BABCP and AREBT accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (CBT) and EMDR Europe accredited EMDR Practitioner Peter is passionate about helping people to overcome their problems so they can live the best lives they possibly can, fulfilling their potential and living the life that’s important to them.

Over the last 25 years working initially as a Registered Mental Health Nurse and later as a CBT Therapist and EMDR Therapist, he has gained experience of working with people struggling with a wide range of mental health problems.

He is an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (CBT) and EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner. During a fifteen-year NHS career, he worked in a variety of mental health settings in the NHS in therapist roles. These included several community mental health teams, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre, and an eating disorders service. He also held a University Associate Tutor post for thirteen years, where he taught and supervised the practice of trainee CBT practitioners.

In 2006, he completed his Cognitive Behaviour Therapy training at Goldsmiths College, University of London, obtaining a Master’s degree. He has been a fully accredited therapist with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (AREBT) since 2007, and he became an EMDR Europe accredited practitioner with the EMDR Association UK in 2018.

Peter specialises in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders, including panic attacks, generalised anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), social anxiety, health anxiety (hypochondriasis), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bulimia nervosa, phobias and stress.

Further details about how Peter works can be found on his website at: http://surreycbttherapist.co.uk