Margaret Millhench, LPC

Margaret Millhench is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with eight years of clinical experience. She holds a certificate as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, a training that emphasizes understanding how the body stores and communicates the effects of trauma and stress.

Millhench has worked with college students and with clients on a part-time basis from home, supporting people facing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, career difficulties, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She has also provided care for many women experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault. Her practice centers on meeting each person where they are and responding to the issues they bring forward.

Her counseling approach is humanistic and person-centered, combining a holistic focus on the body and the mind. In her view, emotional blocks are often held in the body as a result of past experiences, and early work typically focuses on building trust, safety, and practical coping skills. Millhench uses centering and grounding techniques to help create a sense of stability, then integrates psychodynamic, somatic, and mindfulness-based methods to access and express the body’s signals.

She avoids stigmatizing labels and tailors treatment to match an individual’s actual needs, progressing at a pace aligned with readiness and goals. Millhench aims to support clients in finding practical tools and deeper understanding as they navigate recovery and personal growth.