Works with
How Helen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Helen
Helen Woodrum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of outpatient experience. She began in community mental health and later worked in an outpatient behavioral health clinic at a hospital. Helen focuses on what is most worrying to a person right now and helps them find practical ways forward.
She has a strong interest in trauma and has spent much of her post-graduate learning on how complex trauma affects people.
Background and approach
That background shapes how she listens and plans treatment. Helen pays attention to social and environmental factors when outlining steps for change. Her approach blends practical skills with attention to emotional connection.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Attachment-Based methods to help people manage emotions and patterns. Sessions often include learning coping skills, practicing new ways of relating, and building routines that support wellbeing. People are invited to start with their most urgent concern.
Helen works collaboratively to set goals and choose techniques that fit each person's life. She emphasizes self-care for mind and body and helps people build resilience over time. Her style is steady and respectful, with room for humor and real-life pacing.
Helen aims to make sessions predictable and supportive so people can explore difficult topics and practice changes between meetings.
What Helen works with
Everything Helen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Helen's practice.
- 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 lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using attachment and cognitive work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice relationship patterns, strengthen emotional connection, and practice new ways of interacting in day-to-day life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks thoughts and behaviors into manageable steps. In video or phone sessions, CBT is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns, test new behaviors, and build habits that reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review a person's goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit their situation. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made, with the clinician checking in about what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work through emotional material with facial and vocal cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy days.
Questions people ask about Helen
What kinds of concerns does Helen help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on immediate problems and building skills like emotion regulation and communication.
What is her clinical background?
She has ten years of outpatient experience, including community mental health and an outpatient behavioral health clinic in a hospital setting.
Which credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds a Master of Social Work and is an LCSW licensed in Illinois.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.