Beverly Hicks, LCMHC, LMFT

Beverly Hicks is a licensed therapist practicing in North Carolina with 30 years of experience. She helps people who feel stuck by listening closely and offering practical steps to cope with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and life changes. Beverly draws on faith-informed perspectives when that matters to a client and respects each person’s story and values.

Her work blends client-centered care with focused techniques aimed at change. She uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking. She also uses emotionally focused methods to strengthen how people understand and respond to feelings.

Beverly has guided clients through trauma, addiction concerns, and eating and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing caregiving strain, cancer-related stress, parenting challenges, and struggles with attention or mood differences. She keeps goals practical and measurable so progress can be tracked session to session.

Sessions center on collaboration. Beverly helps people name what matters, try small changes, and build new patterns that fit daily life. Conversations are grounded and direct, with time for processing emotions and planning next steps.

Clients who prefer a faith-informed frame can bring those values into work together. Beverly holds credentials as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and she practices in North Carolina.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience in plain terms. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what she hears, and helps the client make choices that fit their life. This approach is often used for building self-esteem, coping with loss, and navigating life changes.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Beverly uses CBT techniques to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavior experiments. This can help with anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Emotionally-focused methods help people name and process strong feelings. These techniques guide clients through understanding emotional patterns and trying new ways of responding during stressful moments or relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Beverly will help clients decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She typically combines approaches as needed so the plan matches what a person wants to change and how they prefer to work.

The biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm which formats are available before booking. In general, online work can make therapy easier to fit into busy schedules, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone keep appointments while traveling or manage sessions around work or caregiving duties.