Ethel Richard-Peterson
Careful, direct support for everyday struggles
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ethel
Ethel Richard-Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas. She brings six years of professional experience and focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and related concerns. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to build a real therapeutic connection so people feel heard and understood.
She uses straightforward conversation to help clients name problems and find workable next steps. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Background and approach
Clients can expect honest feedback alongside support and encouragement. In practice she draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on each person’s perspective. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change, and Narrative Therapy to look at the stories that shape daily life.
These methods help with things like coping with life changes, substance misuse, parenting stress, and relationship problems. Ethel also works with issues such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, postpartum depression, and multicultural concerns. She pays attention to the practical demands people face and helps them build small, manageable changes.
Sessions can be scheduled by completing a short matching questionnaire and then booking according to availability. Therapy is offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How chosen approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience and priorities. Online sessions let the therapist listen closely and follow what matters most to the client, which helps with stress, self-esteem, and family-related concerns.Motivational Interviewing helps people find internal reasons to change. In remote sessions the therapist asks open questions and supports small, realistic steps toward goals like reducing substance use or improving daily routines.
Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships. Talking through those stories online can bring new perspectives and practical shifts in how someone handles parenting challenges, grief, or identity issues.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to share preferences so therapy reflects their priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility to meet from home, work, or another quiet spot. Video calls and phone sessions allow deeper conversation, while live chat and text messaging can support check-ins and short exchanges between appointments. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and keep continuity when life gets hectic.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
Narrative Therapy
Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
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