- Years in practice
- 4
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Maygen
Maygen Hicks is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting concerns. She brings a straightforward, respectful approach and aims to make conversations feel useful from the first session. She keeps sessions focused on practical steps and clear goals.
Sessions often start by identifying what feels most urgent, then break that problem into smaller, changeable pieces. She adapts the pace and language to match each person's needs and comfort level.
Background and approach
Ms. Hicks works with issues that often come up around identity and relationships, such as attachment concerns, adoption and foster care experiences, blended family strain, and communication problems. She also supports people facing body image struggles, guilt, shame, isolation, or caregiver stress.
Her background includes four years of professional practice and a North Carolina LCSW credential. That experience informs how she combines short-term problem solving with attention to deeper patterns that keep the same problems returning. Maygen aims to make therapy a collaborative process.
She offers straightforward feedback and practical tools you can use between sessions. The goal is to help people build clearer routines, healthier boundaries, and steadier confidence over time.
What Maygen works with
Everything Maygen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Maygen helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and accessible online care
Maygen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional healing. One common approach she uses helps people learn to recognize unhelpful thoughts and try different, more balanced ways of thinking; this approach can reduce anxiety and low mood by changing patterns that keep problems active. Another approach emphasizes building healthier relationships and attachment patterns by identifying how early experiences shape current responses and by practicing clearer communication skills to reduce conflict and isolation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit best based on their goals, history, and what feels doable in everyday life. This collaborative planning lets therapy shift as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access. Video is useful for deeper weekly work and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or mobility is limited. Live chat and text messaging are good for short check-ins, skill coaching, or when a quick touchpoint helps carry progress between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Maygen
What concerns does Maygen help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and self-esteem concerns. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family challenges, body image, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and respectful. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, problem-solving steps, and language that feels ordinary and direct.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has four years of professional work experience. That background shapes how she balances short-term tools with attention to longer-term patterns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LCSW credential and is licensed in North Carolina. This profile reflects practice based in that state.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow different rhythms of contact depending on needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on those factors.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. That process begins the matching and scheduling steps.
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