Iman Cayard, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW
Maryland · 8 years in practice
Iman Cayard helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, or major life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW-C, Maryland
- 25262 · expires October 2027
- LCSW, Nevada
- 8154-C · expires January 2027
- LCSW, Texas
- 68332 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1992233076 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Iman
Iman Cayard helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, or major life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that can make daily life easier. Her approach is collaborative and direct so parents and busy adults can see what to try between sessions.
She earned an MD and holds clinical social work licenses as LCSW-C and LCSW. Over eight years she has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and she has provided telehealth care for the past two years.
Background and approach
That mix gives experience with short-term crisis work and ongoing therapy alike. In sessions she uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with client-centered methods and cognitive tools. That means she helps people name what they feel, understand how relationships and past events shape those feelings, and practice new ways of responding.
Mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are used when someone needs tools for emotion regulation and stress management. She works with a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her style is practical: identify unhelpful coping, try alternatives, and build routines that reduce distress.
Iman practices from Nevada and conducts sessions in English. She also accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Iman lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Iman names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused and skills-based care online
Iman often uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name painful emotions and understand how those emotions show up in relationships. EFT-style work focuses on what people feel and helps them try different emotional responses to improve connection and reduce distress.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which emphasizes listening, validation, and working at the client's pace, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which looks at thoughts and behaviors to create practical changes. CBT techniques are useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because they offer clear steps to test and change unhelpful thinking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust strategies over time in a collaborative way. Clients help shape which tools and styles are emphasized.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can fit short check-ins or on-the-go support. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and many related problems.
What is the therapist's general style in sessions?
The approach is collaborative and practical, combining emotion-focused work with client-centered support and cognitive strategies to build new coping skills.
What professional background does the therapist have?
The clinician has eight years of experience across inpatient and outpatient settings and has provided telehealth services for two years.
What credentials and location are listed?
The therapist holds MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW credentials and practices from Nevada.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available for online care?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
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