Steven Lanman
Clear, experienced help for family and life struggles
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C, LCSW
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Virginia, Maryland
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Steven
Steven Lanman is a licensed clinician with three decades of experience. He holds an MD and is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland and Virginia - LCSW-C and LCSW. He helps people navigate family conflicts, relationship problems, parenting challenges, and LGBT concerns.
He also supports people dealing with trauma, stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, mood disorders, eating concerns, and attention difficulties. Mr. Lanman keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
He creates an open space for people to say what they are feeling and thinking without judgment. Conversations center on practical steps and clearer communication at home and in relationships. In longer work he addresses deeper patterns that keep problems repeating.
He pays attention to how past losses, abandonment, or trauma affect current family dynamics. He also brings experience supporting issues such as caregiving strain, aging concerns, chronic illness, and end-of-life matters. Steven combines clinical training and years of practice to tailor an approach to each person's needs.
He draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and help clients set realistic goals. His work is useful for people dealing with life transitions, complex emotions, or ongoing behavior patterns that interfere with daily life. Sessions are offered in English and he practices in Virginia.
He accepts international clients and uses multiple online formats to connect with people who need flexible options.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Steven uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real problems and practical change. One common approach emphasizes improving communication and problem-solving within families and relationships, helping people set clear boundaries and express needs more effectively. Another approach looks at how past trauma and losses shape current reactions, teaching skills to manage distress and respond differently to triggers.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose or adapt methods together. This collaborative process helps match techniques to what a person needs right now and what they hope to achieve over time.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow support across distances, and provide different ways to stay connected between sessions. Licensed professionals can use these tools to carry out structured work, check progress, and adjust plans as needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- 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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