Peggy Winsman, LCSW

Peggy Winsman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Connecticut with 25 years of experience. She has spent her career helping adults who face anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and the stress of life changes. Her work often includes people grappling with relationships, grief, intimacy questions, and codependency patterns.

Peggy pays attention to how physical health and mental health interact. She may discuss medical status, nutrition, and activity when these factors affect someone’s mood or energy. That practical focus helps make sessions relevant to daily life.

She favors a client-centered approach, which means conversations start from the person’s priorities and goals. Peggy also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to teach skills for mood, thinking, and handling strong emotions.

In practice she uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to help people notice patterns, set achievable steps, and build forward momentum. Sessions tend to include clear strategies alongside discussion about history and strengths.

Peggy has worked with trauma and post-traumatic stress across her career and supports people with dissociation, impulsivity, and compassion fatigue. She also helps people address chronic pain, illness, or disability when those issues tie into mental health. Her descriptions emphasize steady, practical work rather than quick fixes.

How Peggy applies practical approaches online