Lara Peter, LCPC

Lara Peter is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) based in Maryland who focuses on helping adults work through relationship concerns and other life stresses. She draws on a decade of experience as a therapist and aims to create a space where people feel heard and understood. Lara emphasizes steady progress and respects each person’s pace when tackling hard topics.

Lara believes therapy should feel like a real connection. She listens closely and reflects back what she hears to help people see patterns and make different choices. Sessions combine empathy with practical feedback and hands-on tools for coping.

Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship challenges, and she also addresses eating concerns, addiction, sleep problems, anger, and career stress. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver strain, communication problems, and ADHD-related struggles.

Lara uses a person-centered approach alongside solution-focused strategies. She also incorporates cognitive behavioral ideas and motivational interviewing when they fit the person’s goals. That mix lets her tailor sessions to what the individual actually needs rather than following a single method.

Sessions are practical and goal-oriented while still giving room to process emotions. Lara works to offer feedback, teach coping skills, and suggest resources that support real change. She invites people to move at a pace that feels manageable while keeping an eye on clear, achievable steps forward.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what the client shares so they feel understood and can build insight. It helps with emotional concerns like grief, low self-esteem, and relationship struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and is useful for addictions, ambivalence, and goal setting.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Lara will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It also allows for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight and makes it simpler to continue work after life changes. Licensed professionals and therapists use different techniques effectively online, and Lara aims to adapt her approaches so sessions stay practical and focused on each person's goals.