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Tova Pete

Tova Pete, LPC

Therapist in Texas

Compassionate counselor focused on relationships and mood

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  • Collaborative approach
  • Practical skills
  • Client centered

About Tova

Tova Pete is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Texas who focuses on relationship and mood concerns. She brings 11 years of counseling experience to work with people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and difficulties around intimacy and self-esteem. She also addresses parenting and family-related struggles, ADHD, grief, trauma, and anger in everyday language and practical steps.

Tova’s style is open and collaborative. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and works together with clients to set goals. Her work draws on client-centered methods and evidence-based models to shape treatment that fits each person’s life.

In sessions she uses clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts, manage strong emotions, and build practical skills. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing also appear when they match a client’s goals and readiness for change.

She has a long history of helping people sort through family-of-origin issues, blended family stress, communication and commitment concerns, and relationship patterns like codependency and attachment wounds. She also supports people coping with life changes such as divorce, career shifts, or caregiving strain.

Tova emphasizes honesty and respect in the counseling room. She invites clients to co-create a treatment plan and adjusts methods as needs evolve. To get started, readers are encouraged to use the site’s matching process and schedule according to availability.

How Tova’s Approaches Fit Online Work

Tova commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in counseling. Client-centered work focuses on listening, respect, and collaborating with the person to set goals and pace. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk through relationship worries or parenting stress. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. This is a team process where plans are adjusted based on what helps most in real life.

Confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, or choose a quieter time during the day. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn’t needed and make it simpler to keep continuity during life transitions. Licensed professionals and therapists use these options to help clients build skills and navigate relationship and mood concerns without promising specific outcomes.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Credentials

Texas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Tova commonly address?

She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting issues, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, anger, career questions, and ADHD.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is open and collaborative. She blends a person-centered stance with structured tools to meet each person where they are.

What is her clinical background?

She has 11 years of counseling experience working across the age span on mood, behavior, relationship, and attention concerns.

What credentials and location apply to this therapist?

She is an LPC, licensed in Texas.

In which languages are sessions conducted?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She is not currently accepting international clients.

How are fees and payment structured?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Choose the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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