Rima Mickus, LCPC, LPC

Rima Mickus is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience. She works with adults in Illinois on concerns such as anxiety, relationship strain, sleep problems, depression, stress, and grief. She also focuses on codependency, communication problems, family of origin issues, and workplace struggles.

Clients typically talk about repeated patterns in relationships and trouble saying no. Rima helps people look at communication styles, personality differences, and early family influences that shape those patterns. She explains what respectful and disrespectful behavior can look like so people can make clearer choices about their relationships.

Sleep quality is a frequent focus. Rima uses a structured Cognitive Behavioral approach for insomnia that includes keeping a weekly sleep log and following a brief program over several weeks. She can discuss how sleep improvement may interact with medication changes, which would happen with a medical provider involved.

Her counseling draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, and Mindfulness practices when appropriate. Sessions involve active participation and regular communication, including messaging between meetings as needed. She checks messages at least twice daily and expects clients to be engaged in the process.

Rima practices in Illinois and works with English-speaking adults. The first step is to use the site's matching flow to schedule an initial session and decide what to work on together. She aims to keep work focused and practical so people can start changing everyday patterns.

How therapeutic approaches work in remote sessions