About Marsha
Marsha Hicks (Richards) uses a practical, people-focused approach to help clients manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship issues. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Florida. Her style aims to make therapy straightforward and usable in everyday life.
She earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Stony Brook University, School of Social Welfare and has worked in the field since 2004. Her background includes both inpatient and outpatient settings, and she brings 21 years of experience to clinical work.
Background and approach
Much of her practice has involved supporting people with both mental health concerns and substance use issues. Marsha combines several practical methods in sessions. She draws from attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape present patterns.
She uses cognitive behavioral tools to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical strategies and client-centered techniques help people build coping skills and clarify values. Her approach is grounded in humanistic ideas and a strengths focus.
That means conversations concentrate on a person’s resources and what is realistic to try next. Sessions often include skill practice, problem-solving, and plain talk about everyday stressors. She also addresses areas such as parenting strain, sleep problems, self-esteem, trauma and dissociation, ADHD, grief, and caregiving stress.
Marsha accepts international clients and conducts sessions from Florida using live video, phone, chat, or text messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist’s availability.
Approach-driven online care that fits your day
Marsha often uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That approach helps people notice how connection and trust affect their reactions and relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety, depression, and troubling habits.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Marsha works collaboratively to match methods to a persons goals, needs, and preferences. Together they check what helps, adjust strategies, and focus on practical steps that can be used between sessions.
Online formats make different styles of therapy easier to access. Video calls let therapists and clients use face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well for short check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can support brief coaching, skill reminders, or more frequent check-ins without a full session. These options provide flexibility for fitting therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while using the therapists chosen approaches.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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