About Peggy
Peggy Winsman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of practice in Connecticut. She brings steady, practical care to people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, and other long-running struggles. Peggy aims to make sessions feel straightforward and supportive from the first conversation.
Her work often connects emotional health with physical health. She asks about medical status, sleep, movement, and nutrition when these areas matter to the concern at hand.
Background and approach
That helps her tailor realistic steps people can try between sessions. Peggy favors a client-centered style, which means she pays attention to each person’s goals and pace. She combines that with cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Dialectical behavior therapy ideas and mindfulness practices also appear when they fit the situation. People come to Peggy for many reasons: stress, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, addiction challenges, and trouble managing impulses. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, chronic pain, dissociation, or smoking and vaping cessation.
Sessions focus on practical tools and clearer next steps rather than medical labels. Her approach is collaborative and adaptable. Peggy listens first, offers options that fit daily life, and helps people find small changes that add up.
She works in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for convenience.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a plan that matches what the person wants to change. It helps when someone needs a respectful, paced approach and clear joint decision making about goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Online CBT often includes short exercises, thought tracking, and practical homework to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and impulsivity.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. In remote sessions Peggy can teach grounding, emotion regulation, and distress-tolerance skills that people can practice between appointments.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Peggy will talk about goals, try methods that fit the person’s life, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process shapes which strategies are used and how they are taught.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting quick coaching between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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