About Steven
Steven Lanman, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW, helps people facing anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, trauma, and grief. He has three decades of experience and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. He aims to make first sessions low-pressure and straightforward for people who feel nervous about starting therapy.
He works in a calm, nonjudgmental manner. Sessions emphasize listening, clear feedback, and simple strategies to manage intense feelings. He supports people dealing with addictions, mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder, and difficulties tied to parenting or family strain.
Background and approach
Steven draws on a long clinical background that includes work with LGBT concerns, eating problems, ADHD, and complex situations such as caregiver stress or end-of-life issues. His years in practice mean he can offer both short-term coping tools and longer-term planning when needed. In sessions he talks through problems in plain language and focuses on what is most useful day to day.
He helps people sort priorities, improve communication, and reduce overwhelming stress. He also addresses issues such as body image, infidelity, hoarding, and trauma responses. People in Virginia will find his practice grounded in experience and practical help.
He welcomes conversations about what someone needs and what a realistic plan looks like. Steven encourages taking the first step and will guide new clients through scheduling and the initial paperwork.
Practical therapeutic techniques for online care
Steven uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and daily routines. One common approach emphasizes teaching concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress - breathing, grounding, and short behavioral experiments people can try between sessions to see what helps. Another approach centers on processing trauma and difficult emotions through paced conversations and safety planning so people feel more steady when memories or triggers come up.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Steven works with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and comfort level. He adjusts techniques over time and checks in regularly so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video lets people work face to face from different locations, phone calls can be a lower-bandwidth option, chat can suit a quick check-in, and messaging helps keep momentum between sessions. These formats offer flexibility for steady progress without long commutes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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