Peter Thompson
Person-centred counsellor focused on practical change
About Peter
Peter Thompson is a counsellor who draws on person-centred practice to help people through difficult times. He uses an approachable style and plain language to make conversations straightforward. He aims to build a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief and relationship worries.
He qualified with a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling in 2011 and has fourteen years of experience since. That background includes both volunteer and professional roles dealing with issues such as addiction, trauma, self-esteem and sleeping problems.
Background and approach
He also works with concerns around intimacy, sexuality, LGBT issues and complex topics like attachment and abandonment. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of him. He often blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused ideas to help people make practical changes.
He also uses psychodynamic thinking when exploring past patterns that affect current life. Peter stresses three core themes in his work - choice, responsibility and autonomy - and aims to help people reclaim those things. He keeps a down-to-earth tone and sometimes uses well-timed humour when appropriate.
He checks messages regularly and aims to respond without long delays. He accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Outside of counselling he writes and performs spoken word poetry, which he says feeds his creative approach to talking and reflection.
What Peter works with
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Sessions & fees
How Peter’s approaches work in online therapy
Peter uses client-centred work and cognitive behavioural therapy as core tools in online sessions. Client-centred work focuses on listening, empathy and helping a person find their own answers, which can be useful for emotional concerns such as grief or low self-esteem. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep and manage mood.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Peter discusses goals, preferences and the problem at hand to decide together which methods to use. This collaborative way ensures techniques match what the person needs and can be adjusted as work progresses.
Online therapy gives flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching or people who prefer writing instead of talking. These options make it easier to keep appointments and carry work forward between sessions.
| 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
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
