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Vicki Marcum, LCSW

  • Experience40 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Trauma and abuse
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Vicki

Vicki Marcum is an LCSW with four decades of clinical experience who combines a client-centered stance with several evidence-informed therapies to support people facing a wide range of life challenges, including ADHD.

Background and approach

She begins by building a trusting therapeutic relationship and then adapts methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Attachment-Based approaches to address the specific issues a person brings.

With a long history of work across inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and community settings in Illinois, she draws on extensive practice helping clients with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, and complex family concerns. Her practice emphasizes collaboration: clients remain in charge of their treatment while she offers guidance, empathy, and careful challenges when appropriate.

Marcum also has experience supporting parenting, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and body image concerns, anger and self-esteem difficulties, as well as life transitions and compassion fatigue.

She has worked with individuals and families in a variety of community contexts and tailors therapeutic choices to match each person’s goals and personality, aiming to help them explore options, make change, and regain a sense of balance.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Vicki Marcum commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work, describing each approach in practical terms to help clients understand what to expect. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to improve mood and coping, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relationship patterns and emotional bonds that shape how people connect and respond to others, which can help with intimacy, family dynamics, and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is framed as a collaborative process. She begins with a client-centered engagement to establish trust, then together with the client determines which methods best fit their needs, goals, and personality. The therapist offers guidance and occasionally gentle challenges while clients remain in charge of their progress and treatment choices.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it easier to schedule consistent appointments around work, family, or mobility limitations and allow people to receive ongoing therapeutic support from wherever they are in Illinois. Licensed professionals can use these options to tailor pacing and communication style to each client’s preferences.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, and many related topics such as body image and communication problems.
What is the therapist's overall approach in sessions?
The initial stance is client-centered, focusing on building trust and understanding. From there she integrates approaches like CBT, EFT, and attachment-informed work to match the issue and the client’s style.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of clinical experience across inpatient, outpatient, crisis, and community mental health settings, plus work in schools, emergency rooms, and social service agencies.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois with licence number IL LCSW 149008067 and practices from Illinois.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
In what formats can clients meet with her?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as available session formats.
How are sessions paid for and what does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

40+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English

What Vicki can help with

Vicki Marcum works with clients on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, and depression.

Vicki works with all age populations.

Vicki works with Adults with chronic mental illness.

Vicki works with Adults and Children and Families.

How Vicki approaches therapy

Vicki's clinical approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, and Narrative Therapy.

Experience and training

Vicki is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Illinois, with 40 years of clinical experience.