Petrus Naude
Understanding, practical counselling for life changes
About Petrus
Petrus Naude brings ten years of professional experience to his counselling work in the United Kingdom. He is registered with NCPS. Petrus presents a calm, respectful approach and aims to create straightforward, useful conversations for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
He focuses on common problems such as stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and coping with life changes. He also supports people dealing with LGBT concerns and related identity questions. Sessions are shaped to each person’s situation rather than following a single formula.
Background and approach
Petrus uses a mix of practical, evidence-informed methods to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps forward. He listens for patterns that keep someone stuck and works with them to try different ways of responding. Meetings are conversational and goal-focused rather than long lectures.
He also offers help with a range of more specific difficulties including attachment and family of origin issues, body image, commitment and communication problems, abandonment and foster care concerns, and feelings of guilt or shame. Petrus can discuss concerns about kink, BDSM and alternative sex culture in a non-judgemental way. Sessions are available in English and Afrikaans, and Petrus accepts international clients.
He adapts his pace and techniques to suit different cultural backgrounds and personal preferences. If someone wants clear, practical steps and steady support, Petrus aims to provide that.
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Sessions & fees
How Petrus' approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT helps people clarify what matters most to them and encourages small, value-based actions. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and life changes where motivation and meaning are affected. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depressive thinking and improving everyday coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Petrus will discuss what feels most relevant and try methods that match the client’s goals and preferences. The process is collaborative - the therapist and client review what helps and adjust the plan together over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and shared materials, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter focused check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans
