About Steven
Steven Lanman, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW helps people facing anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, trauma, and grief. He draws on three decades of experience to offer steady, practical care. He speaks English and practices in Virginia while also working with international clients by remote session formats.
He aims for a calm space where people can talk honestly about what is going on. He favors straightforward conversation over clinical jargon. Sessions focus on what matters day to day and on small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
With 30 years of professional work behind him, Steven blends medical and social work perspectives. He uses what has worked in real settings to shape clear, step-by-step plans. That background helps when worries feel overwhelming or when routines have broken down.
He often supports people dealing with parenting stress, family conflict, addictions, bipolar and mood concerns, and eating or body-image worries. He also assists those managing chronic illness, caregiving strain, and end-of-life issues. His approach is adaptable to each person’s situation.
Therapy with him can include talk therapy, practical coaching, and planning for daily routines. Appointments are available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling to suit each person’s circumstances.
Approaches that guide online work and practical benefits
He draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, teachable skills and behavior changes. One approach emphasizes building daily routines and organizational habits that help with attention and mood, which can be useful for people managing ADHD or depression. Another approach centers on emotion-focused conversation and coping strategies to reduce anxiety and process trauma, helping people name feelings and try new responses.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those goals. If a technique does not feel helpful, adjustments are made together until the plan feels useful and doable.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for full conversations and visual cues, phone works well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins or short coaching between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, travel, or different time zones while keeping treatment consistent.
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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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