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Dr. Maria Peters, LPC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Maria

Dr. Maria Peters offers support to people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and a wide range of life challenges including relationship difficulties, addiction concerns, grief, and ADHD.

Background and approach

With two decades of clinical experience, she centers clients' perspectives and strengths while helping them identify practical steps toward greater balance and wellbeing. Her practice emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person’s story.

Dr. Peters draws on approaches such as attachment-focused work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral strategies, EMDR for trauma processing, and elements of the Gottman Method for relationship concerns.

This blend allows her to tailor sessions to individual needs and preferences while addressing emotional patterns, coping skills, and relational dynamics. Licensed as an LPC in Texas, she brings 20 years of counseling experience to her clients and accepts international clients as well.

Dr. Peters encourages those ready to explore change to take the first step and seek a path toward more satisfying relationships, improved emotional regulation, and clearer personal goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Peters commonly integrates attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral therapy to address emotional patterns and practical day-to-day difficulties. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early and current relationship experiences shape feelings and behaviors, which can help with intimacy, abandonment concerns, and communication problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and offers concrete skill-building for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

She also uses EMDR for clients processing trauma when appropriate, a structured method that supports reprocessing of distressing memories and their emotional impacts. Choosing an approach is collaborative: the therapist reviews goals, symptoms, and client preferences and then tailors interventions so the work fits each person rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives or to access care from different locations. These formats allow licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care, offer timely support, and use therapeutic techniques adaptively across session types to meet practical needs and preferences.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a broad range of difficulties including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, ADHD, and many related areas.
What is her general therapeutic style?
The approach is collaborative and strengths-based, combining client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques like CBT and EMDR to help clients develop coping skills and process distressing experiences.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional counseling experience and has worked with clients across a wide variety of concerns during that time.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and holds license TX LPC 64866 in the state of Texas.
Does she offer services in languages besides English or accept clients abroad?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English