George Petrou
Compassionate relational therapy for complex life challenges
About George
George Petrou uses a relational, person-centred style to help people who are carrying difficult experiences. He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years of professional experience. George works in English and accepts international clients.
He helps people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression, stress and anxiety. He also supports those facing LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating struggles, parenting strains, anger and career challenges.
Background and approach
Additional areas include attachment problems, body image, chronic illness and co-morbidity. George aims to build an attuned therapeutic relationship based on acceptance and empathy. Sessions focus on listening carefully, validating feelings and helping people name what is happening for them.
He encourages honest conversation and gradual steps toward change. His approach draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centred practice, with tools from dialectical behaviour therapy and trauma-focused work when they suit someone’s needs. He may also use eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing for trauma-related material if appropriate.
People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to talk about painful memories or current problems. Work might include exploring patterns that cause distress, learning emotion regulation skills, and making practical plans for in-the-moment coping. George aims to help people find clearer choices and more manageable ways of living.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions. Therapy is delivered online via video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.
What George works with
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
George uses attachment-based ideas and client-centred practice to guide online work. Attachment-based therapy focuses on relationships and helps people understand and change patterns that started in early connections. It can be useful for attachment issues, abandonment fears and problems with intimacy. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre and relies on empathy and acceptance to help someone explore feelings and choices.He also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy for emotion regulation and coping skills when someone needs practical strategies. DBT offers clear skills for managing intense emotions, improving communication and reducing impulsive behaviour, which can be helpful for stress, anger and self-harm tendencies. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist will work with the person to decide what fits their goals, strengths and immediate needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and hold a longer session, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text can be useful for brief check-ins, practical planning or ongoing support between sessions. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and lifestyles, and they make it easier to keep therapy going even when life is busy.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
