About Vicki
Vicki Marcum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of clinical work. She uses a client-centered beginning to build trust and then adapts her approach to fit each person's needs. Her style is warm and direct.
She encourages people to take the lead in their treatment while offering guidance and occasional challenge. Vicki has a long history across many settings, including inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient community mental health, emergency and crisis services, and independent practice.
How Vicki works
Her background includes work in emergency rooms, schools, churches, social service agencies, and child welfare. She has provided individual, group, and family therapy and has experience with case management and day treatment programs.
She works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting struggles, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and body image problems, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Her practice also addresses specialized areas like abandonment, attachment issues, domestic violence, blended family challenges, and family of origin questions.
Vicki draws on a mix of approaches to match the person in front of her. These include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Existential Therapy. She favors practical, down-to-earth conversation and aims to help people explore options and find their own path.
People can expect sessions that include listening, reflective feedback, skill-building, and honest challenge when needed. Vicki emphasizes collaboration - clients set goals and she helps guide the work toward those goals.
Vicki lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Vicki works with
The areas below are the ones Vicki selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. It can help people who struggle with connection, trust, and recurring relationship patterns by exploring those relational roots and building new ways of relating.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person can lead the work. This approach is useful for people who need a calm, accepting space to sort out feelings and make decisions about next steps.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and behavior-focused goals.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to match the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That means starting with listening, trying different techniques if needed, and checking in to see what is working.
Online therapy with this clinician can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a workday or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, frequent touchpoints. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into daily life.
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