About Peter
Peter Saunders helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. He supports those dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, plus issues around self-esteem, intimacy and LGBT matters. He also works with parenting strain, sleep problems, anger and the effects of life changes.
Peter keeps sessions straightforward and respectful. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. He aims to make it easier to talk about difficult topics and to find practical next steps.
How Peter works
With 20 years of experience, Peter brings a calm, curious approach to conversations. He draws on a mix of talking therapies to match what the person needs in the room. This includes ways of focusing on the present and exploring deeper patterns that affect mood and relationships.
Peter holds NCPS, which is shown as NCPS in his credentials. That background underpins his clinical work in the United Kingdom. He offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines.
People who choose to work with Peter normally pick goals they want to try for together. He supports them through small practical steps, reflective discussion and planning how to manage challenges between sessions.
Peter lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Peter works with
The areas below are the ones Peter selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- 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
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Peter's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people find their own answers. It suits issues like low self-esteem, relationship worries and motivation by encouraging personal strengths and self-understanding.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns from past experience that influence current feelings and behaviour. It can help with recurring relationship problems, attachment issues and emotional reactions that feel hard to shift.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Peter will discuss different ways of working and decide together which methods match your goals, needs and preferences. This choice is made collaboratively and can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can use less bandwidth and suit a tight schedule. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, quick reflections between sessions or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into work, family life and other commitments.
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