Peter Santos

Peter Santos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 13 years of experience. He works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem, and depression. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and has experience across clinical, school, and community settings. Many clients come to him when life feels stalled or when they are questioning purpose after big changes.

He uses practical, conversational methods that focus on what matters to the person. Sessions often involve looking at thoughts and behaviors, naming patterns in stories people tell about themselves, and noticing how values shape choices. He blends Client-Centered ideas with Cognitive Behavioral techniques and existential questions to help people clarify what matters next.

Peter has worked with diverse groups, including at-risk youth, immigrant communities, and people facing housing instability. That background informs how he approaches problems like isolation, codependency, and midlife crisis. He also helps with concrete issues such as communication problems, divorce and separation, body image, and eating-related concerns.

He supports work around attachment, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and feelings of emptiness. Sessions aim to be straightforward: identify patterns, try small experiments, and track what changes. He often coordinates with other professionals when that fits a person's goals.

Outside of counseling he enjoys hiking, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and cooking. Those interests shape a practical, curious style in sessions that focuses on steady, manageable steps toward clearer direction.

How Peter blends approaches for online work

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's perspective and priorities. It means sessions start from the client’s concerns and goals, with the therapist listening, reflecting, and following what matters most. This approach helps when someone feels unsure which direction to take.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It uses practical skills and small experiments to test new ways of coping with anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful habits. That can be useful for stress, depression, and relationship patterns.

Existential Therapy brings questions about meaning and life purpose into the conversation. It focuses on values, responsibility, and choices rather than quick fixes, and can help when someone is wrestling with emptiness or midlife questions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different methods and decide together which fits the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process can change as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or let people join without commuting. Those practical benefits can help therapy fit into everyday life while focusing on the issues noted above.