About Maggie
Maggie French is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, family conflict, trauma, and major life changes. She works from Ohio and brings four years of professional practice to each session. She focuses on making the first step feel manageable for people who are nervous or unsure about therapy.
Her approach aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they really feel.
Background and approach
Maggie listens closely and helps clients untangle difficult thoughts and patterns. She emphasizes practical steps that clients can use between sessions. Maggie blends therapy styles to match what each person needs.
She uses methods that address thoughts and behaviors, attachment patterns, and emotional regulation. That mix helps with anxiety, coping after trauma, and relationship stresses. Sessions include talk-based work and skill practice.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance and tools to handle worry, cravings, or relationship tension. The goal is to build daily habits that reduce distress and improve decision making. Maggie describes therapy as a collaborative effort.
She supports people as they try new ways of responding to old problems. Over time the work aims to make life smoother and more fulfilling.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Maggie uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify their values and take small, meaningful actions even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is useful for anxiety and for making choices during stressful life changes.She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different behaviors. CBT offers concrete tools for managing worry, cravings, and day-to-day stressors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Maggie will talk with each person about goals and daily life, and then recommend methods that fit those needs. The choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work. Video calls let people use visual cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, caregiving, and other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Indiana, South Carolina, Vermont
- Languages
- English
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