Margo Arrowsmith, LCSW

North Carolina · 40 years in practice

Margo Arrowsmith is an LCSW with 40 years of clinical experience helping people facing family stress, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue.

License and registration

LCSW, North Carolina: C001796 · expires July 2027
NPI: 1912074113 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Margo

Margo Arrowsmith is an LCSW with 40 years of clinical experience helping people facing family stress, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. She writes and uses practical, down-to-earth advice when guiding people through difficult decisions. Her work often focuses on issues tied to adoption and foster care, body image, eating and food concerns, and workplace or communication problems.

She favors flexible methods that match each person’s circumstances. Sessions are conversational and aim to find steps people can try between meetings.

Background and approach

Margo draws on decades of practice and on material from her book Keep Your Parents Home to help people balance caregiving, work, and personal limits. Her background includes long experience supporting people who experienced childhood abuse and adult adoptees or birth parents working through reunion questions.

She also developed a structured approach for bulimia and overeating and offers help around guilt, shame, and midlife transitions. She notes progress can happen at many ages. Margo has training as an interfaith minister and in spiritual direction and dream work, and she brings spiritual concerns into therapy when clients want that included.

She also describes a strong history of helping people recover purpose through creative outlets like writing or painting. Based in North Carolina, she uses plain language and practical tools. Sessions emphasize boundaries, realistic problem solving, and reducing the overwhelm that often comes with caregiving, grief, or trauma recovery.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Margo lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Online support

How evidence-based approaches fit into online care

Two evidence-based directions she draws on include trauma-focused work and behavioral strategies for eating concerns. Trauma-focused work helps people process upsetting memories and reduce their hold on daily life through guided conversations and pacing. Behavioral strategies for bulimia and overeating focus on changing routines and building alternative coping steps that reduce bingeing and promote steadier eating patterns.

She also integrates spiritual direction and creative practices for those who want them, using writing or dream work to deepen insight and motivation. Choosing the right mix is a collaborative process - the therapist and client decide together which methods to try, adjust based on feedback, and set small goals to track progress.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see facial cues and maintain a live conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or multitasking helps. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or times when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options offer flexibility to match scheduling, energy levels, and communication preferences.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she commonly address?

Margo supports people dealing with family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on adoption and foster care, body image, eating issues, workplace problems, and related struggles.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is practical and conversational. She tailors methods to each person and offers actionable steps to try between sessions.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She has 40 years of clinical practice and has written about caregiving and family care, drawing on both professional work and personal experience.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices in North Carolina and holds the credential LCSW, which is listed as NC LCSW in her profile.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats does she use?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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