Peter Xu

Peter is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee currently pursuing his Master’s degree at Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP). He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Southern California.

Born and raised in China, Peter is fluent in Mandarin and English and brings an awareness of how culture, language, and the family we grow up in can shape our understanding of ourselves.

Peter approaches his work with curiosity, warmth, and a nonjudgmental stance. He believes people are more than their struggles, diagnoses, or the stories they have come to believe about themselves. Peter is interested in understanding each client’s world as they experience it—the relationships, values, hopes, and questions that make their life uniquely their own. At the heart of his work is a respect for the things that can be easy to lose sight of: wonder, imagination, human connection, and the freedom to define for ourselves what truly matters.

Outside the therapy room, Peter is a bodybuilder and metal guitarist who finds both expression and connection through music. He enjoys philosophy, creativity, and exploring the complicated, yet beautiful experience of being human.