Practical, skills-based therapy for worry, panic and low mood, at our Frisco West office on Main Street or online.
Maybe it is racing thoughts at night, a knot in your stomach before work or school, or panic that seems to come out of nowhere. Maybe it is the flat, heavy feeling that makes everything harder. Anxiety and depression are among the most common reasons people start therapy, and among the most treatable.
At our Frisco West office on Main Street, we help children, teens and adults from Frisco, Little Elm, The Colony and Prosper understand what keeps their anxiety or low mood going and learn skills to change it, in person or online.
Maggie Smith lists mood disorders, including depression and anxiety, along with panic attacks, phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder, among her areas of experience. She has Level 3 DBT training and has taught coping skills to children and teens in group programs at Children’s Health in Dallas.
Clinical Therapist · LPC
Warm and poised, Maggie has spent much of her career with kids and teens, helping them build coping skills and helping their parents connect with them more effectively.
After an intake with a senior GearingUP clinician, you are matched with a therapist and a plan built around your goals. When it helps, a short assessment clarifies what is driving the problem.
Treatment is practical and skills-based. CBT helps you spot and challenge anxious or hopeless thinking and face situations you have been avoiding, step by step. DBT skills help with overwhelming emotions and panic. For children, parents learn how to coach these skills at home.
Learn more about anxiety therapy and depression therapy at GearingUP.
Our Frisco West office is on Main Street in west Frisco. You can also meet online by secure video.
Clients come to this office from
Frisco, Little Elm, The Colony, Prosper, Plano
Yes. Maggie Smith works with children, teens and adults, and has run coping skills groups for children aged five to eleven and teens aged twelve to seventeen.
It depends on your goals. Some people feel better within a few weeks or months, while others choose longer-term support. Your therapist tracks progress with you and can talk through what to expect.
Yes. You can meet in person at our Frisco West office or online by secure video from home, and you can switch between the two whenever it suits you. Many clients mix both, for example meeting in person at first and online during busy weeks.
Yes. GearingUP is in-network with most major insurance plans, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Optum and Baylor Scott & White, and the same plans apply at our Frisco West office. No outside referral is needed, and sliding scale fees are available based on income. Our team checks your benefits and explains your coverage before your first session. See insurance and rates.
My experience with Yazmin is that she is a patient listener and a reliable teacher of skills, whether DBT or CBT.
I had the opportunity to begin DBT skills training with Blanca at Gearing Up, and even in the early stages, she made a very positive impression on me. Blanca is incredibly kind, patient, and easy to talk to. She creates a warm and supportive environment that makes learning new skills feel approachable rather than overwhelming.
I appreciated how clearly she explained concepts and how genuinely encouraging she was throughout the process. I’m grateful for the time I was able to work with her and would absolutely recommend her to anyone interested in DBT skills training.
Maggie has been great at teaching DBT skills. She gives effective explanations and examples which resonate with our daughter. We’re happy to have her as part of our team.
I really appreciate Ruqiya and the way she teaches dialectical behavioral skills. She explains things so clearly and helps me connect what I’m learning to my own life and experiences in a way I’ve never done before. Sometimes it’s uncomfortable because it’s new, but her guidance and reassurance make it easier to sit with those feelings and keep growing. I’m really thankful for her and how much she’s helped me progress.
Our daughter meets with Maggie 1x a week for her individual sessions. She (our daughter) has seen several therapists in the past and, while they have been ok, none of them have made the impact that Maggie has been able to achieve. We credit not only the DBT approach, but also Maggie’s ability to keep things that are shared to herself and not jeopardize our daughter’s trust. We’ve seen amazing progress in about 6months with our daughter gaining trust in herself and utilizing skills that were just given lip service to in the past. I would recommend Gearing UP to anyone looking for a full scope program that hits on every cylinder.
Great intake interview with Dr. Gearing! She is knowledgeable, experienced, understanding & kind. Very friendly staff interactions with scheduling as well.
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