Ethel Richard-Peterson, LCSW

Licensed in Texas · 6 years in practice

Ethel Richard-Peterson is a licensed clinical social worker with six years of experience listed in this profile.

License and registration

LCSW, Texas: 65529 · expires September 2027
NPI: 1750648119 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 6
Languages: English

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About Ethel

Ethel Richard-Peterson is a licensed clinical social worker with six years of experience listed in this profile. She presents a straightforward, compassionate approach to therapy and focuses on helping people manage stress, grief, anxiety, depression, and shifts in life circumstances. She aims to make sessions feel practical and down-to-earth so clients can use what they learn right away.

She works with people coping with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career worries, addiction issues, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder.

Background and approach

She also supports those facing caregiving stress, loss, fertility and postpartum challenges, and problems tied to discrimination or multicultural stress. Her background includes work with first responders, veterans, and people impacted by disasters. Her style is client-centered and collaborative.

She uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. She brings narrative and psychodynamic ideas into conversations to help people make sense of their stories and recurring patterns. Sessions tend to focus on practical next steps as well as understanding deeper causes.

Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People can expect direct but caring conversation aimed at clarifying goals and trying small experiments between sessions. The emphasis is on realistic, manageable changes that fit daily life.

She is based in Texas and conducts work in English. The profile lists her credential as LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Ethel lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coaching
Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Commitment issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Family problems
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Life purpose
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Multicultural concerns
Postpartum depression
Prejudice and discrimination
Self-love
Workplace issues

Approaches Ethel names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches in online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. The therapist offers empathy, reflection, and support so people can better understand their feelings and choose steps that feel right for them.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It uses respectful conversation to explore ambivalence and boost commitment to practical goals like reducing substance use, improving sleep, or changing daily routines.

Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their lives. By separating a person from a problem, the therapist helps identify alternative storylines and small actions that shift outcomes.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs shift.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text supports quick check-ins and ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist address?

She helps people managing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction, and life transitions. Additional focuses include parenting strain, caregiver stress, fertility and postpartum matters, multicultural concerns, and first responder or veteran issues.

How would you describe the therapy style?

Sessions are client-centered and collaborative. The therapist uses motivational interviewing and narrative ideas to help clients set goals and rethink unhelpful patterns.

What is the therapist's background and experience?

The profile lists six years of professional experience in the roles shown here. That experience includes work with mood disorders, trauma, substance concerns, grief, and family-related stress.

Where is the therapist located and what credential is listed?

The practitioner is based in Texas and the profile shows the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does payment and cost work?

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