- Evidence-based approaches
- Focus on anxiety
- Practical coping skills
About Gladys
Gladys Moniba Payne is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who offers practical, down-to-earth support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or life changes. She uses straightforward methods to help clients manage symptoms and build stronger coping skills. Gladys speaks English and works from Maryland, and she has a long history in clinical work to draw on.
She brings 16 years of experience to sessions and has focused on mood concerns such as depression, anxiety, and stress. Her work also covers trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and the everyday pressures of caregiving and relationship strain. She pays attention to patterns like attachment wounds, abandonment fears, control issues, and isolation that can keep people stuck.
Gladys uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in a direct, collaborative way. That includes approaches aimed at changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, short-term goal work, and client-centered listening that keeps the person’s goals central. Over the past eight years she has worked with trauma-focused cognitive behavioral strategies alongside other methods.
In sessions she helps people tackle specific problems such as panic symptoms, communication breakdowns, or cycles of guilt and shame. She also supports those facing midlife shifts, divorce, or questions about life purpose. She aims to make sessions practical, with clear steps people can apply between meetings.
To begin, visitors use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Payment uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Gladys draws on a few well-established approaches to guide her work. Cognitive behavioral methods focus on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and panic symptoms by teaching new coping habits. Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral techniques specifically address reactions that come after distressing events and help people process those experiences while building safer responses.She also uses solution-focused and client-centered ideas to keep sessions practical and goal-directed. That means each meeting looks at what is working, what a person wants to change, and small steps to move forward. Choosing the right mix of methods is collaborative - the therapist and client decide together based on needs, goals, and comfort level.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session formats before booking since the biography did not list specific options. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and offer alternatives when being on camera is difficult. Licensed professionals can use these approaches to help people build skills for managing panic, stress, and mood concerns while adapting the work to everyday routines.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What types of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes among other related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach blends evidence-based techniques, short-term goal work, and client-centered listening to create practical steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 16 years of clinical experience and has spent recent years using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral strategies alongside other therapeutic methods.
Where is she based and licensed?
She practices from Maryland and holds the LCPC credential in Maryland.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography did not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.