Margaret Robinson Rutherford

Margaret Robinson Rutherford, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice with more than thirty years of experience treating individuals and couples for depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. Her 2023 TEDx Talk on “How to Recognize Perfectly Hidden Depression,” where she challenges the mental health profession to recognize this overlooked and misunderstood presentation of depression, has received almost two million views. Her first book, Perfectly Hidden Depression, has reached a wide national and international audience. She offers her compassionate and commonsense therapeutic style to the public through her popular blog and podcast—The SelfWork Podcast—with the goal of making psychological treatment more accessible and approachable.