Peter Cowell

Available Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays between 8.30am and 5pm

I now offer therapy via Teams, whatsapp or facetime which reduces clients travelling time and tends to be more convenient for all . I find that therapy through these means is as effective as face to face therapy after many years of experience with both. 

During 22 years of clinical practice, I have had a private practice alongside working for NHS as a CBT & IPT therapist , as well as a supervisor of NHS counsellors . I now focus all my time on my private practise providing CBT, Counselling and clinical supervision.

I  have a Masters degree in counselling and a post graduate certificate in CBT along with Senior accreditation by the BACP.

In June 2025 the Scope of Practice and Education for Counselling and Psychotherapy , a recent attempt to share standards and demonstrate the degree of competence of individual therapist, allocated me to Column C, which represents the highest level of training, practice, and competence, advanced skills and experience in working with complex issues. 

I offer therapy which is informed by several therapeutic models , tailored to the needs of each individual client. When our emotions of sadness and loss are overwelming, its so important to give them space to be expressed and heard before looking towards the future. For those of us where anxiety and negative thinking constrict our ability to engage fully in life, a more structured approach of developing greater awareness which helps bring more rational thinking is used. 

However everyone is unique and so your therapy will be dictated by your individual experience and not by a regid therapeutic approach. What helps me achive this is my extensive training and experience in several models, person cented , cognitive behavioural therapy and compassionate mind therapy in particular.

Each session is approximately 50 minutes and I request payment before the start of the session. We then discuss and agree an informal contract which includes cancellation process.

The number of sessions varies , depending on the issue and how that issue is impacting you today. However I like to remind clients that my job must be one of the very few that actively works towards closure from session one, which means that I do not prolong therapy longer then is necessery and you will always be in control, able to end the therapy at any time.

I now offer therapy via Teams, whatsapp or facetime which reduces clients travelling time and tends to be more convenient for all . I find that therapy through these means is as effective as face to face therapy after many years of experience with both. 

Your first session will consist of an assessment of any possible risk you may be experiencing towards yourself or from others. Please  do not be concerned by this, it's carried out to ensure I can do all I can to keep you safe. I have worked with many clients who were suicidal and/or self harming, so if risk does exist , it certainly does not exclude you from therapy.

We then explore what has brought you to therapy and agree between us the approach  we will be adopting in therapy to these issues.

I have had the honour to help with many difficult issues, ranging from traumatic childhood experiences , all consuming feelings of loss, depression and anxiety to relationship difficulties. Whatever your difficulty please do talk about it, as by talking about it you are honouring the person you are confiding in.  If that is me, I will work very hard to do all I can to help.