LCSW
Marsha Hicks (Richards), LCSW
- Experience21 years
- LocationFlorida
- Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
- Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Marsha
Marsha Hicks (Richards) blends humanistic and evidence-informed techniques to guide clients through stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, ADHD, and a wide range of relational and emotional concerns.
Background and approach
With 21 years of clinical practice and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Stony Brook University, she draws on experience from inpatient and outpatient settings to tailor care to each person’s needs. As a Florida Licensed Clinical Social Worker (FL LCSW SW14568), she emphasizes an strengths-based stance that centers the individual’s goals and resilience.
Her work often integrates attachment-based perspectives with cognitive and behavioral strategies, along with skills drawn from dialectical approaches and existential thought. This blended approach supports people facing trauma, intimacy challenges, sleep disturbances, parenting stress, mood disorders, and complex presentations such as co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns.
Marsha is also attentive to issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, body image, dissociation, and other specific focus areas that shape a person’s life story. Practicing from Florida and offering services in English, she accepts international clients and adapts session formats to meet practical needs.
Her methods aim to collaborate with each client, building insight, coping skills, and clearer pathways for change rather than pursuing one-size-fits-all solutions.
Therapeutic approaches and online access
Marsha uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns and to foster safer, more supported ways of relating. She also employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or substance use. When appropriate, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are integrated to build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to identify goals, try interventions that fit their values and needs, and adjust methods over time so the plan reflects what proves most helpful for each individual.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility for people with varied schedules and life demands. These formats allow ongoing continuity of care whether someone is managing transportation limits, time constraints, or international relocation, while preserving the same therapeutic focus and professional expertise across modalities.
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Experience
21+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English
What Marsha can help with
Marsha Hicks (Richards) works with clients on stress and anxiety, addictions, grief, self esteem, and depression.
How Marsha approaches therapy
Marsha's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.
Experience and training
Marsha is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Florida, with 21 years of clinical experience.