About Peggy
Peggy Cahue-Kuipers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 16 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship concerns, and the day-to-day challenges of parenting and life change. Peggy uses straightforward talk and collaborative planning so people can make realistic progress.
She draws on client-centered work to build trust and safety in sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy inform the tools she offers.
How Peggy works
Those methods are used to address mood, coping skills, communication, and painful memories in ways people can apply outside sessions. Peggy aims to help people reduce symptoms and build practical skills. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try new behaviors, and set achievable goals.
Therapy is presented as a process that takes time and effort, and she partners with people who are ready to work on change. Her practice includes support for grief, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, intimacy-related issues, and struggles with self-esteem and guilt. Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, blended family concerns, codependency, and substance use problems.
Peggy also addresses family-of-origin issues and communication or control struggles. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She frames therapy as a collaborative effort and encourages people to take the first step toward clearer goals and better daily coping.
Peggy lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Peggy works with
The areas below are the ones Peggy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and living through major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing new behaviors to reduce symptoms. It often helps with anxiety, mood problems, and sleep difficulties. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and expressing emotions to improve relationships and attachment patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what leads to real progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and practicing interactions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, and people who need flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while using the approaches above in practical, real-world ways.
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