About Thomas
Thomas Floyd helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. He brings a calm, steady presence and encourages honest conversation so clients can start making small, manageable changes. Thomas is comfortable addressing addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, attention challenges, and body image or eating and sleeping problems.
He has 46 years of professional experience and holds an MD as well as social work licenses LCSW-C and LICSW.
How Thomas works
Thomas focuses on creating a nonjudgmental space where people can speak freely about hard things. Sessions emphasize practical steps and clearer thinking rather than long lectures. Thomas uses evidence-informed approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods.
He adapts language and pace to each person so goals feel realistic and reachable. Progress is tracked in simple ways so clients notice small wins. People who come for help often want relief from worry, better sleep, healthier habits, or clearer decisions about relationships and careers.
Thomas guides conversations toward skills that can be used between sessions. He also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness challenges, loss, and trauma when they affect daily life. Therapy with Thomas is collaborative.
He asks practical questions, listens carefully, and helps shape steps clients can try between appointments. That approach helps people build confidence and move toward a more manageable routine.
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What Thomas works with
The areas below are the ones Thomas selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 46 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches you can use online
Thomas often combines client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding each person’s experience, and helping them set their own goals. It helps when people need a calm space to talk through emotions and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change unhelpful routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Thomas will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. He uses that conversation to choose methods and to adjust pace so the plan feels useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work for brief check-ins, quick skill refreshers, or when a short conversation fits into a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules, while keeping continuity of care.
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