Sheila Cuomo, MD, LCPC

Licensed in Maryland · 20 years in practice

Sheila Cuomo is a Maryland-based licensed clinician with 20 years of experience helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, and mood disorders.

License and registration

LCPC, Maryland: LC2381 · expires January 2027
NPI: 1558504399 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Sheila

Sheila Cuomo is a Maryland-based licensed clinician with 20 years of experience helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, and mood disorders. She holds an MD and practices as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, bringing a long history of clinical care to each session. Her style is warm and faith-sensitive, and she focuses on meeting people where they are.

She offers straightforward, practical work for concerns like panic attacks, social anxiety, isolation, and grief.

Background and approach

Sessions center on understanding what you are dealing with now and finding small steps that reduce distress. She explains options plainly and tailors strategies to the person in front of her. Her practice also addresses more specific struggles such as obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, body image worries, and process addictions like problematic gambling or exercise.

She pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues that can underlie repeated patterns. People meet her to process trauma, manage mood swings related to bipolar disorder, or cope with persistent feelings of shame and guilt. She combines evidence-based therapeutic techniques with empathy and respect for a person’s beliefs.

In sessions she aims to build practical coping skills and clearer thinking around distressing feelings. The work is collaborative - she helps set goals and checks in on progress. Her approach is steady, patient, and focused on usable tools for daily life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sheila lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Body image
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

Online support

Evidence-based approaches and online care

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building coping skills. One approach emphasizes identifying and testing thoughts that increase anxiety or low mood, helping people respond differently to triggers. Another approach centers on gradual exposure and skills practice for panic, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive patterns so symptoms feel less overwhelming over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sheila will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and recommend which techniques to try first. The plan can change as progress is made so clients stay involved in deciding what helps most.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework review, or when a short update fits a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and travel commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

Sheila focuses on depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and mood disorders including bipolar. She also works with related issues like panic, OCD symptoms, phobias, and self-harm.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is warm and faith-sensitive with an emphasis on clear, practical steps. Sessions aim to identify manageable actions that reduce distress and build resilience.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 20 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood and trauma-related concerns. That experience informs a calm and steady approach to treatment planning.

What credentials and location are listed?

Sheila holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Maryland. Her listing notes those credentials and her practice location in Maryland.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Different formats can be used for regular therapy or brief check-ins.

How does cost and subscription work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

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