Helen Woodrum, LCSW
Illinois · 10 years in practice
Helen Woodrum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of outpatient practice.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149015750 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1881986636 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Helen
Helen Woodrum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of outpatient practice. She has worked in community mental health centers and in an outpatient behavioral health clinic inside a hospital. Helen focuses on what is most troubling for the person who comes in and helps them find practical ways forward.
Her work centers on trauma, mood concerns, and everyday stress. She helps people who struggle with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood shifts, ADHD, and grief.
Background and approach
Helen also supports people facing relationship and intimacy problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, or challenges tied to gender and sexual identity. In sessions she combines several approaches to fit a person's needs. She draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice, attachment-based thinking about relationships and safety, and client-centered principles that keep the person's priorities first.
She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas and skills from dialectical behavior work when those tools help with thinking patterns and emotional regulation. Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She works with people to identify small, doable steps and practical self-care for both mind and body.
Expect a predictable, respectful space with room for humor and real connection. Helen values the social context around each person. She considers family of origin, caregiving roles, work, and life stress when shaping goals.
The result is a tailored plan that focuses on current concerns while building resilience for the future.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Helen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Helen names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic 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
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Existential therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice, and purpose and can help when life changes or losses make someone question what matters. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how past and current relationships shape safety and trust and can help with intimacy, caregiver stress, and family of origin issues. Client-centered therapy keeps the person's goals and experience at the center and supports practical self-awareness and growth.Finding the right approach is usually a joint process. The therapist will listen to current concerns, life context, and personal goals, and suggest approaches or a blend of methods that fit. Sessions are collaborative so adjustments can be made as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is low. Live chat or messaging can be a quicker check-in or a way to keep momentum between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Helen address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, grief, and many relationship and identity-related concerns.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She takes a collaborative, straightforward approach that starts with the most pressing issue and builds practical steps and self-care into the plan.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Helen has ten years of outpatient experience in community mental health and hospital-based outpatient behavioral health settings.
What credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) credential and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Helen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and starting therapy work?
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