Helen Woodrum, LCSW

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Compassionate social worker focused on practical change

Details

Name	Helen Woodrum
Credentials	LCSW
Based in	Illinois
Licensed in	Illinois
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	10

About Helen

Helen Woodrum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of outpatient therapy experience. She spent early years in community mental health and later worked in an outpatient behavioral health clinic inside a hospital. Helen focuses on helping people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.

She uses clear, practical steps to address what matters most right now. Helen centers sessions on the client’s immediate concerns and goals.

Background and approach

She draws on Narrative Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches, along with client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Sessions aim to build understanding of patterns, identify helpful choices, and develop everyday skills for coping and emotion regulation. Her background includes work with people experiencing grief, parenting strain, mood disorders, and complex reactions after trauma.

Helen pays attention to social and environmental factors when shaping a plan. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. Therapy with Helen emphasizes practical self-care for body and mind.

She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes that can ease daily life. The tone in sessions is respectful and often warm, with room for honesty and even gentle humor. Helen works in Illinois and provides services in English.

She offers several online formats so sessions can fit around work, family, and other commitments. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first meeting.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Depression among the things Helen works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Existential Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Somatic Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Helen among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Helen directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Helen directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

How Helen’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and emotional patterns. Online work can help people notice those patterns and try new ways of relating to themselves and others. Narrative Therapy invites clients to tell their story and to separate themselves from problems. Through conversation, people can rewrite parts of their story and test different meanings for what they have experienced.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Helen collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. She listens to goals and preferences, and together they try techniques that fit the client’s needs and comfort level.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, flexible ways to connect between longer sessions. These options help people keep continuity and access support from different places and schedules.

Common questions about this listing

What kinds of problems does Helen help with?

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Her work also covers parenting strain, ADHD, mood disorders, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Helen uses a gentle, practical style that starts with what feels most urgent. She listens, helps people name patterns, and teaches skills to manage emotions and daily stress.

What is her clinical background?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of outpatient experience in community mental health and hospital-based outpatient care.

Where is Helen based and licensed?

Helen is licensed as an LCSW in Illinois and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?

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

What do I do to start a session with Helen?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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