Gladys Moniba Payne, LCPC

Gladys Moniba Payne is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Maryland. She brings 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Gladys focuses on practical, down-to-earth work that helps people feel steadier day to day.

Her approach centers on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are explained plainly and applied to real situations. She uses methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused strategies to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and try different choices. Over the last eight years she has worked with trauma-focused adaptations of these methods to address painful memories and reactions.

Gladys pays attention to how relationships and early attachments shape current behavior. She helps clients face issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, communication problems, and difficulty with trust. Conversations also address life transitions including divorce, caregiver stress, and midlife re-evaluation so people can find clearer direction.

Many clients come for help with self-esteem, body image, guilt, shame, or feelings of isolation. She also supports people coping with impulsivity, control struggles, narcissistic dynamics, and mood disorders. Her work aims for small, doable changes that add up over time.

Her manner is direct but warm. Sessions focus on practical tools, short-term experiments, and building skills people can use between visits. To begin, prospective clients use the site's matching process and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online therapy

Gladys uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and try practical experiments to change them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable steps and what already works, helping clients build momentum toward clearer goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process can involve trying an approach for a few sessions and then adjusting based on what feels helpful.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing commute time and allowing appointments during lunch breaks or between errands. They can also let people check in with shorter sessions when needed or avoid being on camera if that feels better. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and skill-building to work well in an online setting.