- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- West Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Shaa
Shaa Marcum is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She offers straightforward support for people coping with addiction, trauma, relationship strain, grief, and changes in life circumstances. Sessions focus on practical steps and emotional understanding so parents can make usable changes at home.
Shaa blends structured skill work with chances to process feelings. She uses common approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
She also draws on acceptance-based strategies to help people live by their values even during hard moments. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Shaa listens for patterns in relationships and attachment, then helps clients try small experiments to shift those patterns.
She emphasizes emotional regulation skills, clearer communication, and realistic problem-solving. People who want a mix of hands-on tools and deeper emotional work will find this helpful. Shaa pays attention to practical parenting concerns alongside mood and stress issues.
She aims to help people build steadier routines, reduce conflict, and feel more confident in daily caregiving tasks. Before working together, she reviews goals and preferences so sessions fit each person's life. Her background as a LICSW in West Virginia informs her approach to challenges like chronic illness, caregiving strain, and life transitions.
Shaa offers sessions that combine skill practice with emotional support to help people move forward.
What Shaa works with
Everything Shaa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shaa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Shaa lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice hard thoughts and still act toward what matters. It focuses on values and small committed steps to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful routines. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shaa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they pick or combine methods so sessions match current needs and parenting demands.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and energy levels. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or daytime problem-solving. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, childcare, and medical appointments.
Questions people ask about Shaa
What concerns does Shaa typically address?
Shaa helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, trauma and parenting-related challenges. Additional focuses include grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions combine skills training with space to process emotions and try new ways of relating.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, trauma, addiction, and life transition concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a LICSW, licensed in West Virginia, and provides services from that state.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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