About Maricia
Maricia Thompson is a New York licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of practice. She brings steady experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those navigating LGBT stressors and parenting challenges.
Maricia speaks English and works with a range of life issues connected to communication, prejudice, infidelity, and women's concerns. Her background includes long-term clinical work across settings serving people with autism and Asperger Syndrome and those needing help with communication problems.
How Maricia works
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person's situation rather than one fixed method. This means sessions can include practical steps to change thinking patterns, storytelling work to reframe difficult events, or focused goal-led conversations to move forward. Maricia describes her style as compassionate and collaborative.
She aims to help people feel heard and gain clarity about what is driving their stress or unhappiness. Sessions emphasize building confidence, improving communication, and working through intimacy-related or relationship challenges in ways that fit each person's life. Her practice integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy as tools chosen to meet client needs.
Maricia notes that therapy is not one size fits all and she adapts methods to cultural background and personal goals. To begin, she asks people to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. Fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Maricia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Maricia works with
The areas below are the ones Maricia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How Maricia’s approaches work online
Maricia often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing when working with stress, anxiety, depression, and self-esteem. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Motivational Interviewing uses open questions and gentle guidance to help people find their own motivation for change and set achievable goals.She also uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe difficult experiences by separating a person from their problems and rewriting the stories they tell about themselves. Narrative work can help with identity questions, self-love, and coping after relationship or discrimination-related hurts.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and life context, then use one or more methods that fit. Sessions can shift over time as needs change and progress is reviewed together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day situations.
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