About Lynne
Lynne Peters offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, or low mood. She aims to help clients notice small changes that add up to better day-to-day coping. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, focused on what can be done now to feel steadier.
Lynne uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. She applies Client-Centered Therapy to build a respectful, listening relationship. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
How Lynne works
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are part of her toolkit for managing intense emotions and improving coping. With thirteen years of experience, Lynne has worked in varied settings and with diverse concerns. Her background includes helping people facing trauma and abuse, addictions, family-of-origin struggles, caregiver stress, and first responder issues.
She also supports those dealing with relationship communication problems and life transitions such as divorce and separation. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. Lynne uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change.
Mindfulness exercises are offered when slowing down and grounding can help reduce reactivity. Lynne holds an MD and is an LCPC, and she practices in Maryland. She conducts sessions in English and offers several online formats to fit different needs and schedules.
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What Lynne works with
The areas below are the ones Lynne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a strong working relationship, which helps people feel heard and understood before making changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can be taught and practiced in sessions. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans over time. That collaboration helps ensure techniques feel relevant and usable between sessions. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when working on emotion regulation or thought work. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a way to check in when hands-free time is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, skill practice, and brief coaching between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for ongoing work and steady progress.Start online instead of waiting
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