Martha Higgins , LCSW

Martha Higgins is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people dealing with relationship and self-esteem struggles. She helps individuals manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes in ways that fit everyday life. Her work often centers on women's issues and concerns that arise around work and family roles.

She draws on 14 years of clinical experience to help clients untangle difficult feelings like shame, guilt, and emptiness. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Martha guides people through steps to feel steadier and more confident in daily situations.

Martha uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small actionable steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new responses. Attachment-based ideas inform how she talks about relationship patterns and trust.

Her practice also brings in skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centered methods when helpful. That means clients learn emotion regulation skills, communication tools, and how to make choices that reflect what matters to them. Sessions aim to be practical rather than academic.

Martha works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, ADHD, career stress, and caregiver strain. She helps people recover from past hurts and build routines that support long-term change. The pace and goals are set together so progress fits each person's life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts. It is useful for anxiety, life transitions, and when someone feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing concrete, testable changes in behavior to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current trust and closeness and supports learning new ways to connect and communicate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Martha will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest a blend of methods that fit their needs. That collaboration helps set a clear plan and makes sure techniques match what the person wants to change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to choose the format that best supports progress.