Bethany Maroney-Peterson , LMFT

Bethany Maroney-Peterson is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 16 years of clinical experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate life transitions, relationship struggles, and trauma. She brings a strengths-based perspective to her work, combining training in trauma and PTSD, anxiety disorders, depression, and human development with clinical tools drawn from Solution-Focused, Cognitive Behavioral, Trauma-Focused, and Dialectical Behavior therapies. Her background also includes certification in Combat Mental Health and experience supporting veterans and their families.

Bethany emphasizes collaborative care, working alongside clients to identify practical skills and strategies that support healthier relationships and more resilient coping. She adapts treatment approaches to fit each person or family, aiming to build sustainable skills rather than relying on one-size-fits-all methods. Her style is warm, relaxed, and open, and she tailors interventions to meet individual needs while maintaining a clear focus on goals such as managing anxiety, improving communication, addressing grief, or coping with caregiver stress.

Across a wide range of concerns - from parenting and attachment issues to mood disorders, anger, and intimacy-related problems - Bethany centers the client s priorities and works step-by-step to foster lasting change and improved functioning in daily life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. It helps clients and families improve bonding, repair ruptures, and build more secure ways of relating in close relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a skills-oriented approach that identifies unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress while improving daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, giving clients space to lead the process while the therapist offers support and reflective listening to foster self-understanding and growth.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy itself. Bethany works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods align best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts techniques as progress is made. This collaborative process helps ensure care fits the person rather than forcing a single model of treatment.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, manage family responsibilities, or access care from different locations within California. These options support continuity of care and make it simpler to practice skills between sessions under the guidance of licensed professionals and therapists.