Sharkea Hicks

Sharkea Hicks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 12 years of experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career frustration, and depression. Sharkea helps people find small, manageable steps toward feeling more capable and confident.

She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with attention to workplace concerns, communication problems, and self-love. Sharkea also has experience supporting people who are hearing impaired.

Sharkea uses methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviors. She encourages doable changes that fit each person’s daily life. Conversations aim to reduce overwhelm and increase clear choices about work and personal priorities.

Her style is supportive and straightforward. She helps clients break big problems into steps they can try between sessions. Sharkea emphasizes empowerment, helping people practice new skills and notice progress.

People who want help with career direction, managing stress at work, or rebuilding confidence may find her approach useful. If you prefer a plan-focused way of working and clear tools for coping, Sharkea offers a practical place to start.

How CBT and focused online care can help

Sharkea uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in a direct, practical way. CBT helps people notice thoughts that make stress and anxiety worse and try different responses. That can be useful for low self-esteem, workplace stress, and depression by teaching skills to manage difficult moments.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sharkea will work with each person to choose techniques and goals that fit their situation and preferences. She treats clients as partners and adjusts plans as progress and needs change.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make attending sessions easier around a job or family schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find remote sessions helpful for keeping momentum between work shifts and appointments. A discussion about what will work best happens early, so practical barriers like timing and session length are handled up front.