- Supportive conversational style
- Practical goal setting
- Focus on action steps
About Peter
Peter Jastermsky is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 35 years of experience. He has worked in settings from employee assistance programs to outpatient mental health and drug and alcohol services. He has also supervised and trained other therapists. Peter offers individual counseling for adults aged 21 and up who live in California and Pennsylvania.
Peter uses a supportive, conversational style. Sessions start where a person is now. He helps people weigh choices and think through what might change if they act differently. He works with practical goals and supports decisions rather than lecturing or giving one-size-fits-all answers.
People come to him for many concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, career shifts, depression, and struggles with self esteem. He also addresses addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include aging and caregiver stress, communication and control issues, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, men's midlife questions, and workplace or financial strain.
His approach blends client-centered therapy with practical methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused techniques. Mindfulness and existential ways of looking at meaning and choice also inform his work. The emphasis is on clear steps people can try between sessions to move forward.
Peter frames therapy as a cooperative process. He aims to help people identify one meaningful action they can take that moves them out of feeling stuck. People who prefer a calm, listening guide who values their knowledge of themselves often find his style helpful.
Peter uses a supportive, conversational style. Sessions start where a person is now. He helps people weigh choices and think through what might change if they act differently. He works with practical goals and supports decisions rather than lecturing or giving one-size-fits-all answers.
People come to him for many concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief, career shifts, depression, and struggles with self esteem. He also addresses addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include aging and caregiver stress, communication and control issues, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, men's midlife questions, and workplace or financial strain.
His approach blends client-centered therapy with practical methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused techniques. Mindfulness and existential ways of looking at meaning and choice also inform his work. The emphasis is on clear steps people can try between sessions to move forward.
Peter frames therapy as a cooperative process. He aims to help people identify one meaningful action they can take that moves them out of feeling stuck. People who prefer a calm, listening guide who values their knowledge of themselves often find his style helpful.