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Marsha Hicks (Richards)

Practical relationship-focused therapy for families

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
21 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Marsha

Marsha Hicks (Richards) uses a practical, relationship-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and brings 21 years of experience to conversations about parenting, family concerns, and coping with life changes. Her tone in sessions is straightforward and supportive, aimed at making tools and ideas easy to use at home.

She blends methods that focus on attachment, present-moment coping, and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Background and approach

That mix lets her address mood issues, trauma and abuse, anger, and sleep problems with flexible strategies that match each person’s needs. Parents often get concrete ideas to try between meetings. Marsha has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and has clinical experience across the lifespan.

She has particular experience with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns, and she pays attention to how relationships and family patterns affect wellbeing. Her work also covers grief, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered in English and she practices in Florida.

People who need support with attention challenges, body image, attachment issues, or caregiver stress will find her approach grounded in humanistic values and focused on individual strengths. Marsha aims to help clients build skills, clarify goals, and handle the next steps in everyday life. Her style is collaborative and practical.

She listens for what matters most, then helps people try new ways of coping that fit their daily routines.

How these approaches work in online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current interactions. Online work can use this approach to improve trust, communication, and closeness by looking at relationship habits and practicing new responses.

Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person’s experience, with the therapist offering empathy and reflective listening. This method helps people feel heard and supported while they decide on goals and steps to try between sessions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress, and translates well to online formats where homework and tracking can be shared between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is revisited as progress is made and circumstances change.

Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family lives and to continue work during transitions or when in-person visits are difficult. The range of formats also makes it possible to use brief check-ins, longer weekly sessions, and written reflections as needed.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and parenting concerns. Other focus areas include trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, and ADHD.
What is the therapy style like?
Her approach is relationship-focused and practical. She mixes attachment-based work, client-centered listening, CBT, DBT and existential ideas to match what each person needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of clinical experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That includes work with people who have both mental health and substance use concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Florida with license number FL LCSW SW14568. She is located in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This allows flexibility to choose the format that fits a person’s routine.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
21 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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