About Maria
Dr. Maria Peters is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of clinical experience. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship strain.
Dr. Peters listens first and helps each person figure out simple, workable next steps. She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and that therapy builds on existing strengths.
Sessions focus on clear goals and practical strategies that fit daily life.
Background and approach
That may mean learning new ways to handle anger, improving sleep and eating patterns, or finding better ways to communicate with a partner. Dr. Peters draws on several approaches to match a person’s needs.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships influence present behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. For trauma, she may use EMDR techniques alongside supportive, client-centered care.
Many people come to her for things that cluster together - for example, grief with depression, chronic illness with stress, or ADHD with anxiety. She also supports concerns such as addictions, caregiver stress, body image, and issues related to adoption and attachment. Her practice in Texas reflects two decades of experience and a practical, down-to-earth style.
People who prefer straightforward guidance and collaborative problem solving often report the best fit. The first session typically focuses on what matters now and a few small changes to try next.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Peters commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns; this approach helps when trust, closeness, or fear of abandonment affect daily life. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. For people recovering from trauma, she may integrate EMDR methods alongside supportive, client-centered work to address traumatic memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. She starts by listening to your goals and concerns, then suggests approaches that match what you want to change. That plan is adjusted over time so techniques fit your needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful when interactions and nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people keep momentum and access care from different locations and schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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