- Years in practice
- 11
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Tova
Tova Pete is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who brings 11 years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and ADHD. Her style is direct and collaborative so people know what to expect from the first session.
Tova uses a person-centered stance that keeps each person's needs at the center of care. She pairs that with structured tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and DBT when helpful.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to feel straightforward and problem-focused, not abstract or overly technical. She also works with grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, anger, intimacy-related issues, and career stress. Additional areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems.
Tova aims to help people sort priorities and build realistic strategies that fit day-to-day life. Tova describes her counseling as open and respectful. She invites honesty and makes treatment planning a joint process.
That means goals and homework are agreed on together and adjusted as progress is made. Practical steps and simple skills are common in her sessions. Clients leave with tangible strategies to try between meetings, whether that means behavior experiments, mindfulness practices, or communication tools.
The tone is encouraging and focused on steady growth.
What Tova works with
Everything Tova lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tova helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tova lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful therapeutic relationship. The approach emphasizes understanding your priorities and shaping sessions around your goals, which can help with parenting concerns, relationship strain, and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related challenges because it gives clear steps to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit the situation. That plan can change over time based on what is helpful and what is not, with choices made together.
Online therapy lets people use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for them. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and learning new skills, phone sessions are handy when bandwidth is low, chat and text are good for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options make scheduling easier and let people keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Tova
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, ADHD, grief, trauma, anger, career stress, and related issues such as attachment, codependency, and blended family challenges.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is open and collaborative and centered on the person. She uses clear, goal-focused work and pairs person-centered care with structured methods like CBT and DBT when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she practices with clients located in Texas.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and starting therapy handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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