Jake Freedman
Experienced psychodynamic counsellor for trauma recovery
About Jake
Jake Freedman is a counsellor and psychotherapist with seven years of experience. He works from a psychodynamic perspective and offers focused support for people dealing with trauma, addiction and relationship difficulties. He trained to MSc level in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy and holds a postgraduate diploma in the Philosophy of Mental Disorder.
Jake spent several years working in community mental health and addiction services before moving into longer-term psychotherapy roles supporting people with childhood trauma and substance-related problems.
Background and approach
That early work led to further training in developmental trauma and dissociation. He takes a particular interest in depersonalisation and derealisation and keeps current with research and best practice in those areas. This background informs how he understands problems that persist from earlier life experiences.
In sessions Jake uses psychodynamic and trauma-focused approaches. He helps people notice repeated patterns in relationships and daily life, and links these to past experiences that shaped those patterns. The aim is to bring unconscious or automatic ways of relating into awareness so people can choose different responses.
Typical issues he addresses include anxiety, stress, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictive behaviours, grief and self-esteem struggles. He also works with attachment difficulties, codependency, dissociation and personality-related problems. Jake offers sessions remotely to people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
What Jake works with
How Jake works
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Sessions & fees
How psychodynamic and trauma-focused work online can help
Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns in relationships and everyday life. Online sessions give time to talk through how past experiences shape current feelings and behaviours, and to notice automatic ways of relating that repeat in work and personal life.Trauma-focused therapy concentrates on the impact of traumatic events and how those memories affect daily functioning. In an online setting this approach can help people process traumatic memories and learn practical ways to reduce overwhelming reactions, including dissociative experiences such as depersonalisation and derealisation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether psychodynamic exploration, trauma-focused techniques, or a mix of both best fit their needs, goals and preferences. This is reviewed as therapy progresses so the plan can change if needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or being on camera is an issue, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who find writing easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work or family commitments and to maintain continuity when travel or relocation occurs.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
