Marika Dillard, LICSW, LCSW
Calm, practical support for strong emotions
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- South Carolina, Nevada, North Carolina, Alabama
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Marika
Marika Dillard is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and everyday stress. She brings a calm, direct style to sessions and helps clients break down problems into small, workable steps. She uses clear goals and practical tools to address anger, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain.
Marika values a warm, collaborative approach and looks for signs of progress clients can notice quickly. She encourages clients to celebrate small gains as part of longer-term change.
Background and approach
With six years of clinical experience, Marika draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's lead. She combines that with cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and solution-focused strategies to build specific next steps. Sessions tend to focus on skills people can try between meetings.
Marika has practiced in North Carolina and holds LICSW and LCSW credentials. Her background includes work with diverse communities and continuing education in cultural competence. She pays attention to how culture and life context affect behavior and choices.
Typical topics she sees include anger control, parenting strain, workplace stress, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and struggles with self-esteem. Marika aims to make therapy feel like a cooperative effort and to provide straightforward tools that help people handle difficult moments more effectively.
What Marika works with
Everything Marika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Marika's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Marika lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and how online sessions help
Marika uses client-centered therapy to follow each person's priorities. That means sessions focus on what matters most to the client, with the therapist reflecting concerns and helping set the direction. This approach can be useful for people who want a supportive, listening-based space to sort through emotions.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns. CBT offers clear techniques for testing beliefs and changing behaviors, which can help with anger, anxiety, and low mood. Solution-focused therapy is used to build short-term, achievable goals and to find small changes that lead to bigger improvements over time.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations and nonverbal cues, phone calls can be a lower-bandwidth option, and chat or messaging can serve for brief check-ins or when typed communication feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines.
Questions people ask about Marika
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
She works with people facing anger, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and related life challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and goal oriented. Sessions focus on practical strategies and measurable steps toward clients' goals.
What is her clinical experience?
She has six years of clinical experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and has taken continuing education in cultural competence.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions available in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.