About Peter
Peter Jastermsky is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 35 years of experience. He holds active LCSW licenses in California and Pennsylvania. He offers individual counseling for adults and takes a practical, conversational approach to therapy.
He has worked in Employee Assistance programs, outpatient mental health, and substance use settings. He has also supervised and trained other clinicians during his career. Those experiences shaped a straightforward style that emphasizes clear choices and doable steps.
How Peter works
Sessions begin where a person actually is. He asks about current concerns, helps weigh options, and supports goal setting. He aims to identify one concrete action that can move someone forward, whether the issue is anxiety, grief, depression, or career stress.
His approach blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused work. Mindfulness and existential ideas are also part of how he helps people reflect on meaning and values. The emphasis is on making changes rather than only analyzing the past.
He helps with a wide range of everyday struggles - coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting stress, workplace pressures, and addictive patterns. He also pays attention to aging and caregiver concerns, guilt and shame, and the search for life purpose. Sessions are offered in English and follow a collaborative pace.
Peter guides clients through decisions, supports practical change, and focuses on steps that fit each person's life.
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What Peter works with
The areas below are the ones Peter selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's perspective. It gives people space to set their own goals while the therapist reflects what matters most and supports personal choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors connect and offers simple skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change unhelpful patterns. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes small, concrete steps and builds on what already works to create quick momentum.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try approaches, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaborative process means methods can shift over time as needs and priorities change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video allows fuller face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum while working toward goals.
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