About Peter
Peter Waters trained and practises in the United Kingdom and brings 17 years of professional experience to his work. He holds the NCPS credential, which he uses to guide how he offers support. Peter speaks English and accepts clients from other countries as well as the UK.
He focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety and depression. He also helps people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, sleep and eating problems, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.
How Peter works
He works with people around sexual and identity matters including LGBT concerns and issues related to BDSM and kink culture. Peter draws on straightforward, practical methods in sessions. He uses client-centred ways of listening and working, cognitive behavioural strategies, existential ideas about meaning, and mindfulness practices.
Conversations are adapted to what each person needs rather than a fixed script. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to suit the individual. Peter will talk through goals and agree a plan together, then revise that plan as needs change.
The work can include short skills practice, reflection on patterns, and pacing through difficult memories or feelings. He describes his role as supportive and empowering. People come for many reasons, and Peter focuses on clear steps to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.
Practical tools and steady listening feature in his approach.
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
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Peter commonly uses client-centred work which places the person's concerns and choices at the heart of each session; this approach focuses on listening, understanding and guiding the conversation to what matters most. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is another tool he uses to help people spot unhelpful thinking and learn practical strategies to change behaviours and reduce symptoms. Existential ideas are also part of his practice and help when people want to talk about meaning, identity or how to live with difficult choices.Choosing the best approach is part of the process and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and change direction if something is not helping. This collaborative approach means techniques and pacing are matched to needs, preferences and how someone responds to the work.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as greater scheduling flexibility and easier access when travel is difficult. Video calls let people keep face-to-face connection across distances. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, while live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when writing feels easier. These options make it possible to continue steady work around busy lives and changing circumstances.
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