Meet Peter Fowler — Couples Therapist for High-Achieving Professionals
Hello, I’m Peter Fowler, a couples therapist, writer, and former television producer.
I help high-achieving professionals reconnect, rewrite their relationship stories, and create meaningful change in their relationships. My unique approach blends decades of storytelling experience with clinical expertise in couples therapy.
My practice is based in London, but I offer online counselling from anywhere in the world.
Why I Became a Therapist
I’ve been drawn to stories all my life — both the stories we consume and the ones we live.
Before I became a therapist, I spent two decades in the film and television industry, working as a writer and producer for global organisations like Miramax, The Walt Disney Company, Discovery Channel, PBS, Channel 4, TVNZ, and SABC. Storytelling was central to everything I did — helping people connect, understand, and find meaning.
Then, about 25 years ago, I faced the end of my marriage.
Like many of the couples I work with today, I turned to therapy in search of clarity and healing.
That experience didn’t just change my life. It changed my path entirely. I returned to university for postgraduate study, trained in multiple couples therapy models, and became a specialist in the field.
Over the past 15+ years, I’ve worked with couples in private practice in London and was one of the early adopters of online therapy, offering virtual consultations well before the pandemic. I’ve also had the opportunity to teach family therapy at a postgraduate level.
As both a therapist and a writer, I’ve learned that the stories we tell ourselves — about who we are, what we deserve, how we love — shape everything.
These are the scripts we write and rewrite as we try to make sense of our experiences, create meaning, and find purpose in our lives. I’m especially fascinated by the partners we choose, and how we connect, disconnect, and reconnect over time.
Through 15+ years as a family therapist and a writer, I’ve found that these stories sometimes require editing as the roles we play change and evolve.
I think it also helps that relationship distress is not just a textbook theory for me – it’s been a central theme in my own life, too. I know what it’s like to live with the trauma of divorce, and that has shaped who I am and how effectively I’m able to work with couples who are struggling.
Who Do I Work With?
I am particularly interested in working with private clients, including “C-suite” executives, creatives, and other high-achievers who depend on confidentiality and discretion.
From my personal experience, I am well aware of how entrepreneurs and creative people are often driven by their minds and emotions, and why they dance to the beat of a different drum.
When couples come to therapy, regardless of how successful they may be in their careers, a common theme of emptiness and disconnection often emerges in the stories they share. I see my role as helping couples discover a deeper sense of compassion for themselves and empathy for one another.
Ultimately, they will rewrite their scripts to tell a new story based on connection and transformative change.
Academic Qualifications
- Masters of Systemic & Family Therapy
- Masters of Social Science
Advanced Specialist Training
- Narrative Therapy
- Humanistic Counselling
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
- Relational Psychoanalysis
- Developmental Model
- Imago Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Relational Life Therapy
- Collaborative Couple Therapy
- Sexual Medicine
- Narrative Relational Sex Therapy
- Discernment Counselling
- Ericksonian Hypnotherapy
Professional Associations & Accreditation
- Registered Member of BACP (MBACP) – British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists.
- Member: National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (UK)
- Accredited Registrant Member: NCPS- National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
- Clinical Member: Australian Association of Family Therapy
- Member of Resolution: Collaborative Family Law (UK)
- ALM.LAW.COM. Panellist – Private Client Global Strategy Forum 2025 – Gleneagles, Scotland
My Unique Approach to Therapy
I offer an alternative approach to relationship counselling with a clear direction for change.
I offer an alternative approach to couples therapy with a clear direction for change that’s truly different than what you’d typically find.
I quickly identify where you may be stuck or stalled on your relationship journey, which is usually the key to understanding the challenges you are facing and to co-creating a clear direction for change.
Then, we’ll work to quickly bring about changes in self-destructive patterns.
Rather than focusing on each other’s perceived deficits and failings, I will support both of you in working on your individual growth and development and taking responsibility for your own lives.
Then, I’ll invite you to define the vision you seek for your relationship and how you aspire to show up in that relationship. I will then help you to turn your vision and aspirations into a reality that will make permanent change possible.
Throughout our sessions, I offer a straight-talking approach and will tell you what I think and call you out when required. My aim is to help you quickly turn things around and create a long-term relationship based on the best in each of you and the future you most desire!
Why This Approach Works (& Most Couples Therapy Doesn’t)
Most couples therapy doesn’t work. In some cases, it can even make things worse.
One of the reasons for the high failure rate is that when symptoms are treated with a “quick fix”, the underlying deeper causes can remain, only to emerge a few months later with more blame and conflict.
The other reason for failure is that, while it may seem hard to believe, most psychologists are just not trained to work with couples and families.
Without proper training in couples therapy, many mainstream therapists are either out of their depth with couples or they use a “one size fits all” manualised model, which is often ineffective.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the problem goes even deeper. Many “therapists” are not even therapists!
There’s nothing illegal about calling yourself a “marriage coach” or even a “marriage counsellor“, even if you have no qualifications.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of regulation of the profession in the UK, some “marriage coaches” and “marriage counsellors” have absolutely no academic qualifications whatsoever. There’s nothing illegal about calling yourself a “marriage coach/counsellor,” even if you are not accredited by any of the main professional associations (BACP or UKCP).
It pays to check the credentials of those you are considering entrusting with the welfare of your marriage and family.
Are We a Good Fit for Couple Therapy?
Couples who have the most success working with me are:
- High-achieving and otherwise successful couples who are stuck in self-defeating patterns
- Fed up with their current situation and determined to rapidly create genuine lasting change
- Want to get ‘unstuck’, reduce arguments, conflict and anger in the relationship
- Want to gain clarity and confidence about the decision to stay together
- Appreciate insight into where self-defeating behaviour comes from and how to stop it
- Willing to make an investment in their relationship and the process of change
- Appreciate challenging questions, direct feedback and a sense of humour
- Value a high-impact intensive approach
Client Testimonials
Over 95% of couples I work with report that things are better after our time together. They leave feeling empowered and more able to engage with each other.
They also report that even if just one partner can master the change process, there is a significant improvement in the relationship dynamics.
Testimonial
I was really stressed and not looking forward to that first couples session. I felt my marriage was over and there was no hope. Thank you for quickly helping us to focus on what mattered most. I now have new insights into how I reacted to James and how my early experience as a child had formed the person I was in my marriage.
Over the past six months of working with you, I’ve discovered that I am in control of my own destiny and while it has taken time and effort, I’m proud to say we now have a strong healthy marriage and a beautiful baby girl and I am now in control of my life.
– Couple married for nearly 10 years – London, UK: 2018
Ready to Get Started?
Let’s Talk
Whether you’re seeking clarity, healing, or a path forward, we’ll work together to co-create a new story. Click Here to Book a Consultation Call. It’s totally free, and we can talk about which style of therapy will work best for your unique situation. I offer:
- In-person sessions in London
- Virtual sessions online.
- Bespoke Intensive Couples Therapy (at a location of your choice)