Peter Spanton
Experienced counsellor for stress and addiction
About Peter
Peter Spanton helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression and anger. He is a counsellor with a BACP credential and five years of professional experience in the UK. He aims to make conversations straightforward and approachable for people who feel overwhelmed.
Peter keeps sessions down-to-earth and focused. He listens for what matters most, then works with each person to set simple, practical goals. He uses methods that look at present thoughts and behaviours, and methods that consider past experiences that shape current feelings.
Background and approach
Before becoming a counsellor, he worked in the restaurant industry and ran his own drinks company as creative director. That background gives him direct insight into work-related stress and the pressure of juggling many responsibilities. He understands how career strain can affect mood, sleep and relationships.
Common issues he supports include drug and alcohol addiction, process addictions such as gambling or pornography, sex addiction, social anxiety, and the effects of sexual assault and abuse. He also helps with feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, loneliness and questions about life purpose and midlife change. Sessions are practical and collaborative.
Peter combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches with psychodynamic ideas to help people notice patterns and try different ways of coping. He offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through difficult experiences and to plan small, steady changes.
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How these approaches work online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, focuses on the connections between thoughts, feelings and actions. It helps people test unhelpful thinking and try out new behaviours to reduce anxiety, manage mood and curb addictive patterns. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences shape current reactions and relationships. It helps people uncover repeated patterns that contribute to emptiness, guilt or recurring conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they will choose whether CBT-style exercises, psychodynamic reflection or a mix of both best suits the issue at hand, and adapt the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when discussion benefits from visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and work well for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people send messages between sessions or use written check-ins when that fits a schedule. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel and other daily demands while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| 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
- Anger management
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
