Margaret Sicari, LCSW

Margaret Sicari is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 34 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship trouble, low self-esteem, trauma, grief, parenting strain, mood and panic symptoms, and codependency concerns. Sessions are practical and focused on real-life problems.

Margaret prefers a collaborative style. She and the client set goals together and pick steps that feel doable. She emphasizes building skills for managing emotions and improving day-to-day coping. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at what the client wants to change.

Her background includes private practice work, agency-based clinical roles, school social work, clinical supervision, and program direction. That variety shaped her ability to work with people in many life stages and circumstances. She has long experience helping people affected by substance use and those whose families have been impacted by addiction.

In sessions she draws on several practical approaches. Clients can expect elements of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools to change patterns, mindfulness ideas to regulate stress, motivational interviewing to find momentum for change, and solution-focused steps for concrete problems. These methods are used to support goals like clearer boundaries, better coping, and healthier relationship habits.

Margaret talks plainly about next steps and tools. She helps people broaden their understanding of themselves and adds concrete skills for coping. If someone is worn down by putting others first or living around another persons mood or drinking, she offers steady, experience-based help to work on those patterns.

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