Dr. Maria Peters, LPC
Texas · 20 years in practice
Dr. Maria Peters is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 64866 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1851608004 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- 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 Maria
Dr. Maria Peters is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges like addiction, ADHD, and grief.
She encourages clients to use their own strengths to move toward clearer goals and healthier patterns. Her style is straightforward and respectful. Sessions center on listening first, then using practical tools that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
She treats emotional pain as something that can be understood and changed with steady work and realistic steps. Dr. Peters uses several approaches to shape treatment.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors. Attachment-Based work looks at how early connections influence current relationships. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma-focused work when appropriate.
Over two decades she has worked with a wide variety of concerns from body image and chronic illness to caregiver stress and co-occurring conditions. Her experience includes addressing abandonment, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, and communication problems. She also supports people through career stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue.
Practical matters are part of sessions. Dr. Peters aims to set clear goals, teach coping strategies, and coach clients through real-life situations.
The pace and tools are adjusted to what each person needs and is ready to try.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Maria lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- 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
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Maria names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- 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
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
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and focuses on building safer ways to connect with others, which can help with relationship strain and attachment worries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors, useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used as a trauma-focused option to reduce distressing memories and reactions when that approach fits the client's needs.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will listen to your story, outline options, and work together to decide what to try first. Goals and methods are reviewed regularly so the plan can change if something is not working.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you read facial cues and do deeper conversational work. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework follow-up, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep a consistent schedule and to use therapy in ways that fit daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and many related topics listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her approach is direct and collaborative, starting with listening then using practical tools from cognitive behavioral, attachment-based, and other methods to address thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional counseling experience working with a broad range of mental health and life concerns.
What credentials and location are associated with the therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices with that credential.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as formats for online therapy.
How does cost and billing work?
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 begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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