Margaret E. Dix, LCSW

Social Worker

Owner

690 1st Avenue
Suite 1R
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016
  • BTTI Trained
  • LGBTQIA+ Affirming
  • Veterans Support
Narrative of Services:

At any given time, I see about 10 clients with OCD or related disorders, which is about 50% of my practice. I provide individual and group therapy to them. I have been treating these disorders as a licensed therapist for nine years.

Before I became a therapist, I co-facilitated the education of hundreds of people in the Phobease classes, which were anxiety/OCD management classes taught by Dr. Howard Liebgold in the San Francisco area in the 2000s. About half of each class had OCD or a related disorder.

Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders:

I provide only evidence-based treatments, so I provide:
organization and executive function strategies for ADHD
CBT, ERP and ACT for anxiety disorders and OCD and Related Disorders
Transdiagnostic Unified Treatment Model for eating disorders
CBT, DBT and ACT for mood disorders
Motivational Interviewing, The Matrix Model, 12 step, and Asset Based Community Engagement for Substance Use Disorder

Training Description:

I completed the Pediatric Behavior Therapy Training Institute in 2025, but as I said above, as a non-professional I taught people about their OCD for many years, and as a professional, I’ve been providing indivcidual and group therapy to people with OCD for nine years. I regularly read up to date research about OCD and its treatment, because it is very important to me that I do not provide obsolete or ineffective therapy.

Diversity Statement:

I am White, and I have many other aspects of privilege. I have worked on my isms, and I will continue to work on them in order to minimize the harm I do to people in marginalized groups that come to me for therapy.

Treatment Groups:

I run three anxiety/OCD management groups, all of which are hybrid, meaning you can join virtually on Google Meet, or in person at my office. Whichever you prefer!

I accept major PPO insurance: Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare/United Behavioral Health/Optum, Cigna and Aetna. If you don’t have/don’t want to use insurance I offer sliding scale $25-$50 per week.

1. Hybrid Adolescent Group – adolescents age 11-17 – Tuesdays 6-7pm.

2. Hybrid Adult Group – adults 18 and up – Tuesdays 8-9pm.

3. *Advanced* Hybrid Adult Group – adults 18 and up – Wednesdays 8-9pm – if you already have an exposure hierarchy, but need group support to do the exposures! 🙂

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/maggie-dix-des-plaines-il/402732