About Sheila
Sheila Cuomo, MD, LCPC, has more than 20 years of clinical experience helping people cope with difficult emotions. She works with individuals facing anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar mood swings, trauma, and grief. Her tone is calm and direct, aiming to make next steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Sheila combines practical, evidence-based techniques with a faith-sensitive attitude when requested. Sessions are a place to talk through panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, persistent low mood, or the aftermath of abuse.
Background and approach
She pays attention to attachment concerns, abandonment fears, and struggles with body image or shame. In therapy she helps people break problems into smaller parts and build tools they can use day to day. Work might include learning ways to reduce panic symptoms, coping with seasonal mood shifts, or managing urges tied to process addictions.
The focus is on measurable changes that fit each person’s life. Sheila trained as a medical doctor and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor-Clinical Practitioner credential. She practices in Maryland and brings long-term clinical experience to each session.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s readiness. People who reach out can expect straightforward care aimed at restoring function and easing daily distress. The approach is flexible, combining short-term strategies with deeper work as needed.
Language used in sessions is English.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Sheila uses plain, research-backed techniques that many people find helpful. One approach focuses on skills for managing anxiety and panic - teaching breathing and grounding tools, spotting thought patterns that escalate fear, and practicing small exposures to reduce avoidance. Another approach targets mood and depression by building routine, activity scheduling, and small behavior changes that lift energy and motivation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheila treats therapy as a team effort and will help determine which techniques fit a person’s goals, beliefs, and daily life. She adjusts strategies over time as progress and needs change so work stays relevant and doable.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation for skill practice and emotional connection. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular work without long travel or big disruptions to daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Depression
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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