Beverly Hicks, LCMHC, LMFT

Beverly Hicks is a licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience in North Carolina. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, or major life changes. She also supports people facing relationship or intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, eating issues, mood disorders, and work-related strain.

Beverly takes a compassionate, client-centered approach that focuses on each person’s story. She listens first, then works with clients to set practical goals. Sessions often include talking through difficult moments, learning new coping skills, and trying short exercises to change unhelpful patterns.

Her background blends several therapeutic methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and shift thinking that leads to distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is used to bring more awareness to feelings and to improve connection with others. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is part of her work with people recovering from trauma.

Clients can expect straightforward, respectful sessions that emphasize real-world tools. Beverly aims to help people build stronger coping strategies, clearer communication, and healthier routines. She invites clients to move at a pace that feels manageable and to focus on goals that matter to them.

To begin, readers should use the site’s continue button on this profile to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Beverly practices in North Carolina and conducts therapy in English.

How Beverly’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It centers on listening, empathy, and helping clients feel understood so they can set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name emotions and then use that awareness to improve how they relate to others and manage strong feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Beverly will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their situation and preferences. That planning happens together, and can change as the work progresses based on what is most helpful.

The therapist’s biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats also require less bandwidth and can work well for clients who prefer not to use video. Ask about available formats when you schedule to pick what fits your routine best.