Peggy Whelan, LMHC
Massachusetts · 33 years in practice
Peggy Whelan is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LMHC, Massachusetts
- LMHC3005 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1295003986 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 33
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Peggy
Peggy Whelan is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and works at a person’s pace to help them find clearer ways forward. Peggy uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs and goals.
With 33 years of experience, she draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols alongside practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy.
Background and approach
Sessions also incorporate attachment-based and client-centered elements when those fit. This mix lets her address feelings, thought patterns, and relationship dynamics in concrete ways. People come to Peggy for many reasons, including grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, parenting stress, and career pressure.
She also supports work on self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, eating and food-related problems, and managing bipolar symptoms. Peggy pays attention to how family of origin, caregiver stress, and aging concerns influence current life. In the room she offers steady guidance and gentle challenge.
Conversations include problem-solving, skill practice, and exploring deeper personal themes. She helps people build coping strategies, improve communication, and face painful memories at a manageable pace. Sessions are offered in English and are scheduled to fit each person’s life.
Peggy aims to make therapy practical and understandable while also attending to deeper personal meaning. If someone wants to start, she invites them to take the first step and complete the short matching questionnaire to set up an initial meeting.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Peggy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Peggy names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jungian therapy looks at symbols, dreams, and personal meaning to help people understand life patterns and find clearer direction. It can be useful when someone wants to explore deeper questions about identity, purpose, or recurring emotional themes.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and emotional responses. This approach helps people improve how they relate to others and manage relationship stress.
Peggy treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She listens to priorities, tries different techniques, and adjusts the mix based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide together whether to emphasize insight work, skill training, or both.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is an issue or a quieter setting is easier. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use shorter, focused contacts when a quick check or brief coaching is needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Peggy address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction issues, eating and intimacy concerns, and many life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines gentle guidance with practical exercises. Conversations can include skill practice, problem solving, and deeper exploration of meaning.
What is her experience with clients?
Peggy brings 33 years of professional experience to her work and draws on both insight-oriented and behavioral techniques to help people make changes.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is licensed in Massachusetts and holds an MA and the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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