Beverly Hicks, LCMHC, LMFT

Beverly Hicks, LCMHC, LMFT, helps people facing stress and anxiety and the ripple effects they create. She brings 30 years of clinical experience in North Carolina to conversations about worry, life transitions, and daily coping. Beverly aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming and find concrete next steps.

Her work often addresses trauma, relationship challenges, grief, and struggles with mood including depression and bipolar concerns. She also helps with parenting strain, addiction concerns, eating and intimacy-related issues, and career stress. Beverly pays attention to how life events and past hurts shape current reactions and choices.

In sessions she listens first, then helps clients set small, achievable goals. She uses straightforward tools to reduce anxious thinking and to practice new ways of responding to stress. Beverly favors clear, practical strategies alongside deeper emotional work when needed.

Her background blends couple and individual therapy skills with trauma-focused approaches. She draws on methods that help people process painful memories and rebuild a sense of safety in relationships. The therapist guides people toward coping skills they can use between sessions.

People who choose Beverly often want steady, experienced support while they work toward change. She encourages a collaborative pace so goals match each person’s needs. To start, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.

How specific approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's concerns with empathy and respect. In practice this means the therapist reflects what the person shares and helps them clarify their own goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and low mood and includes homework like thought records or behavior experiments.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused approach that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge. When appropriate, the therapist may use this method to support trauma recovery alongside other approaches. Beverly will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, and she treats that choice as a team decision. Clients and therapist review progress and adjust the plan as needed so the work stays relevant to current needs.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also give people more choices for how to meet with a licensed professional so therapy can fit into everyday life.