Vicki Marcum, LCSW
Illinois · 40 years in practice
Vicki Marcum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois who combines a client-centered stance with practical therapeutic methods.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149008067 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1154494193 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Vicki
Vicki Marcum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Illinois who combines a client-centered stance with practical therapeutic methods. She brings 40 years of clinical experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationship concerns. Her approach starts with building trust so people feel heard and respected.
After establishing rapport, she draws on approaches that fit each person's needs, including attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral ideas, emotionally-focused techniques, and EMDR.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, concrete skills, and understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. She aims to help people find options and make changes that work for them. Her background spans inpatient psychiatric care, outpatient community mental health, emergency and crisis intervention, and independent practice.
She has worked in schools, emergency rooms, churches, and social service agencies, and has experience with child welfare and in-home programs. That range informs how she adapts treatment to different life situations. Vicki has supported people facing parenting challenges, family of origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and complex grief.
She also addresses mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, attention-related issues, eating and body image problems, and struggles with anger or self-esteem. Sessions are straightforward and focused on practical steps. People who choose her can expect a mix of warmth and challenge.
She listens first, then offers tools and perspectives that suit the client's goals. The work may include learning new ways of relating, changing unhelpful habits, and building stronger coping skills.
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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of connecting. It helps people understand patterns in relationships, repair attachment injuries, and build more stable connections. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches simple tools to change unhelpful thinking and develop healthier habits for anxiety, depression, and mood shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will start by listening to goals and concerns, then recommend approaches that match those needs. That process is collaborative - clients help choose what feels most useful and change is paced to what they can manage.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different days and needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break from work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, written reflections, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Vicki help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, depression, relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, eating and body image struggles, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She begins with a client-centered style to build trust and then uses approaches that fit the issue. Expect a warm, supportive stance with honest feedback when it helps progress.
How much experience does she have?
She has 40 years of clinical experience across inpatient, outpatient, crisis, school, and community settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Illinois and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the situation.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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