Peter-John Owen - ADDICTIONS Counsellor
Helping people recover from addiction for three decades
Peter-John Owen has helped thousands of people to recover from addiction, discover origins of dysfunctional patterns and finally become an authentic, integrated Self. It has been his life's work. Through in-person and online Counselling, he informs, educates, guides and supports people caught in the relentless trap of addiction. Through helping them to heal and grow on their own unique journey of Becoming who they are meant to be.
Peter-John Owen began volunteering to help people with addictions in 1994 and later worked in hospitals and institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa. He later continued his training and worked at a dual-diagnosis psychiatric hospital as the facility's lead Addiction Counsellor until beginning private practice as a lay counsellor specialising in Addiction Treatment in 2019.
He has clients internationally including Johannesburg, Cape Town, New York, Berlin, London, The Phillipines and Madrid. Mr Owen conducts individual, group and family counselling. He employs a complimentary framework of Existential, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and diverse addiction treatments. In addition, he draws upon cognitive principals as well as mindfulness, meditation and elements of DBT, CBT and Attachment Theory and the 12-Steps where applicable. Mr Owen is comfortable with both Eastern and Western philosophies.
"I love my work with people seeking change. After 25 years’ experience, I have come to see that we, as human beings, have an innate ability to heal, change our behavior and reframe emotional experiences when supported in an accepting environment." Peter-John Owen
Peter-John Owen has helped thousands of people to recover from addiction, discover origins of dysfunctional patterns and finally become an authentic, integrated Self. It has been his life's work. Through in-person and online Counselling, he informs, educates, guides and supports people caught in the relentless trap of addiction. Through helping them to heal and grow on their own unique journey of Becoming who they are meant to be.
Peter-John Owen began volunteering to help people with addictions in 1994 and later worked in hospitals and institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa. He later continued his training and worked at a dual-diagnosis psychiatric hospital as the facility's lead Addiction Counsellor until beginning private practice as a lay counsellor specialising in Addiction Treatment in 2019.
He has clients internationally including Johannesburg, Cape Town, New York, Berlin, London, The Phillipines and Madrid. Mr Owen conducts individual, group and family counselling. He employs a complimentary framework of Existential, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and diverse addiction treatments. In addition, he draws upon cognitive principals as well as mindfulness, meditation and elements of DBT, CBT and Attachment Theory and the 12-Steps where applicable. Mr Owen is comfortable with both Eastern and Western philosophies.
"I love my work with people seeking change. After 25 years’ experience, I have come to see that we, as human beings, have an innate ability to heal, change our behavior and reframe emotional experiences when supported in an accepting environment." Peter-John Owen
