Marian Maguire, LICSW

Marian Maguire is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 20 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and career challenges. She also supports people navigating parenting concerns, grief, trauma, ADHD, and issues related to aging and geriatric care. Marian approaches work with a straightforward, collaborative style focused on practical steps toward change.

She blends a few well-established methods to fit each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Solution-Focused and Motivational Interviewing techniques help set clear goals and build momentum. Sessions typically feel goal-oriented and paced to the client's priorities.

Marian emphasizes teamwork in the therapeutic relationship. She talks things through with clients, helps them set realistic steps, and checks progress along the way. The aim is to leave each session with concrete ideas that can be tried between meetings.

Her background includes a Master of Arts from Boston University and two decades of clinical practice in Massachusetts. That experience has involved a wide range of concerns from mood disorders and trauma to caregiving stress and social anxiety.

If you are facing a life transition, caregiving strain, or the emotional effects of aging, she can help sort priorities and plan next steps. To begin, follow the site’s process to match and schedule based on availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Marian uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in ways that fit short- and longer-term goals. CBT helps people notice thought patterns that fuel anxiety or low mood and then practice small behavior changes to feel better. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on strengths and next steps, making it useful for career transitions, relationship problems, and caregiving stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will ask about your goals and what has helped or not helped in the past, and then recommend a plan. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize as sessions progress.

Confirm current session formats before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that feels difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and Solution-Focused exercises to the session setting so work continues between meetings.