Beverly Hicks

Beverly Hicks is a licensed clinician in North Carolina who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and big life transitions. She brings 30 years of experience to sessions and blends faith-informed perspectives with practical support. Beverly uses a compassionate, collaborative style to help clients find clearer footing during change.

She focuses on issues like trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related struggles, parenting challenges, and career concerns. She also supports people facing bipolar disorder or depression, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of attention include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment and blended family concerns, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, and other complex or co-occurring problems.

Beverly combines client-centered work with specific techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, EMDR, and solution-focused approaches. That means she listens first, then helps clients set concrete goals and try approaches that can change how they think and act. Sessions aim to rebuild self-esteem, improve relationships, and develop coping skills that fit daily life.

Her method is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. She often helps people identify emotional patterns, practice new ways of communicating, and create short-term plans for managing stressors. Beverly emphasizes practical steps alongside exploration of deeper feelings.

She holds the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential, LCMHC, and the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential, LMFT. Both are noted as NC LCMHC and TX LMFT in her background. Sessions are conducted in English for people located in North Carolina.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist provides empathy and reflection to help people clarify what matters and make their own changes. This approach is useful when someone needs to feel heard and build confidence in making decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises and small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT is often chosen when someone wants clear tools to manage symptoms and daily challenges.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name strong emotions and improve how they relate to others. It can be helpful for addressing relationship distress and deep emotional patterns that affect intimacy and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then recommend which methods to try. That choice is made together and can change over time as needs shift.

If you are considering online work, confirm the current session options before booking. The main practical benefits are fitting sessions into a busy schedule, avoiding travel time, and making it easier to keep regular appointments. Some formats can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions that don't require being on camera, so appointments can fit around work, caregiving, or other daily demands.