Ehame Gbesso, MD, LCPC

Ehame Gbesso is a licensed clinician in Maryland with six years of practical experience. She holds an MD and is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and she focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, or addictions. Her style is calm and approachable, and she seeks to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable.

Ehame creates a welcoming space for people to talk about hard things without judgment. Sessions are conversational and grounded, with attention to what feels most pressing in a person’s life. She pays close attention to strengths and practical next steps that can be used between sessions.

She uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs, including cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking and emotionally-focused work to build awareness of feelings. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit when people want help with motivation or coping skills.

Common concerns she supports include anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, post-traumatic stress, and communication or control issues. She also helps people who are wrestling with guilt, shame, life purpose, or major life changes.

Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative. Ehame helps people identify small, realistic changes and practices they can use between meetings. She encourages honesty, gently challenges patterns that no longer serve, and highlights practical ways to move forward.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online care

Ehame commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy when working online. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with simple, goal-oriented exercises useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and building trust so people feel heard and can explore difficult feelings at their own pace.

She also integrates emotionally-focused ideas when stronger feelings are central to the concern. That work helps people name emotions, understand how they influence behavior, and practice new ways of responding to painful states. Choosing the right approach is collaborative; the therapist and client discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for short check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can fit into busy days and provide flexibility between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a routine and try approaches that work for each person.