Peggy Slusarski , LCSW

Peggy Slusarski is a Florida licensed therapist and LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with 31 years of clinical experience supporting people through complex emotional and relational challenges. She works with individuals facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and a wide range of relationship concerns, offering steady, experienced guidance to help clients understand patterns, process difficult experiences, and develop practical coping skills.

Peggy’s practice attends to both everyday stressors and deep-seated issues, including self-esteem struggles, social anxiety, communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, and the emotional impacts of adoption, abandonment, and attachment difficulties. She also has expertise addressing mood disorders, trauma and abuse, family conflicts, and life transitions such as divorce and separation.

Her therapeutic stance blends evidence-based strategies with a client-centered focus, helping people build resilience, strengthen relationships, and make meaningful change at their own pace. Peggy aims to create a supportive space where clients can explore emotions, learn healthier coping strategies, and move toward greater self-understanding and well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Peggy Slusarski

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT helps people clarify their values and take committed actions aligned with what matters most. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where changing thoughts is difficult but living a meaningful life is a goal).

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current bonds and emotional responses. This approach can help with relationship difficulties, attachment issues, and the ripple effects of adoption or abandonment.

Peggy approaches treatment collaboratively, helping each person determine which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She works with clients to try approaches, evaluate what helps, and adjust the plan together so therapy remains focused and relevant.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to maintain continuity during transitions. For many clients, remote options increase accessibility, reduce travel time, and allow regular work on coping skills and relationship issues with a licensed professional from the convenience of familiar settings.