Peggy Slusarski, LCSW

Florida · 31 years in practice

Peggy Slusarski is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with 31 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or relationship strain.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW11047 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1235824665 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 31
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 Slusarski is a Florida licensed clinical social worker with 31 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or relationship strain. She focuses on practical steps clients can take to feel steadier day to day and to handle difficult emotions more effectively. Peggy listens without judgment and works with each person to set clear, doable goals.

Sessions often include learning new ways to manage anxious thoughts, practicing healthier communication, and building routines that reduce stress.

Background and approach

She also supports people facing trauma, loss, or trouble with self-worth. Her background includes long experience helping those coping with caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, and the challenges that come with adoption or disrupted attachments. Peggy pays attention to patterns such as avoidance, dependency, and codependency so clients can name them and change them.

Therapy combines practical skills with attention to relationships and feelings. Peggy uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance-based work, and approaches that emphasize emotional connection. She adapts techniques to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Conversations in sessions are straightforward and focused on what will make life better between visits. People can expect to leave with simple practices to try, and a plan to measure progress over time.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Peggy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Peggy names

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

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and ongoing stress where changing behavior matters more than changing every thought.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and problems like low self-esteem by teaching specific skills for thinking and behavior.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people form healthier ways of relating. It can be helpful for those dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, or repeated relationship struggles.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences before deciding which methods to emphasize, and adjustments are made as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and exercises, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging fits quick check-ins or short practice tasks between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid a busy life.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship difficulties, and related concerns such as low self-esteem and caregiver stress.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is warm and practical, focusing on clear goals, skill-building, and improving daily functioning while also addressing emotional patterns.

How long has she been practicing?

Peggy has 31 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of mood, stress, and relationship issues.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Florida LCSW, practicing with a license in Florida.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

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

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