About Thomas
Thomas Floyd is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 46 years of professional experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. He also supports concerns such as addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and ADHD.
He creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about hard feelings. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and move at a practical, steady pace. Thomas aims to help people feel clearer about next steps and more confident making changes.
Background and approach
Thomas uses straightforward methods that people can try between sessions. He draws on client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities. He also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Mindfulness and narrative approaches appear in sessions to help people notice patterns and reframe difficult stories. Motivational interviewing supports those who want to change habits like substance use or unhealthy routines. These methods are applied to the specific problem you bring.
Thomas has worked across many settings over several decades, which informs a practical approach to problem solving. He listens for strengths and builds from what already works. If you want a steady, experienced clinician who prefers clear, doable steps, Thomas may be a good fit.
Approaches for online work and practical change
Thomas often uses client-centered methods that let the person set the pace and focus for sessions; this approach helps when the goal is to sort out priorities and feel heard. Cognitive behavioral therapy is also a common tool he uses to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaboration guides which techniques are emphasized over time rather than assuming one fixed method.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between scheduled conversations. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while using the methods described above.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 46 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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