About Peggy
Peggy Lingard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of experience helping people navigate big life changes. She moved to California for a dream job and learned firsthand how loss of routine and supports can upend a life. That personal turn inspired her to become a therapist who helps clients reconnect with strengths and joyful activities.
Peggy uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions. She listens first, then helps clients try small, doable actions that build momentum.
How Peggy works
She often draws on mindfulness and skills that help with stress, panic, depression, and relationship or identity questions. Her background includes extensive training across a range of approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, client-centered work, and the Gottman Method.
Peggy values the therapeutic relationship above all and collaborates with each person to choose techniques that fit their life and goals. She speaks openly about identity and the ways diversity shapes relationships and care. Peggy says she does not assume expertise about anyone's life and approaches each person with curiosity and respect.
She encourages transparency and a willingness to try new ways of coping. Sessions are geared toward practical change - reducing anxiety, managing grief, handling career or caregiver stress, and addressing addictions or intimacy concerns. Peggy invites people who want to be active partners in therapy and who are ready to try small steps that add up to meaningful change.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and take practical actions that match those values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where motivation and meaning are important. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through step-by-step practice and is often used for panic, mood disorders, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance that help with strong emotional reactions and relationship strain.Peggy approaches these methods collaboratively. She will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust based on what works for each person. The choice of approach is made together, with attention to the client's needs and preferences rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats increase flexibility and help people keep consistent momentum toward their goals.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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