Margaret Sicari, LCSW

Margaret Sicari is a licensed clinical social worker who brings decades of experience to people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, addiction, grief, and life transitions. She is comfortable working with concerns like parenting challenges, intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and LGBT-related matters. Margaret also focuses on aging and geriatric issues and caregiver stress when those topics come up in care.

Margaret uses a collaborative style that centers the person's goals and strengths. She works alongside clients to agree on a plan and to build practical coping skills. Sessions often involve talking through patterns, trying new strategies, and strengthening supports at home and work.

Her background includes private practice, agency work, high school social work, clinical supervision, and program direction. That variety shaped her ability to adapt methods to different life situations and stages.

Margaret brings 34 years of experience and holds the LCSW credential, licensed in New York. She has worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups across a wide range of concerns including substance use disorders and family effects of addiction.

Clients can expect a warm, straightforward approach that emphasizes clear goals, usable tools, and steady support while they work through problems and changes.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on what matters to the person. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to set meaningful goals. This approach helps with relationship concerns, low self-esteem, and big life decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, and depressive symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Margaret will discuss options and tailor methods to a client’s goals, preferences, and daily life. The choice of techniques is a collaborative decision made together over the first few sessions.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and reduce travel time. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed or conversations that fit into a lunch break. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking to make sure they meet your needs.