About Maggie
Maggie French is a licensed clinical social worker in Ohio who helps people handle stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflict, trauma, and big life changes. She is listed as LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and LICSW, and brings four years of practice to sessions. Her approach is calm and practical for worried parents reading on their phone.
In sessions she focuses on building a nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what they are feeling and thinking.
Background and approach
Maggie listens and reflects back what she hears. She then offers simple, concrete tools to try between visits. Her work draws on methods that help people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values.
She also pays attention to how attachment and relationships shape emotional patterns. Practical skills from cognitive and dialectical approaches are used to manage intense emotions and reduce unhelpful behaviors. Maggie helps people facing a wide range of concerns including abandonment, caregiver stress, codependency, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and coping after disasters.
She also supports those dealing with aging and geriatric issues, communication struggles, and certain personality-related challenges. Sessions can include talking, skill practice, and planning small steps toward change. She aims to make progress feel manageable, not overwhelming.
People often leave with at least one clear thing to try before the next meeting.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick actions that line up with what matters most. This can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where values and choices are central. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions; it helps people understand relationship-driven fears and improve emotional connection. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a supportive, empathetic relationship where the person leads the pace and content of sessions, helping people feel heard and soothed while they work through problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try methods and tweak what isn’t working, so the plan fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows visual connection and face-to-face conversation. Phone calls work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text offer brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and flexibility for busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into parenting schedules, work breaks, or when travel is limited.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, Vermont
- Languages
- English