Peggy Fair, LCSW

Peggy Fair is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 40 years in mental health practice. She spent the early part of her career as an emergency mental health therapist in Virginia and has worked in North Carolina for the past 30 years. Peggy has substantial experience in inpatient psychiatric settings and with military servicemembers, and she has run a long-standing part-time private practice focused on relationship work.

Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. She helps people set clear goals and teaches tools to reach those goals. Peggy describes herself as an integrative therapist who draws on different methods to meet each person's needs. She aims to give straightforward strategies clients can use between sessions.

Over the years Peggy has helped people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also addresses blended family challenges, caregiver stress, codependency, commitment and control issues, divorce and separation, and family of origin difficulties.

Peggy spent 16 years working in an inpatient psychiatric hospital and 14 years as a mental health therapist serving Marines and Navy servicemembers. Alongside that work she maintained a part-time private practice for 23 years, often meeting couples in the evenings to focus on conflict resolution and coping skills. Her long career gives her a broad base of clinical experience.

Now semi-retired and living in Florida, she still enjoys helping people move toward their goals. Peggy checks messages several times a day, seven days a week, and aims to reply within 24 hours or less.

Approach-driven online care with practical tools

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in the room. It gives space to be heard and helps people find their own solutions to relationship, stress, and life-change problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches concrete techniques to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean trying a few tools and adjusting as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, whether that means shorter check-ins during a work break, fewer travel demands, or the chance to meet at convenient times like evenings. Online work can support steady progress through regular appointments and practical homework that carries over into daily routines.