- Warm conversational style
- Skills and insight
- Goal focused
About Naomi
Naomi Durand-Kabasela offers practical, down-to-earth support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, mood concerns, grief, and relationship challenges. She greets each person with respect and a warm, interactive style that focuses on the issues they bring. Naomi aims to help people take small, manageable steps toward clearer thinking and steadier days.
Naomi is a licensed clinical professional counselor and a licensed professional counselor in the District of Columbia with about 20 years of experience. She draws on approaches that emphasize the client's perspective and skills-based strategies. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, so people leave with concrete ideas to try between meetings.
Her approach blends client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, and emotionally-focused therapy ideas to address mood, trauma, addiction, and relationship patterns. Naomi adjusts the conversation and the plan to match each person's strengths and challenges. She pays attention to how thoughts, feelings, and behavior interact, and she helps people practice new ways of coping.
Naomi also supports people facing parenting strain, career transitions, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and grief. She can help with attention-related challenges such as ADHD and with managing intense emotions like anger or suicidal ideation when those issues are named by the client. Her aim is to guide people toward clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning.
People who want a collaborative, steady therapist will find Naomi focused on useful tools and honest conversation. To start, she asks people to clarify what matters most and to try small changes between sessions.
How Naomi’s therapeutic approaches translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their goals. The therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps the person steer the direction of sessions. This approach works well for people who want a supportive, accepting space to sort things out.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. Naomi uses simple techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and to build practical habits that reduce anxiety, lift mood, or limit urges tied to addictive behavior.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication. It offers skills people can practice when feelings spike or relationships become heated.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Naomi will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts the mix of listening, skill-building, and problem-solving as progress unfolds.
Confirm the session formats offered before booking so you know what options are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save commuting time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Talk with the therapist about how to structure sessions to match your routine and what practical adjustments might help you stay consistent.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Naomi commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma effects, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, and career or life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are warm and interactive with a practical focus. Conversations aim to uncover helpful thoughts and behaviors and build skills to manage emotions.
How much experience does she have?
Naomi has about 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LCPC licensure in Maryland and LPC licensure in the District of Columbia, and she practices from Maryland.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are used for sessions?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available for scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Naomi?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.