About Marsha
Marsha Hicks (Richards) offers a straightforward, person-focused therapy style that centers on the client's needs. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than two decades of professional experience. Her approach is practical and warm, aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood issues, and ADHD-related challenges.
She draws on client-centered techniques to make sessions collaborative and respectful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used when helpful to teach coping tools and to change unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and intimacy concerns. Marsha has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings since 2004. Much of her practice has involved people with co-occurring mental health and addiction concerns.
That background gives her experience addressing overlapping symptoms and the practical problems they cause in daily life. In sessions she focuses on building strengths, improving communication, and creating routines that support better sleep, mood, and focus. She helps people sort out anger, grief, and life transitions one step at a time.
Parents who need help with parenting stress or family conflict can address those issues in individual sessions. Therapy is offered in English from her base in Florida, and she accepts international clients. Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Getting started means completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client.
Therapeutic approaches for online care and practical skills
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes understanding how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they relate to partners, friends, and caregivers and supports work on intimacy, trust, and attachment issues.Client-Centered Therapy puts the person at the center of each session. The therapist listens without judgment and follows the client's goals to build insight and self-directed change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage mood.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and day-to-day needs. That collaborative plan can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or work around bandwidth limits. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send notes, updates, or brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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