Maggie French, MSW, LISW-S, LICSW, CCTP
Maggie is currently maintaining a waitlist for new therapy clients. If you're hoping to begin therapy sooner, we encourage you to explore our other clinicians to find the support that best fits your needs.
Online Therapy for Trauma, Anxiety, Grief & Life Transitions
You may be the person everyone depends on—the one who keeps going, handles what needs to be handled, and appears to have everything together. But internally, you may feel overwhelmed, anxious, exhausted, or constantly on edge. Maybe your mind never seems to shut off, you're carrying experiences from the past, grieving something or someone important to you, or realizing that something in your life no longer fits.
Sometimes what brings you to therapy isn't one specific problem. It may be a career change, burnout, caregiving, relationship changes, menopause or midlife, grief, or another major transition that has you questioning what you want, what needs to change, or where you go from here.
I help adults and adolescents understand the patterns keeping them stuck, work through what they're experiencing, and develop practical tools for creating meaningful changes that extend beyond the therapy session.
Online therapy services may be available to eligible clients in Ohio, Indiana, Vermont, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and Idaho, subject to applicable licensure, telehealth authorization, and service eligibility requirements.
You Don’t Have to Keep Pushing Through It
You can be functioning and still be struggling.
You may be used to being the person who handles things. You go to work, take care of your family, meet deadlines, solve problems, and show up for other people—even when you're running on empty.
From the outside, you may look like you're doing well. On the inside, you may be overwhelmed, grieving, questioning what comes next, or realizing that the ways you've always handled things aren't working quite the same anymore.
✓ Overthinking & second-guessing
✓ Always anticipating what could go wrong
✓ Difficulty setting boundaries
✓ Feeling responsible for everyone else
✓ Feeling stuck or unsure what comes next
✓ Restlessness & difficulty focusing
✓ Overstimulation & emotional exhaustion
✓ Difficulty letting go of past experiences
✓ Grief, loss, or changes that are difficult to adjust to
✓ Feeling like you're always “on”
Understanding the pattern is the first step toward changing it
Therapy can help you understand where these patterns came from, recognize what keeps them going, and figure out what is still helping—and what isn't anymore. From there, we can work on different ways of responding without expecting you to simply “try harder.”
How I Can Help
Practical, individualized therapy to help you understand what’s happening, recognize the patterns underneath it, and figure out what comes next.
Anxiety
When your mind is constantly anticipating what could go wrong, even ordinary decisions can feel exhausting. Anxiety may show up as overthinking, second-guessing, difficulty relaxing, physical tension, or feeling like you always need to be prepared.
Together, we’ll work on recognizing anxious patterns, understanding your triggers, tolerating uncertainty, and developing strategies that help you respond differently when anxiety takes over.
Trauma & PTSD
Past experiences can continue affecting how you feel, react, and connect with others long after the experience itself has ended. You may feel constantly on guard, avoid certain situations, struggle with trust, or have reactions that feel difficult to understand or control.
Trauma therapy isn't about forcing you to relive painful experiences. We'll work at a manageable pace to understand trauma responses, build safety, and reduce the impact the past continues to have on your present.
Grief & Loss
Grief can follow the death of someone you love, but it can also come with divorce, changing relationships, health concerns, caregiving, career changes, or losing the future you thought you were going to have.
Therapy gives you space to make sense of what has changed without expecting you to “move on.” Moving forward doesn't mean leaving behind what mattered. It's about carrying it with you while finding your way forward.
I also work with
ADHD & Executive Functioning • Chronic Stress • Relationship Concerns • Caregiving • Career Changes • Women's Issues
Life Transitions, Midlife & Burnout
Sometimes nothing is necessarily “wrong,” but something doesn't fit anymore. Career changes, burnout, caregiving, menopause, changing relationships, children becoming more independent, or shifting priorities can leave you wondering who you are now and what comes next.
We'll look at what's changing, what's no longer working, what matters to you now, and what you may want this next part of your life to look like.
Navigating a career change, divorce or relationship change, midlife, menopause, or another major life transition?
Therapy isn’t about becoming someone different. It’s about understanding yourself better and developing tools that work in your actual life.
What Therapy With Me Is Like
I don’t believe therapy should feel like you’re talking for an hour while someone occasionally nods and asks, “How does that make you feel?”
My style is active, collaborative, practical, and straightforward. We’ll talk about what’s happening in your life, but we’ll also work to understand why certain patterns keep showing up and what you can begin doing differently. You can expect me to listen and validate what you’re experiencing while also asking questions, offering another perspective, teaching skills, and respectfully challenging patterns that may be keeping you stuck.
And therapy doesn’t have to feel serious every minute. There’s room for humor, personality, and real conversation alongside the harder work.
ACTIVE & ENGAGED
I’ll participate in the conversation—not just listen.
Supportive doesn’t have to mean passive.
PRACTICAL
We’ll develop strategies you can actually use between sessions.
INDIVIDUALIZED
Therapy is adapted to you—not the other way around.
HONEST & COLLABORATIVE
We’ll talk openly about what’s working, what isn’t, and where you want to go next.
FUN
Therapy can be hard work, but it doesn’t have to feel heavy all the time. There’s room to laugh, be yourself, and enjoy the process along the way.
The goal isn’t perfection. It’s helping you understand yourself better, respond more intentionally, and build skills that work outside of therapy.
My Approach to Therapy
I don’t believe you should have to fit into one specific type of therapy. We’re all different, and therapy should reflect that. I draw from different evidence-based approaches based on your experiences, goals, strengths, challenges, and what we discover works best for you.
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
Understanding yourself can make change feel a lot less overwhelming.
I believe therapy is easier when you understand what is happening, why it is happening, and what you can do about it.
Psychoeducation is an intentional part of my work. When we discuss a concept or learn a new skill, I provide handouts and resources you can refer back to outside of therapy.
It’s eclectic —because one size doesn’t fit all.
THERAPY THAT FITS HOW YOU LEARN
There’s more than one way to understand something.
Some people need to see it. Some need to read it. Others need to talk it through, write it down, practice it, or experience it before it clicks.
We'll figure out what works best for you and adapt how we approach therapy accordingly. I want the information we discuss to be presented in a way that actually makes sense to you.
There’s no reason to make this journey harder than it needs to be.
COLLECTING DATA
Because we should know whether what we're doing is actually working.
Yes, I may give you ‘homework’—but I prefer to think of it as collecting data.
I may ask you to try a strategy, practice a skill, track a pattern, or simply notice what happens between sessions. Then we bring that information back into therapy and look at it together.
What worked? What didn't? What got in the way? What did you notice?
If something is helping, we build on it. If it isn't, we adjust the treatment. The goal isn't to get an “A” on therapy homework. The goal is to figure out what actually works for you.
APPROACHES I MAY DRAW FROM
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) • Trauma-Informed Therapy • DBT-Informed Skills • Solution-Focused Therapy • Psychoeducation
The specific approaches we use may change as your needs change. I'll explain what we're doing, why we're doing it, and how it connects to your treatment goals.
You don’t need to fit the therapy. The therapy needs to fit you.
About Maggie
Experience matters. So does human connection and feeling like you’re talking to a real person.
I’m Maggie French, MSW, LISW-S, LCSW, LICDC, CCTP, a clinical social worker and trauma-informed therapist with more than 14 years of experience in behavioral health. My educational background includes graduate degrees in Social Work and Criminal Behavior, giving me a multidisciplinary foundation for understanding human behavior, mental health, trauma, relationships, and the complex systems that can influence our lives.
Throughout my career, I’ve worked with adolescents, adults, children and families navigating anxiety, trauma, ADHD, depression, emotional and behavioral concerns, relationship and family stress, substance use and complex life circumstances.
My experience has taught me that understanding why something is happening is important—but insight alone isn’t always enough. Therapy should also help you figure out what to do with that understanding.
That’s why my work combines education, practical strategies, skill development, evidence-based interventions, and honest conversation. I want you to leave therapy knowing more about yourself and feeling better equipped to handle what happens outside of our sessions.
WHO I WORK WITH
Adults, Adolescents, Children 6+ & Families
I provide individual therapy to adults and adolescents navigating anxiety, trauma/PTSD, grief and loss, ADHD, chronic stress, and major life transitions.
I also work with children ages 6+, residential parents, and families impacted by divorce, parental separation, domestic violence, and other significant family disruptions. This may include working individually with the child, supporting the residential parent, or working therapeutically with family members affected by the experience.
For adults, major transitions may include career changes, burnout, divorce or relationship changes, caregiving, midlife and menopause, changing family roles, or realizing that what once worked no longer fits.
Education & Credentials
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Master of Criminal Behavior (MSCJ)
Licensure
Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision Designation (LISW-S)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor (LICDC)
Certifications & Specialized Training
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy training
Cognitive Behavioral Intervention (Adults & Juveniles)
Family Wellness
MULTISTATE TELEHEALTH
Online therapy available in
Ohio • Indiana • Vermont • South Carolina • North Carolina • Florida • Idaho
Services are available only when you are physically located in a state where I am authorized to practice at the time of your appointment.
Clinical Supervision
Available for eligible social workers in:
Ohio • Indiana • Vermont
**Eligibility and supervision requirements vary by state and license type. We'll confirm that the supervision arrangement meets the applicable licensing requirements before beginning.**
Credentials provide the foundation.
The relationship we build is where the work happens.
READY TO GET STARTED?
You don't have to have everything figured out before starting therapy.
You may know exactly what you want to work on, or you may simply know that something needs to change. Either place is okay to start. If you think we may be a good fit, you can schedule an appointment with me. If you're not sure which Haven therapist would be the best match, we'll help you figure that out too.