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Jamie Peckous

Jamie Peckous, LCSW

North Carolina

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LCSW - Anxiety and Guilt work

  • CBT tools
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative techniques

About Jamie

Jamie Peckous is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 12 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, parenting concerns, grief, career questions, and coping with life changes.

She focuses on practical conversation and goal-focused steps. She invites people to talk through where guilt or shame shows up and how it affects daily life. Sessions emphasize strengths the person already has, and build small, manageable changes rather than dramatic overhauls.

Jamie uses concrete tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and to set short-term goals. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support people wrestling with mixed feelings about change. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from painful stories they carry and consider different ways to understand past events.

Her style centers on clarifying what matters to each person and then trying practical steps that fit their life. She pays attention to grief, parenting strain, adoption and foster care issues, postpartum mood concerns, isolation, and the particular pressures young adults and women often face.

People who come to Jamie for help with guilt and shame often start by naming the specific moments that keep recurring. From there she works with them to test new thoughts, practice different responses, and track what helps in everyday situations.

How her approaches translate to online work

Jamie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and test unhelpful thoughts, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short, practical goals. CBT helps when rumination and negative beliefs feed guilt and shame, while Solution-Focused work narrows in on small changes that can be tried between sessions.

She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people sort mixed feelings about change and to find reasons that matter to them. That approach is collaborative and helps with motivation when someone feels stuck or uncertain about taking steps forward.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about which approaches make sense based on their goals and preferences, and will adjust methods over time as needed.

The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when a brief conversation is more helpful than a full session. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and goal-tracking to an online setting so that therapeutic steps fit into everyday life.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careCommunication problemsGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersPostpartum depressionWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Listed in

North Carolina

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting, career changes, and coping with life transitions. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, mood disorders, postpartum depression, women's issues, and young adult concerns.

How would she describe her therapeutic approach?

She uses practical, goal-focused methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. Sessions combine talking through problems with concrete steps to try between meetings.

What level of experience does she have?

She has 12 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individuals facing mood, grief, and life-change challenges.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and practices in that state.

Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are offered?

The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?

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

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

Jamie PeckousLCSW

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