Peter Parknas
Practical, relational therapy for everyday struggles
About Peter
Peter Parknas offers a practical, relational approach to therapy grounded in attachment and client-centred work. He aims to help people reconnect with the strengths they already have and use them to manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. Peter has seven years of experience providing talking therapy in the United Kingdom.
He uses clear, down-to-earth language in sessions so people understand what is happening and why. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing for the person in front of him.
Background and approach
He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That helps when someone struggles with trust, abandonment or intimacy-related issues. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when practical changes to thoughts and behaviours can reduce anxiety, low mood or phobias.
Client-centred therapy is part of his practice, which means the person sets the pace and topics for each session. Mindfulness and existential ideas are woven in when useful to help with life purpose, midlife questions and coping with big changes. Areas Peter commonly addresses include stress, depression, trauma and family problems.
He also works with ADHD concerns, LGBT issues, grief, anger and self-esteem. Additional focus areas include communication problems, control issues, infidelity and multicultural concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Swedish.
People can expect straightforward, calm guidance aimed at building useful skills and clearer ways of relating to themselves and others.
What Peter works with
How Peter works
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Sessions & fees
How attachment and CBT translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at patterns in close relationships and how they affect feelings and behaviour now. Online sessions can be used to notice these patterns, practise different responses and build more supported ways of relating.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. In online sessions a therapist helps identify unhelpful thinking and tries out practical changes that reduce anxiety, low mood or phobias.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and agree a plan together. That means methods can be adjusted over time as needs change, and therapy remains a collaborative process.
Online therapy offers flexibility by letting people choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break at work or use less bandwidth, and chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins or reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the work focused and practical.
| 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
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Swedish
