- Experienced counselor
- Focus on anxiety
- Practical coping skills
About Callas
Callas Vaughan-Dixon is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maryland. She brings 11 years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She also addresses attention and memory concerns and supports people dealing with trauma and abuse.
She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters to them. Sessions emphasize listening first, then working together on practical steps that feel doable. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Her background includes a decade-plus of clinical work with adults who face mood difficulties, panic and social anxiety, and challenges tied to life transitions like divorce. She also has experience with concerns that affect daily functioning, such as concentration and traumatic brain injury.
In conversation she focuses on clear, practical strategies alongside exploration of feelings and history. That can include short-term coping tools for intense moments and longer-term plans to reduce recurring distress. She supports people in building skills for communication, managing worry, and improving day-to-day focus.
Seeking help is a step toward change, and she frames therapy as partnership. Prospective clients are invited to consider what they want to change and to move forward at a pace that feels right for them.
How evidence-based techniques can work online
Callas uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach involves teaching skills to manage anxious thoughts and panic symptoms, such as breathing strategies, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another approach concentrates on mood and daily routines, helping people identify thoughts and behaviors that keep depression or low energy going and then testing small behavior changes to shift those patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist reviews goals and current difficulties and then tries techniques that match the person’s needs and preferences. This process is collaborative, and adjustments are made together if something does not feel helpful.
The source biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available formats before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can work during a lunch break, and some formats need less bandwidth and allow phone-only conversations. Licensed professionals can still teach and practice the same skills used in person, and many people find online options help them keep regular appointments and make progress between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and attention or memory struggles. Panic disorder and panic attacks are listed among the focus areas she addresses.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward, with active listening followed by practical steps. Sessions blend emotional exploration with tools people can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional work experience supporting people with mood, anxiety, trauma-related, and attention concerns.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking to be sure they meet your needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.