Rima Mickus, LCPC, LPC

Rima Mickus is a licensed counselor who helps adults manage anxiety, relationship stress, sleep problems, and life changes. She works with people who are feeling stuck or overwhelmed and offers straightforward talk and practical steps to make daily life easier.

She uses clear, goal-focused methods rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Rima also draws on acceptance and mindfulness strategies to help people tolerate difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them.

Rima has 17 years of counseling experience and holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Benedictine University. She is licensed as an LCPC in Illinois and as an LPC in Arizona, and currently practices with clients in Illinois.

Her approach is active and collaborative. Sessions include conversation, skill practice, and short homework tasks between meetings. For people with sleep trouble, she offers a structured program based on CBT for insomnia that uses a weekly sleep log and stepwise changes to habits and routines.

Rima emphasizes clear communication and regular check-ins. She uses messaging between sessions and schedules to keep therapy moving forward. Her style is practical, supportive, and focused on helping clients build routines that reduce stress and improve relationships.

How Rima brings CBT, ACT, and client-centered work online

Rima uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve sleep. CBT often involves short homework tasks and tracking patterns between sessions to create steady change.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and build meaningful action even when strong feelings are present. Client-Centered Therapy provides a supportive space where the persons goals guide each session and the therapist listens without directing the process.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Rima collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that feels helpful, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.