- Years in practice
- 20
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Peter
Peter Saunders is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with twenty years of practice. He supports people facing stress and anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, grief, parenting concerns and LGBT matters. He works with a wide range of other issues including trauma, anger, sleep problems, compassion fatigue and ADHD.
Peter takes a straightforward, person-focused approach. He believes people are experts in their own lives and aims to help them use their strengths to tackle what feels hard.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and rooted in everyday language rather than clinical jargon. He uses ideas from client-centred counselling to place the person's experience at the centre of sessions. He also draws on psychodynamic thinking to look at patterns that repeat over time, and on solution-focused work to build small, achievable changes.
Peter trained in integrative counselling and completed an earlier diploma in 2002 before gaining further qualifications in 2009. His long experience means he is used to helping people through major life changes, adoption and attachment concerns, and complex emotional struggles. People meet him for steady support, clearer thinking and practical steps forward.
He aims to create a calm space for reflection, to help people make choices and move towards a more manageable, satisfying life.
What Peter works with
Everything Peter lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Peter helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Peter lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Peter's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's perspective and aims to create acceptance and understanding so people can find their own solutions. This approach helps when someone needs to be heard and to build confidence in their decisions.Solution-Focused Therapy looks at small practical steps and what already works in a person's life. It suits people who want targeted changes, clearer goals and tools to move forward quickly.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Peter will discuss options and shape sessions around what the client needs, their goals and how they prefer to work. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Online sessions come in several formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face from different locations, phone calls are useful when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, live chat works for shorter check-ins and text messaging can suit ongoing, flexible contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting schedules, work and other life demands while keeping the focus on moving forward.
Questions people ask about Peter
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
Peter supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strains, parenting issues, trauma and related problems like sleep difficulties and anger.
What is his therapeutic style?
He works in a warm, person-centred way that respects the client's own knowledge of their life and focuses on practical, achievable change.
How much experience does he have?
He has around 20 years of experience, having completed an initial diploma in 2002 and further counselling study in 2009.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is recorded with the NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and the subscription model used for sessions; the subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling according to his availability.
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