Pete Connor Psychotherapy and Supervision

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

I have been fortunate to work in the care field for over 35 years, mostly as a counsellor, psychotherapist and supervisor. Although I have worked as a private practitioner for 10 years, much of my career has been in the HIV and sexual health field, as a home care assistant, general support worker, health educator, care coordinator, and eventually agency manager. I therefore have experience of care and human relationships in a variety of settings and roles although working therapeutically has always been central to my professional life.

Sexual identity:

Gay
Queer

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: No

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: He/him

Qualifications - Links to websites:

MA Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy, Psychosynthesis Trust and University of East London - 2008
Dip/MSc in Integrative Counselling, University of Bristol - 1990/1998
Registered Psychotherapist, United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) Membership Number - 08159897.
Senior Accredited Counsellor and Supervisor, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Membership Number - 14185.

Qualifications - Additional:

Levels 1,2 and 3, Internal Family Systems Training	IFS Institute	2019
Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice	Relational Change	2016
Certificate in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy	Exeter University	2013
Foundation Year in Core Process Psychotherapy	Karuna Institute	2011

Experience and approach:

My diverse trainings and experience mean that I can help with most of life's issues and problems, including:

Anxiety and stress
Depression and feeling low
Confidence and self-esteem
Relationship issues
Loss and bereavement
Trauma and abuse
Addictions
Feeling stuck in old patterns of thinking, feeling and/or behaviour
Employment and career issues, redundancy and retirement
Life stage and transitions

I also have specialist training and experience in working with:

Sex, sexuality, LGBTQ+ and gender issues
Working with men
Physical illness, including cancer, HIV, MS and ME, pain and disability
Meaning and purpose in life
Spirituality and transpersonal issues

My central trainings have been in humanistic counselling, psychosynthesis psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems, along with some Jungian theory and dream analysis. As well as individual counselling and psychotherapy, I offer clinical supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists and also non-managerial and organisational supervision for workers and managers in the care and not-for-profit sector.

I am a senior BACP accredited counsellor and supervisor and also a UKCP registered psychotherapist. This means that my qualifications are very widely recognised and that I have significant experience in the counselling and psychotherapy fields. I am committed to my on-going personal and professional development, undertaking regular training.

I see adult individual clients and supervisees, either online or in my consulting room or a blend of both. There is a designated therapy room on the first floor of my house on the outskirts of Keynsham. It is 10 minutes walk from bus stops, buses running every 15 minutes from the centre of Bristol and journeys taking approximately 20/25 minutes. Those coming by car can park on the driveway at the front of the house. It is also roughly 15 minutes walk from Keynsham train station.

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