Vicki Marcum, LCSW

Therapist in Illinois

Vicki Marcum is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of clinical experience.

Licensed inIllinois
License149008067
NPI 1154494193
Experience40+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Vicki

Vicki Marcum is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of clinical experience. She brings a calm, straightforward approach and focuses on listening first to understand each person’s worries. Vicki centers the relationship and helps people figure out what they want from therapy.

Her practice often begins with a client-centered stance. Once a trusting connection is in place she pulls from attachment-based ideas and other approaches that fit the issue and the person.

Background and approach

Sessions can include practical problem solving, exploring relationship patterns, and addressing how past losses or trauma affect daily life. Vicki has worked across many settings including inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient community mental health, emergency and crisis services, schools, churches, and social service agencies in Illinois. She has also provided case management and services in home-based programs and independent practice.

This range informs how she helps people manage stress, grief, anxiety, parenting concerns, and long-term conditions. People come to her about relationship struggles, family of origin issues, attachment concerns, mood differences such as depression and bipolar, eating and body image worries, and coping with major life changes. She also addresses anger, codependency, communication problems, and recovery after domestic violence or disaster.

Vicki says she does not fix people or tell them what to do. Instead she supports clients to explore options, try new steps, and shift beliefs when needed. Sessions can have serious moments and lighter ones, and her goal is to help people feel more capable in their lives.

Credentials

LCSW (Illinois): License 149008067 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1154494193 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Vicki lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Personality disorders
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-harm
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Vicki names

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Online support

How attachment and client-centered work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections; online sessions explore patterns of closeness and distance and help people notice what they need in relationships. Client-centered work emphasizes being heard and understood first, creating space to tell your story and set goals at your own pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments to see if different actions bring different results. That approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and daily coping tasks and fits well with online exercises and homework between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods best match their concerns, goals, and preferences. That collaboration means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as needed.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can work for brief check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit around work, family, or school commitments.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does she commonly address?

Vicki helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and depression. She also works with relationship and family issues, attachment concerns, eating and body image, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach begins client-centered to build trust, then brings in attachment-based ideas and other methods that fit the issue. Sessions mix listening, practical steps, and gentle challenge when appropriate.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 40 years of clinical experience across inpatient and outpatient settings, crisis services, schools, community agencies, home programs, and independent practice.

What credentials and location should I know about?

She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Illinois.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does billing and getting started work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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