About Peter
Peter Steele is a licensed mental health counselor in Massachusetts. He brings 15 years of experience helping people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship struggles, and challenges like ADHD and addiction. He speaks English and uses clear, direct language to make therapy understandable and practical.
He starts by listening closely to a person’s story and priorities. That helps shape short-term goals and simple steps to try between sessions. Sessions focus on what matters to the client - improving sleep, managing anger, handling career stress, or repairing intimacy and communication problems.
Background and approach
Peter blends several approaches to match the person in front of him. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try different behavioral experiments. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take steps toward them.
He also uses Client-Centered and narrative methods to make space for personal meaning and life stories. His work aims for steady, maintainable change rather than quick fixes. That can mean building better boundaries, practicing new communication habits, or learning tools to cope with intense emotions.
He pays attention to how past hurts, attachment patterns, or stressful life events shape present behavior. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling that fits the client’s needs.
Online approaches that fit your life and goals
Peter uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and mood regulation. He also works with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. ACT often helps with grief, chronic stress, and recurring worries.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Peter treats therapy as a collaborative process and will discuss methods that match a person's goals and preferences. Together they try practical tools and adjust approaches based on what helps most in daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and working with materials. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let someone check in between sessions or fit therapy into a busy day.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English