans that support both parental confidence and healthy family functioning.
Years of Experience: 37 years
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Child mental health - Specialized strategies for common childhood disorders including attention issues, attachment problems, behavioral disorders, learning disorders, autism spectrum diagnoses, and feeding or elimination issues.
Developmental disorders - Support coping with and understanding a child’s unique strengths and challenges; strengthening social and communication skills; parent training and coaching
Family issues - Promoting communication and supporting family members to address challenges and reduce conflict and distress
Parenting - Helping parents develop and implement strategies to address challenges that arise throughout childrearing; managing stress and increasing support
School Issues - Support for challenges like academics, peer pressure, and classroom stress to help students feel more confident and successful at school.
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I offer monthly super billing for out of network clients. I offer a sliding scale for those who have limited funds. I will happily work with you to make therapy affordable.
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