Vicki Marcum, LCSW

Licensed in Illinois · 40 years in practice

Vicki Marcum is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strains, and relationship concerns.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149008067 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1154494193 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Vicki

Vicki Marcum is a licensed clinical social worker with four decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strains, and relationship concerns. She uses a warm, client-centered stance at the start of work and shifts to other methods as needed to address specific issues.

Vicki draws on approaches such as attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand patterns and try practical changes. She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to address closeness and intimacy concerns, and existential themes to help people face life changes and find meaning.

Background and approach

Her background spans inpatient psychiatric units, outpatient community mental health, emergency and crisis intervention, and school and community settings. That variety gives her experience with many life stages and situations, including parenting challenges, family of origin issues, and coping after trauma or loss.

Vicki has worked in case management, day treatment programs, and in-home services, and has run individual and group sessions across settings. She describes her early work as client-centered to build trust, then selecting approaches that fit each person’s needs and personality. In sessions she is compassionate and direct when needed.

She aims to help people explore options, test new behaviors, and strengthen relationships. The goal is practical change - feeling more in control, communicating more clearly, and handling life transitions with more confidence.

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

Approach-driven care for online therapy

Vicki uses attachment-based principles to look at how early relationships shape current patterns of trust and closeness. This helps when people struggle with intimacy, attachment issues, or family-of-origin concerns by focusing on connection and emotional safety.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, useful for managing anxiety, mood shifts, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist begins with a client-centered relationship to build trust, then together they decide which methods to try based on needs, goals, and preferences. This means plans can change as progress is made.

Online work offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing reflections, or when writing feels more natural.

These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work through transitions. Licensed professionals can tailor format and pace so the approach and delivery match what a person needs.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting questions, relationship and family issues, and many other concerns such as trauma, eating and body image, anger, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is the therapy style like?

Sessions begin in a client-centered way to build trust and then shift to approaches that fit the issue and the person's style, with a mix of supportive listening and practical challenge when appropriate.

How much clinical experience does the therapist have?

Vicki brings 40 years of clinical experience working across inpatient, outpatient, crisis, school, and community settings.

Where is the therapist licensed and located?

She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices with that professional credential.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

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

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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