About Peter
Peter Mittiga is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and trauma. He keeps sessions calm and welcoming so people can talk honestly about what’s bothering them. He aims to make therapy feel straightforward and practical for everyday life.
He uses a person-centered approach that treats the client’s experience as the starting point. That means conversations shape the work and goals come from what the person wants to change.
Background and approach
He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help with negative thinking and mood, and dialectical behavior tools to teach coping and emotion regulation skills. With 12 years in the mental health field, he has supported people facing mood disorders, relationship strain, grief, workplace stress and issues like attachment or abandonment.
He also works with concerns such as postpartum depression, compassion fatigue, and financial stress affecting wellbeing. Sessions are offered in English and are scheduled from his New York practice. In sessions, the focus is on clear, practical steps.
He will listen, reflect what he hears, and offer techniques that can be used between meetings. EMDR is included among his approaches for people processing traumatic memories. Therapy with him often starts by identifying a few concrete goals.
From there he and the client try strategies that fit daily life, then check what helps and adjust the plan. The emphasis stays on what matters most to the person in front of him.
How specific approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person’s priorities and lived experience. Online sessions let the therapist listen closely and follow what matters most to the client, then shape goals together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In an online format this often looks like tracking thoughts between sessions and practicing new skills during weekly check-ins. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used to work through traumatic memories by linking memory recall with guided bilateral stimulation; some elements of EMDR can be adapted for remote sessions when appropriate.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their history, current needs and what they want to achieve. From there they pick one or two methods to try, review progress regularly, and adjust as needed so the work fits the person’s goals and daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls let people use visual cues and stay closely connected, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing skill practice, and written reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English