My Approach to Helping
Dr. Peta-gay Ledbetter is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) whohas 16 years of experience as a psychotherapist providing care to adolescents, teens, and adults. Dr. Petais most passionate about women’s issues including postpartum depression (dissertation) and treating survivors of sexual assault, sex trafficking, and domestic violence. Trauma, complicated grief, LGBTQIA, codependency, self-harm, infidelity, abortion recovery, and foster care are some of the uncommon topics that she has addressed in therapy. Dr. Peta completed Doctor of Philosophy degrees (PhDs) in Educational Psychology and Individual Differences at the University of Houston. She has been an Adjunct Professor since 2008 and a Counseling Supervisor since 2013. Dr. Peta has also been a Registered Nurse (RN) since 1991 and has Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) and medical training background. She completed post-doctoral studies in 2019 forGlobal Mental Health and Traumaat Harvard MedicalSchool.Dr. Peta is experienced in treating a diverse population as well as issues in a culturally competent manner. Dr. Peta seeks to establish a warm and caring therapeutic relationship with all clients, building on their own individual strengths and adding to coping skills, improving communication, and working collaboratively to meet the clients’ goals for therapy.She has a person-centered approach that is both trauma-informed and solution-focused. Dr. Peta holds certifications and training in multiple therapy interventions such as dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), trust-based relationship intervention (TBRI), marriage and family, and sand tray. Interventions are tailored to the needs of the individual client, couple, or family.