About Peter
Peter Thompson offers a straightforward, person-centred approach to counselling. He brings 14 years of experience and uses familiar talk-based methods to help people who are feeling stuck. Peter holds the NCPS credential and aims to make sessions easy to understand and down to earth.
He works with common problems such as stress, anxiety and depression, and with issues around relationships, grief and anger. He also supports people dealing with addictions, low self-esteem, sleep difficulties and the practical strain of life changes.
How Peter works
Peter has additional experience with attachment and abandonment concerns, intimacy and alternative sex culture, and complicated topics such as domestic violence and cancer-related stress. Sessions usually focus on what matters now. He draws on client-centred listening alongside practical cognitive behavioural tools and solution-focused ideas.
This means conversations are shaped by the person's priorities while also offering ways to try different steps between sessions. Peter describes his style as down to earth and authentic, and he uses a warm, occasionally humorous tone when appropriate. He encourages clients to make choices and take responsibility for change, while respecting their autonomy.
His aim is to create a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement. He offers appointments in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, and he monitors messages regularly to keep contact responsive.
Outside counselling, Peter writes and performs spoken word poetry, which informs his plainspoken and creative way of working.
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
- 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
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Client-centred counselling places the person at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement and helps the client steer the conversation towards what matters most. This approach supports people who need a steady, empathic space to think things through.Cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT focuses on clear links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.
Finding the right method is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through priorities, goals and preferences and agree together which approach or mix of approaches to try. This helps make sessions feel relevant and personalised rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy can be flexible and convenient. Video calls closely mirror face-to-face work, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to sustain regular contact and to choose the format that fits day-to-day life.
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