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Peggy Yoder

Compassionate relational therapy with practical skills

LMFT Texas

Experience
6 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Peggy

Peggy Yoder is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Texas who focuses on helping people strengthen how they connect with themselves and others. Clients often come to her when stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, or life transitions feel overwhelming.

Background and approach

With a practical, relational emphasis she aims to create clearer communication patterns and healthier emotional responses so daily challenges become more manageable. Drawing on six years of clinical experience, she blends evidence-based methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with therapies that attend to emotions and attachment dynamics.

This integrative stance allows her to tailor sessions to each person's history and goals, addressing concerns like grief over separation, patterns of avoidant or dependent behavior, codependency, infidelity, and blended family adjustments. Peggy frames therapy as collaborative work focused on building skills, repairing relational wounds, and navigating change at a pace that fits each client.

Online approaches for relational and emotional growth

Peggy commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early and current relational patterns to help clients build more supported ways of relating and to address issues like abandonment, dependency, or conflicts within partnerships and families.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is shaped by the client's concerns, goals, and preferences. Peggy takes a collaborative stance, discussing treatment options and adjusting methods over time so the plan reflects each person's history and what they want to change or preserve in their relationships and daily life.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and use different communication styles to match what feels most helpful for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What presenting issues does she address?
Peggy works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, anger, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment problems, codependency, infidelity, and blended family challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is integrative and collaborative, using practical, skills-oriented work alongside therapies that explore emotions and relational patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her toolkit to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has six years of professional experience as a practicing therapist. That background informs her work with relational and emotional concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the credential TX LMFT 203605 and provides services based in Texas.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and availability.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsAnger managementCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismPersonality disordersSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English