Petrus Naude, NCPS

Petrus Naude is a UK-credentialed therapist with 10 years of professional experience working with children, young people, adolescents, and adults from diverse national and cultural backgrounds.

He has provided support to clients across a wide range of challenges, including stress and anxiety, depression, self-esteem and confidence concerns, motivation difficulties, OCD, PTSD, and relationship problems. He also works with issues related to LGBT identities, coping with life changes, and a variety of attachment and family-of-origin concerns. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment difficulties, BDSM and kink-related topics, body image, commitment and control issues, dependent personality traits, dissociation, feelings of emptiness, fatherhood concerns, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.

Petrus tailors each conversation and treatment plan to the individual needs of the person he is working with, combining respect, sensitivity, and compassion in his clinical work. He holds the NCPS credential, a UK professional credential, and he accepts clients both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Petrus aims to make the first steps into therapy approachable and collaborative, and he supports clients as they begin their therapeutic journey.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify their values and learn practical ways to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking meaningful action. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where avoidance has become a problem. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on providing a supportive, empathetic environment where the person leads the pace of change and explores their own solutions - this approach is helpful for building self-esteem, improving communication, and working through relationship or identity concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours, offering concrete strategies for conditions such as depression, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.

Petrus works collaboratively with each person to find the therapeutic approach or combination of approaches that best fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Together with the client he assesses progress and adapts methods as therapy unfolds, so the process remains flexible and client-led.

Online therapy with Petrus is available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for people with different schedules and locations. These remote options make it easier to access registered professionals from the United Kingdom and beyond, reduce travel time, and allow sessions to fit into everyday life while maintaining continuity of care.