Marsha Hicks (Richards), LCSW

Marsha Hicks (Richards) uses a humanistic, strengths-based approach to help people facing mental health and addiction challenges. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - based in Florida with more than two decades of experience. She focuses on practical, plainspoken support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and related concerns such as sleep problems and low self-esteem.

Marsha earned a Master of Social Work from Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare and has worked since 2004 in both inpatient and outpatient settings. That variety means she is familiar with short-term crisis work and longer-term therapy. She often brings clinical methods together rather than relying on a single technique, so sessions are shaped around what the person needs that week.

Her work frequently addresses overlapping challenges, such as co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. She draws on attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and DBT skills for emotion regulation when those tools are helpful.

Marsha lists aging and geriatric issues among her additional focus areas, and she also supports people coping with caregiver stress and major life transitions. With 21 years of practice, she aims to give straightforward guidance, listening, and skills people can use between sessions.

People interested in starting are encouraged to complete the site's intake steps and match with her to discuss specific goals and fit.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes relationships and how early bonds shape current patterns; online sessions can be a space to notice those patterns and try different ways of relating in the moment. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting the person's own goals; this approach helps people feel heard and guided toward practical changes during sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to change them, useful for anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust the balance of skills work and reflective conversation over time.

The biography does not list specific session formats for this therapist, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn't needed. It can also let people use skills practiced in daily life and bring real-life situations into the conversation quickly.