About Kumi
Kumi Pledger brings a decade of clinical experience to her work in Maryland. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). Kumi focuses on helping people reduce anxiety, manage stress, and sleep better so they can enjoy life more.
She uses a blend of approaches that center on the person and their relationships. In sessions she helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck and practices new ways of responding.
How Kumi works
Conversations are aimed at stopping unwanted behaviors, easing trauma symptoms, and building skills for everyday coping. Kumi supports people dealing with depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, grief, and relationship or intimacy issues. She also addresses parenting stress, caregiver strain, family of origin problems, and challenges tied to gender identity and LGBT concerns.
Her style is compassionate and respectful. Kumi treats each person as an individual with strengths to draw on. She works collaboratively to set practical goals and tries different strategies until clients find what helps.
Sessions may include mindfulness exercises, imagery, and skill work drawn from cognitive and emotion-focused methods. Kumi speaks English and Japanese, and she accepts international clients who can take part in online formats.
Kumi lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Kumi works with
The areas below are the ones Kumi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How attachment, client-centered, and CBT work online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and reactions; it helps people understand patterns in close relationships and build more supported ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's perspective at the center and emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting clients as they find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and routines.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaboration helps identify whether attachment work, client-centered support, CBT skills, or a combination is the best path forward.
Online sessions make these approaches easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deep work and relationship-focused interventions. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief support, skill reminders, or flexibility between sessions. These options let people connect from different locations and keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel plans.
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