About Peter
Peter Spanton is a counsellor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression and anger. He aims to make it easy to speak about difficult feelings and thoughts without fear of judgement. He uses a straightforward style so people can focus on what matters to them right now.
He brings five years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Background and approach
Before counselling he worked in the restaurant sector and ran his own drinks company. That background gives him first-hand understanding of how work pressure and long hours can wear a person down. In sessions he combines practical tools with a chance to reflect on deeper patterns.
That means sessions can include step-by-step strategies and space to talk about past experiences that still affect daily life. He keeps things plain and practical so people can try new ways of coping between appointments. He also talks openly about issues linked to addiction, including drug and alcohol problems, process addictions and sex-related difficulties.
He can help when feelings of emptiness, shame, impulsivity or isolation make things harder to get through. Peter supports people working through relationship worries and life transitions such as midlife crisis or searching for life purpose. He also works with mood disorders, social anxiety and responses to sexual assault and abuse.
His approach is practical, empathetic and rooted in real-world experience.
How Peter’s approaches work online
Peter uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and trying small, practical changes. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, mood problems and some addiction-related behaviours.Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring feelings and relationships that influence how someone reacts today. It helps when past experiences, shame or long-standing patterns make life feel harder to manage. Both approaches can be used together to meet short-term goals and deeper personal aims.
Choosing the right way of working is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then agree a plan. That conversation may change as people try different techniques and learn what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is good for a fuller conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, short text check-ins can keep momentum between sessions, and live chat can suit faster check-ins. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work and family life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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