Rima Mickus, LCPC, LPC

Rima Mickus is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience, practicing with residents of Illinois. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship issues, sleep problems, parenting concerns, grief, trauma and mood difficulties. Rima typically works with adults who are managing conflicts at home, life changes, and everyday pressures that affect mood and functioning.

She uses straightforward, behavior-focused methods to help people change patterns that cause distress. Sessions often look at communication styles, personality differences, and how early family experiences shape current relationship choices. She also addresses codependency, infidelity, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues when they relate to an adult's current life.

Rima offers structured work for sleep using cognitive behavioral strategies for insomnia. That program includes keeping a weekly sleep log and following a short-term plan to expand restorative sleep. If stopping sleep medication is part of the plan, she notes it must be coordinated with a prescribing doctor and may extend the timeline.

She brings practical coaching for health, fitness, and weight management alongside therapeutic work. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness techniques are used to support behavior change and stress reduction. The focus remains on skills adults can use between sessions to improve relationships and day-to-day functioning.

Rima maintains regular messaging during the week and checks messages at least twice daily. She describes therapy as an active process and asks for consistent participation to gain benefits from the work.

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