Ethel Richard-Peterson, LCSW
Compassionate, practical online therapy
Details
| Name | Ethel Richard-Peterson |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 6 |
About Ethel
Ethel Richard-Peterson is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Texas with six years of experience in online therapy. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship concerns. She aims to build a straightforward, honest connection so people feel heard and understood early in therapy.
Her style is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions are conversational and guided by what matters to the person sitting across from her.
Background and approach
She uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and their lives. She also draws on Client-Centered and Motivational Interviewing approaches to support personal goals and encourage meaningful change. People often come to her coping with life changes, caregiving stress, trauma, substance use, or parenting strain.
She also works with concerns like ADHD, postpartum depression, eating or sleeping difficulties, and compassion fatigue. Ethel pays attention to cultural and life-context issues that shape a person's day-to-day struggles. In sessions she aims to be direct but warm, and to help people uncover their own strengths.
Conversations can include setting clear goals, trying new responses, and reflecting on patterns that get in the way of progress. She frames work as a step-by-step process rather than a quick fix. Therapy with Ethel is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
People who want to begin can follow the site's Start Therapy flow to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem among the things Ethel works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Ethel among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Ethel among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Ethel among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Ethel among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Ethel directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Ethel directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Narrative and Goal-Focused Work Online
Many online sessions include Narrative Therapy, which helps people examine the stories they tell about themselves and change the parts that cause pain or limit choices. This approach can be useful for grief, identity questions, relationship patterns, and coping with big life changes.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person leads the conversation and the therapist follows. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to help clients clarify goals and find internal motivation for change, which is often helpful for substance use, career shifts, or behavior changes.
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will listen to a person's needs and preferences and suggest one or a mix of methods. Together they track progress and adjust the plan as goals evolve.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat and text are useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, substance use, and relationship challenges. Additional focus areas include parenting strain, caregiver stress, ADHD, and postpartum depression.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and warm with conversational sessions. She helps people tell different stories about their lives and sets practical goals to try new behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of online therapy experience noted in this profile and a background as a licensed clinical social worker working with a range of concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an LCSW license in Texas and provides therapy services from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and payment work?
Session cost varies by location and therapist availability and is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Contacting this therapist
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