- Depression and mood
- Sleep improvement
- Relationship skills
About Rima
Rima Mickus, LCPC, LPC, focuses on helping adults who feel overwhelmed by depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and relationship stress. She speaks plainly and works to make therapy feel doable. Her approach is active and practical, with clear steps clients can follow between sessions.
Rima brings 17 years of counseling experience and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. She has worked in private practice since 2013 and focuses much of her time on relationship concerns, communication problems, and mood difficulties. She also supports people managing grief, career stress, and life transitions.
In sessions she uses methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based work, mindfulness, client-centered talking, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when appropriate. She places special emphasis on sleep improvement and offers a structured program for insomnia that includes keeping a weekly sleep log and stepwise behavior changes.
Rima encourages active participation between meetings, including regular messaging and homework. She notes that frequent communication can improve progress and that clients who engage tend to get more from therapy.
She practices with Illinois licensure and works with adults in her practice. Before beginning, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Rima aims to help people build clearer communication, better sleep, and stronger mood management skills.
Rima brings 17 years of counseling experience and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. She has worked in private practice since 2013 and focuses much of her time on relationship concerns, communication problems, and mood difficulties. She also supports people managing grief, career stress, and life transitions.
In sessions she uses methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance-based work, mindfulness, client-centered talking, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when appropriate. She places special emphasis on sleep improvement and offers a structured program for insomnia that includes keeping a weekly sleep log and stepwise behavior changes.
Rima encourages active participation between meetings, including regular messaging and homework. She notes that frequent communication can improve progress and that clients who engage tend to get more from therapy.
She practices with Illinois licensure and works with adults in her practice. Before beginning, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Rima aims to help people build clearer communication, better sleep, and stronger mood management skills.
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