About Shaa
Shaa Marcum is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in West Virginia. She helps people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, ADHD, and major life changes. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to make each session useful and understandable.
She blends practical skill work with chances to talk about hard feelings. Shaa uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to build coping skills.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based ideas to work on values and close relationships. Sessions often include simple, concrete steps to manage stress and improve day-to-day functioning. She helps people notice unhelpful thinking, practice new behaviors, and tolerate difficult emotions without being overwhelmed.
Conversations focus on what matters most to the client and on realistic, manageable goals. Shaa has six years of clinical experience supporting adults through trauma, mood disorders, substance concerns, grief, and relationship struggles. She works with people facing parenting stress, career shifts, chronic health challenges, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach adapts to each person's situation rather than following a rigid protocol. Work with her typically moves at an individual's pace. Early sessions focus on understanding current problems and priorities.
From there she and the client choose skills and approaches that fit daily life and longer-term growth.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about their values and take small actions toward them, even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings appear. It can help with depression, anxiety, and motivation problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is useful for anxiety, mood issues, and problem-solving. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal interactions, which can be practical for managing intense emotions and relationship conflicts.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Shaa will work with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Early sessions usually focus on understanding priorities and trying an approach for a few weeks to see how it fits, then adjusting based on what works.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow for ongoing, flexible contact between sessions and can help keep momentum on skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work during life transitions.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English
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