About
- Attachment work
- CBT strategies
- Emotion-focused work
About Helen
Helen Woodrum is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 10 years of outpatient individual therapy experience. She has worked in community mental health centers and in an outpatient behavioral health clinic inside a hospital. She focuses on issues adults commonly bring when home life feels strained, including stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, parenting challenges, relationship and family concerns, and grief.
Her early interest in trauma shaped much of her learning after graduate school. That work led her to study how complex trauma can affect daily functioning and relationships. She describes using a mix of approaches to help people process traumatic experiences and build coping skills.
In sessions she starts with what feels most pressing for the person in front of her. Conversations move to concrete strategies for managing symptoms, improving communication, and handling caregiving or relationship strain. She also addresses sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and work-related stress when those emerge.
Her Master of Social Work informs how she considers a person’s wider life context. That means she pays attention to social systems and environmental stressors when planning care. She draws on techniques from cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused approaches alongside attachment work and skills-based strategies.
People can expect straightforward, practical sessions aimed at increasing self-awareness and day-to-day coping. She weaves in attention to body and mind when relevant, and uses a direct style that includes respect and occasional humor.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape emotion and behavior. Online sessions using attachment-informed work help people notice patterns in close relationships and practice different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and uses specific techniques to change unhelpful patterns. That approach often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and practical coping skills.Finding the right method is part of the work. Helen will collaborate with each person to identify which approach or combination fits their needs and goals. That decision is made together and can change as progress is made or new concerns appear.
If you plan to use online sessions, confirm the exact session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy household schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the need to travel. It can also let people use quieter surroundings, turn off their camera for part of a session, or choose a format that uses less bandwidth depending on what suits daily life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting challenges, family concerns, grief, relationship strain, and related issues such as sleep problems and anger.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and direct. She begins with the most pressing concern and uses skills and relational work to address it.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of outpatient individual therapy experience in community mental health and hospital-based outpatient settings.
What credential does she hold and where does she work?
She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices from Illinois.
Are sessions offered in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she see international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.