Naomi Durand-Kabasela, LCPC, LPC

Naomi Durand-Kabasela is a licensed clinician with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and life changes. She offers a calm, down-to-earth presence and listens so clients can explore what they want to change. Her style is warm and interactive, and she focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.

Naomi uses a mix of approaches that she adapts to each person. She draws on client-centered ideas to center the conversation on the person's goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to help identify thought patterns that keep problems going. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are added when emotion regulation and coping strategies are needed.

Her background includes long experience with depression, addiction, ADHD, relationship difficulties, grieving, parenting strain, and trauma and abuse. Naomi blends talk with hands-on strategies so people leave sessions with clear next steps. She pays attention to strengths and to small changes that build momentum.

Naomi holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Maryland. She can help people facing complicated life events, chronic stress, and challenges like sleep disruption or caregiving strain. Her aim is to support people as they try new ways of managing tough situations.

To begin, she works collaboratively to set goals and tailor plans that feel realistic. Sessions are paced to match each person’s needs and comfort level.

Approaches that guide online work

Naomi commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Client-centered work means the conversation focuses on what the person wants to change and the therapist follows their lead. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers concrete techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy adds practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Naomi will work with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration may mean trying different tools over a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when that works better, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. Licensed professionals can bring the same therapeutic methods to remote sessions, focusing on skill practice, emotional regulation, and problem solving in ways that suit each person's routine.