Margaret "Peggy" Dunn
Licensed Professional Counselor
Founder of Dunn's Counseling Services
LPC, CLC, CFMHC
Helping Burned-Out Professionals Heal from the Inside Out
You may be highly capable and successful at work and in life, yet privately feel overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or disconnected from yourself. Many of my clients are professionals who spend their days caring for others, solving problems, and meeting expectations—while their own needs remain neglected.
Burnout, anxiety, depression, perfectionism, emotional eating, and unhealthy coping patterns are not personal failures. They are often signs that something deeper needs understanding, compassion, and healing.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Life Coach, and Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach, I help clients move beyond managing symptoms to identify and heal the emotional patterns contributing to their struggles. My whole-person approach addresses the interconnected areas of mindset, emotions, relationships, spirituality, and daily habits.
18+ Years of Experience
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Missouri
MA (Master of Arts), University of Illinois Springfield
Certified Life Coach (CLC)
Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach (CFMHC)
Master Practitioner of NLP
My Approach
Let's Rewrite Your MESSAGE
Real change touches every part of life. Here's the framework we'll use together.
Mindset: Recognize and reframe the thoughts, beliefs, and expectations contributing to anxiety, perfectionism, self-doubt, and burnout.
Emotions: Understand, process, and release unresolved emotions and painful experiences instead of suppressing them or coping through food, overworking, or avoidance.
Social Connection: Strengthen communication, relationships, boundaries, and support systems so you can feel more connected without losing yourself while caring for others.
Spiritual Well-Being: Explore meaning, purpose, values, and faith when desired, creating a stronger inner foundation for healing, hope, and personal growth.
Actionable Habits: Develop practical, sustainable habits that support emotional regulation, physical well-being, healthy coping, self-care, and greater balance in everyday life.
Growth: Build confidence, resilience, self-trust, and the ability to respond to life’s challenges in healthier and more intentional ways.
Everlasting Celebration: Recognize how far you have come, celebrate meaningful progress, and create lasting change that continues long after therapy ends.
My Specializations
Specialized virtual therapy for adults and seniors navigating the emotional weight of high-pressure lives.
Anxiety & Burnout
Ease anxiety, manage stress, and find balance with healthier coping strategies.
Self-Worth & Perfectionism
Build self-trust, let go of perfectionism, and recognize your worth beyond what you do for others.
Trauma & PTSD
Process past experiences safely, at your own pace, so they stop running the show in the present.
Grief & Life Transitions
Find steady footing through loss, major change, or the adjustments life didn't ask your permission for.
Relationship Concerns
Work through relationship patterns and challenges one-on-one, at your own pace and on your own terms.
Eating Disorders
Clinical treatment for eating disorders, provided as part of a coordinated care team alongside your physician or dietitian when appropriate.
When you heal the roots of your struggles,
lasting freedom becomes possible.
My goal is not simply to help you feel better today. It is to help you understand yourself more deeply, heal what is keeping you stuck, and build a life that feels peaceful, meaningful, connected, and authentic.