Dr. Margaret "Betsy" Vonk, LCSW, CSW

Dr. Margaret "Betsy" Vonk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Georgia with over 20 years of experience as a counselor and as an educator of clinical social work at the master's level. She earned her Master of Social Work at Florida State University and completed a PhD in Social Work at the University of Georgia, bringing both clinical and academic perspectives to her practice.

Dr. Vonk holds LCSW and CSW credentials - professional social work credentials that authorize clinical practice and social work services. Her clinical experience spans a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, aging and retirement transitions, and coping with life changes. She also works with social anxiety, phobias, isolation and loneliness, family of origin issues, women's issues, self-esteem struggles, and compassion fatigue.

Her counseling style is warm, nonjudgmental, and collaborative. She emphasizes clients' strengths within a respectful and compassionate therapeutic relationship and supports the development of social-emotional skills that can be practiced in real-life situations. Although her early training included psychodynamic approaches, her ongoing approach draws heavily on the Strengths Perspective and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, with Existential Therapy integrated when questions of meaning and purpose arise. Treatment is tailored to fit each person's needs and goals.

Dr. Vonk brings a thoughtful, person-centered approach informed by decades of clinical work and teaching. She is affiliated with Calls Creek Counseling LLC and welcomes the opportunity to support individuals facing significant transitions or persistent emotional challenges.