About Helen
Helen Woodrum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 10 years of outpatient experience. She practices in Illinois and draws on social work training to look at how a person's environment affects their mental health. She began in community mental health centers and later worked in an outpatient behavioral health clinic inside a hospital.
That mix of settings gave her experience with a wide range of concerns and practical tools for day-to-day struggles.
Background and approach
Helen has a strong interest in trauma and how it shapes people over time. She focuses on helping individuals process difficult experiences and reduce symptoms that get in the way of daily life. Her work often blends attention to the body with talk-based approaches to emotions and relationships.
In sessions she starts with what feels most pressing to the person. She aims to teach skills, build self-awareness, and support steady coping. The goal is to help people become more resilient and learn ways to care for themselves.
Clients can expect a calm, predictable space that still allows for warmth and humor. Helen uses a mix of methods to match each person's needs and adapts plans to fit their life and goals. She values ongoing learning and brings that curiosity into every session.
Approaches that meet you where you are
Somatic approaches pay attention to how the body holds stress and emotion, using breath, movement, and noticing sensations to help reduce physical tension and support emotional regulation. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people understand connection and rebuild trust in relationships. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and pace, offering a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client's lead and reflects back what is most important.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what methods feel right based on goals, symptoms, and personal preferences. That process can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people fit therapy around work, childcare, or health needs and keep continuity when life gets busy. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, guide body-based practices, process emotions, and check in between sessions to support steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English