About Peggy
Peggy Harless is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship strain, grief, and ADHD-related struggles. She writes plainly and connects in a down-to-earth way. Peggy uses practical strategies so people can cope better day to day.
Her background includes work across outpatient clinics and inpatient psychiatric settings. That range gave her experience with mood concerns, substance use, family conflict, and communication breakdowns.
Background and approach
She draws on hands-on experience rather than jargon. Peggy blends therapy methods that focus on thoughts, actions, and present-moment noticing. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take manageable steps toward them. Mindfulness exercises and Motivational Interviewing are tools she uses when clients want straightforward practices and guidance to make changes. Narrative approaches can help people reframe difficult stories and find new meaning after loss or trauma.
Sessions aim to be practical and collaborative. Peggy is not overly formal; she aims to be direct, relatable, and respectful. She invites honest conversation and works with each person to find realistic strategies they can use between sessions.
Outside of clinical work she reads and plays video games, which helps her stay grounded and approachable. She offers services from Georgia as a Georgia LMFT and conducts sessions in English.
Practical approaches for online therapy and growth
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps even when emotions are hard to tolerate. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches simple tools to change patterns that keep problems going. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and everyday coping skills. Mindfulness Therapy uses short practices to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can support emotion regulation and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and try methods that fit your situation. She treats therapy as a collaboration and adjusts methods based on what helps you make steady progress.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style feedback, or when you want written reflections to revisit later. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and different daily rhythms.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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