About Pamela
Dr. Pamela Kayanan uses a client-centered way of working that keeps each person’s goals in focus. She blends talk-based care with practical skills to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and trauma.
Dr. Kayanan holds LPC and LMFT credentials and brings 25 years of clinical experience in Virginia to her practice. Her approach is hands-on and straightforward.
She helps people learn tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and change harmful patterns.
How Pamela works
She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added when the situation calls for increased awareness or motivation. Dr.
Kayanan has extensive experience with trauma and post-traumatic stress, and she has worked with people affected by mood disorders and addictions. She also focuses on relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, abandonment and attachment concerns, and stress faced by caregivers and first responders. These areas often overlap, and she helps people untangle related problems one step at a time.
She has worked with professionals facing work addiction and with people dealing with substance and behavioral addictions. She offers practical guidance for coping after natural or human-caused disasters, and for people navigating divorce, domestic violence, or blended family tensions. Sessions can include skill practice, problem-solving, and goal setting.
Dr. Kayanan describes therapy as a partnership where she brings clinical experience and the person brings lived knowledge. Together they set clear steps toward change.
Pamela lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Pamela works with
The areas below are the ones Pamela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- First responder issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and working around what matters most to the person. It helps shape sessions around personal goals and keeps the therapist and client collaborating on next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems because homework and skill practice carry easily into daily life.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, provides tools for managing strong emotions and improving communication. Those skills can help with anger, relationship strain, and patterns that contribute to addiction or mood instability.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client see each other for deeper interaction. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins, skill practice, or on-the-go encouragement. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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