- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Myrna
Myrna Peterson-Weimann is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults who are managing parenting stress, family conflict, anger, low self-esteem, and attention challenges. She speaks English and aims to make conversations straightforward and useful.
Myrna keeps sessions practical. She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals. Conversations can cover communication strategies, ways to handle disruptive behavior, and methods to reduce constant worry or anger.
Background and approach
She adapts the pace to each person so progress feels realistic. Her background includes long-term work with a range of family concerns and life transitions. That experience informs how she helps people sort priorities, manage caregiver strain, and handle blended family dynamics.
She also addresses issues tied to body image, commitment fears, and feelings of emptiness. Myrna uses an eclectic mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match each person’s needs. These include cognitive and behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, and person-centered conversations.
She explains ideas plainly and co-creates a plan that fits daily life. Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make ongoing support easier to keep up with. Starting therapy is framed as a step-by-step process, and she guides people through scheduling and practical next steps.
What Myrna works with
Everything Myrna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Myrna helps people with.
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Her practice draws on cognitive behavioral ideas that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anger, anxiety, or low self-esteem. These methods teach concrete skills for handling stress and improving daily routines.She also uses motivational interviewing techniques to help people clarify their goals and boost readiness for change. That approach is useful when someone feels stuck or needs help building momentum toward parenting or lifestyle goals.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time based on what works best for the client.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or be easier if bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins or written reflections between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and busy family schedules.
Questions people ask about Myrna
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with family conflict, parenting challenges, anger, low self-esteem, and ADHD-related struggles, plus related issues such as caregiver stress and blended family adjustments.
What is her style of therapy like?
Her style is practical and adaptable. She listens, helps set clear goals, and uses conversational techniques to teach skills people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional work experience helping people with family, parenting, mood, and life transition concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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