Sheila Cuomo, Ed.D., LCPC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Ph: (443) 770-3493
SCuomo@clearviewcounselingcenter.com
Sheila Cuomo brings over 26 years of clinical experience to her work in Maryland. She holds an EDD, which stands for Doctor of Education and Supervision, and LCPC, a state counseling license. She works part-time as an Adjunct Professor teaching master level students. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and mood disorders and provides a calm healing environment to begin the learning process and healing process for those individuals.
She uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions. She pays attention to how attachment, abandonment, and shame affect daily life. She also helps people cope with panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, phobias, and process addictions such as gambling or problematic pornography use.
Her style is warm and conducive in order to make space for hard feelings to surface while also working toward clearer routines and coping skills. Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on small, usable changes.
She combines evidence-based therapeutic techniques with empathy and real-world problem solving. That means talking through patterns, trying different strategies, and tracking what helps. The therapist frames progress as ongoing work rather than quick fixes.
People reach out for help with mood disorders, self-harm thoughts, seasonal mood changes, paranoia, and complex trauma symptoms. The work often includes learning new ways to respond to intense feelings and rebuilding trust in oneself. Sheila supports clients as they practice healthier habits and build resilience.
Sheila works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional processing. One common approach she uses helps people learn concrete coping skills for anxiety and panic, such as breathing strategies, exposure steps, and short behavioral experiments to reduce avoidance. Another approach centers on processing traumatic memories and their effects on daily life, helping people make sense of painful events and reduce their hold over current emotions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then suggest a few strategies to try. Over subsequent sessions they will adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful to the client.