Marsha Hicks (Richards), LCSW

Marsha Hicks (Richards) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than two decades of experience. She brings a practical, strengths-based approach to relationship and individual concerns. Her style is direct and human-centered, helping people talk through stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and changes that strain relationships.

Marsha earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Stony Brook University, School of Social Welfare and holds a Florida LCSW. She has worked in inpatient and outpatient settings and with both individuals and groups across the lifespan. That background informs a flexible way of working that adapts to each person’s needs.

In sessions she blends methods from attachment-based work, client-centered practice, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior approaches, and existential ideas. That mix helps address mood concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, and co-occurring substance use and mental health challenges. She focuses on building coping skills and improving communication patterns that affect relationships.

Marsha also helps with parenting stress, caregiver strain, sleep problems, ADHD-related struggles, and identity issues such as body image and attachment concerns. Her work often centers on practical changes people can try between sessions. She aims to strengthen resilience and reduce repeated patterns that cause pain.

People looking for care in Florida or from other regions can expect collaborative decision making about goals and methods. To begin, follow the site’s sign-up flow to match with a therapist and schedule according to availability.

How attachment, CBT, and client-centered work translate online

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current trust and closeness. Online sessions can use that work to look at how partners or loved ones react and to practice different ways of connecting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and tests what helps change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and compulsive habits that affect daily life.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, acceptance, and working at the person’s pace. This approach supports people who need space to name values, make meaning, and decide on next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and the therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and practical needs. Decisions about techniques evolve as clients try tools and report what works.

Session logistics and exact formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online sessions can save travel time, make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, or allow shorter check-ins when that is helpful. They also let people work on communication and coping skills from familiar routines while keeping scheduling flexible.