About Gladys
Gladys Moniba Payne is a Maryland-based mental health clinician with 16 years of experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). Gladys focuses on anxiety and stress while also addressing depression and trauma-related concerns.
She uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and make change. Sessions often focus on skills people can use between meetings, such as coping strategies and communication tools.
Background and approach
Gladys also addresses self-esteem, identity, and life transitions. Her background includes work with mood disorders and trauma, and she has spent substantial time helping people navigate relationship problems and caregiver stress. She supports those dealing with abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, and feelings of isolation.
Gladys tends to work in a straightforward, supportive way. She helps people set small goals and build habits that reduce overwhelm. Therapy can include talking through painful experiences and practicing new ways of responding.
People looking for flexible options can meet with her by video, phone, chat, or text messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. International clients may be seen and English is used for sessions.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Gladys uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage symptoms and build lasting skills. One approach emphasizes cognitive tools to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Another approach centers on brief, goal-focused work that helps people clarify what they want to change and develop small steps to get there. Choosing the right method is part of the process. Gladys collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques match their needs, goals, and day-to-day life. She adjusts methods over time based on how someone responds and what feels most helpful. Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit short conversations into busy days or to follow up between sessions. These options help people maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and travel.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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