Therapist in Columbia, Missouri Margaret Comford, Therapist

Margaret Comford, LCSW, helps individuals and couples build emotional balance, strengthen relationships, and navigate life’s transitions with confidence and support. Practicing at LifeStance Health, Margaret provides individual and couples therapy to adults, and seniors across Missouri. Her approach blends compassion with clinical expertise, creating a safe and collaborative space where patients can address concerns ranging from everyday stress to more complex mental health conditions.

Margaret’s primary clinical specialties include anxiety, depression, and couples issues. She supports individuals who may feel overwhelmed by worry, mood changes, or relationship stress, while also helping couples improve communication, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection. Margaret works with adults, and older adults, adapting therapy to each stage of development and life experience.

With decades of experience, Margaret is skilled in helping patients navigate major life transitions such as midlife changes, later life adjustments, parenting challenges, and health-related concerns. Her work is grounded in evidence-based care, and she commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and couples counseling approaches to support emotional regulation, problem-solving, and healthier patterns of thinking and behavior. In addition to her core specialties, she treats a wide range of additional concerns, offering comprehensive and individualized care.

Margaret has experience working with individuals and families involved in adoption or foster care, individuals on the autism spectrum, and members of the LGBTQ+ community. She is committed to providing an inclusive, respectful, and affirming environment where patients feel understood and supported.

Outside of her clinical work, Margaret enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis and pickleball, and relaxing with board games.