Maggie French, LCSW, LICSW

Maggie French is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Ohio. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and has four years of professional experience. Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes.

Maggie helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck, such as people-pleasing or losing themselves around someone else’s moods. She uses straightforward conversation and practical exercises to make everyday choices easier. Sessions are a place to name hard experiences and try clearer ways of responding.

Her approach draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and small steps toward them. Attachment-based ideas help when past relationships affect current trust and closeness.

Maggie includes elements of dialectical behavior therapy when people need concrete skills for intense emotions. Client-centered work shapes sessions around the person sitting in the room and what they want to work on next. Together this mix aims to balance emotion skills with real-life action.

She has supported people dealing with abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, blended family issues, communication and control problems, and codependency patterns. The focus is practical: clearer boundaries, steadier emotions, and decisions that feel more like the client’s own.

How her approaches translate to online sessions