Vicki Marcum, LCSW

Vicki Marcum is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Illinois with more than 40 years of clinical experience. She lists work with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, depression, relationship and family concerns, and codependency among other areas. Sessions are described as collaborative, with the client in charge of their care.

She trained in social work and community health and has worked across many settings. Her background includes inpatient psychiatry, outpatient community mental health, emergency and crisis intervention, day treatment programs, case management, and private practice. She has provided services in emergency rooms, schools, churches, social service agencies, and community settings.

Her early approach is client-centered until a trusting relationship is in place. From there she uses approaches that fit the issue and the person's style. She names Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Existential Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy among the approaches she uses.

Vicki has experience with people across the lifespan and has worked with adults with chronic mental illness, children and families, and those involved in the child welfare system. She has served in roles that included case management, in-home programs, and group therapy as well as individual work.

She describes the therapeutic process as interactive: listening and supporting early on, then challenging unhelpful beliefs when appropriate. The emphasis is on helping people talk through options, make their own decisions, and practice different ways of relating and coping.

Approach-focused online sessions and how they work