Jacob Mason
Person-centred counsellor for practical change
About Jacob
Jacob Mason helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and grief. He supports those facing relationship strains, issues around intimacy and self-esteem, and people coping with life changes. He also offers help for trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, bipolar concerns and a wide range of related problems.
Jacob uses a person-centred way of working that puts the client at the heart of each session. He aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where people can speak freely and be heard.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters to the individual rather than following a fixed agenda. In practice, Jacob combines Client-Centred Therapy with Solution-Focused Therapy. That means he listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps people identify small, practical steps they can try between sessions.
The style is collaborative and goal-oriented when helpful, and gentle and exploratory when people need that pace. Jacob has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. He draws on this background to offer clear, straightforward support rather than jargon or complex methods.
People meet him for short-term goals or ongoing help depending on their needs. Sessions are intended to feel conversational and grounded. Jacob encourages honesty about what is and isn’t working, and he helps people try new approaches to cope better day to day.
The focus is on understanding, practical change and building whatever strengths already exist.
What Jacob works with
How Jacob works
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Sessions & fees
Practical therapy approaches for online support
Jacob works mainly from client-centred and solution-focused approaches. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance and building a trusting conversation so people can explore feelings and values at their own pace. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasises small, practical changes and clear goals so people can try different steps between sessions and notice what helps.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jacob will talk with each person about their aims and preferences and adapt the mix of listening and goal-setting accordingly. The first few sessions are often used to agree what to focus on and how to measure meaningful progress together.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, chat can be quicker for brief updates, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping continuity of support with registered or accredited professionals.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
