Sex, Relationship and Trauma Therapist in North Andover, Mass.

"After seeing two therapists who couldn’t make a difference for me, I finally found Peg. She is truly something special. Peg’s sandtray, in tandem with the Internal Family Systems model, allowed me to identify the work that needed to be done—and to actually do the work. She is at the cutting edge of ensuring success with her clients. She is easy to talk to, kind, and maintains a sense of levity in her sessions. Finding Peg has changed the course of my life."

  Peg is the most welcoming, open-minded, creative and intuitive therapist I have ever had. And that in itself would be enough for me to recommend her to anyone. But what really sets her apart, what makes her different ... is that she makes a difference. In a very short period of time, Peg gave me real results.

     I first contacted Peg because I was looking for someone who specialized in LGBTQ and gender identity, and had a strong background working with phobias and anxiety. As an artist, I was also intrigued by her work with Sand Tray Therapy. I'd never heard of it, but it sounded promising. I expected to get help, of course. But I was surprised at the insights I gained and the changes I recognized in myself after only a few sessions.

     Peg is an excellent listener who often sees insightful connections I missed when I'm talking with her. But what I find most interesting is the way she uses non-verbal therapy methods in combination with verbal communication to help me access parts of myself more fully than I have before. In any given session we might try Sand Tray Therapy, or EMDR, or another of my favorites, IFS Therapy, where we work with different Parts in me that have struggled to silence or protect other Parts, so I can learn how to listen and speak to myself, as it were, instead of wondering why I sometimes appear to be working against my own best interests.
     This, I think, is at the center of Peg's therapy sessions, and it's probably why she is so effective at affecting real change. She's teaching me to be my own therapist, as I play in the Sand Tray, or open my mind non-judgmentally to parts of me I'd been trying to silence or ignore. She's changing the way I listen to myself ... communicate with myself. And it's made a palpable change in my life and how I'm choosing to live it.