About Margaret
Margaret Sicari is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York. She brings decades of experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, and other life changes. She describes therapy as a collaborative process.
Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on practical steps to reach those goals. Margaret emphasizes building trust early so people feel comfortable sharing what matters most to them.
How Margaret works
Margaret's background spans independent practice, agency work, school social work, clinical supervision, and program direction. That variety means she has supported people dealing with substance use issues, recovery, and the effects of addiction on family members, as well as mood disorders and panic-related concerns. Her approach draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques.
She uses these methods to help people develop coping skills, shift unhelpful patterns, and set clear, achievable goals. Margaret aims to help people understand themselves better while building on strengths and adding new tools. She works with each person to create an agreed plan and adjusts the focus as goals change over time.
Margaret lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Margaret works with
The areas below are the ones Margaret selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 34 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Margaret often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience so they lead the pace and goals of work together. This approach helps when someone needs a supportive, nonjudgmental space to sort out feelings and decisions.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, breaking down how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT offers concrete exercises and short-term strategies to manage anxiety, mood symptoms, panic, or unhelpful behavior patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the journey. Margaret collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts techniques as progress is made. The plan is agreed on together and revisited as needs change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn't wanted, live chat offers a quicker back-and-forth, and text messaging can be used for brief check-ins or to reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping care consistent.
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