Jake Freedman , BACP

Jake Freedman is a counsellor and psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He holds an MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, a master of science-level qualification, and a PGDip in the Philosophy of Mental Disorder, a postgraduate diploma exploring theoretical and conceptual issues in mental health.

Before qualifying, he spent seven years working in community-based mental health and addiction treatment settings, and he then spent five years providing long-term psychotherapy to people with histories of addiction and childhood trauma. That work gave him a detailed understanding of how adverse early experiences can shape behaviour and mental functioning in adulthood. Since qualifying he has completed extensive post-qualifying training in developmental trauma and dissociation and maintains a particular clinical interest in treating depersonalisation and derealisation.

He keeps current with research and evolving practice in these areas. Drawing on psychodynamic principles, he helps clients explore recurring themes and both conscious and unconscious patterns that show up in relationships, work and addictive behaviours. By attending together to the emotional experiences that surround these patterns, he aims to make them clearer and more open to change.

Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused Therapy Online

Psychodynamic Therapy in Jake Freedman’s work invites exploration of recurring relationship patterns and the feelings that accompany them. This approach helps people understand how early experiences and unconscious processes influence present behaviour and relationships, making those patterns clearer and more manageable.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the ways traumatic experiences affect memory, emotion and identity. It is designed to help people process the impacts of abuse, attachment wounds and dissociation, and to reduce the ways these experiences interfere with daily life.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, personal preferences and practical needs, and together they will decide which methods are likely to be the best fit.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible for people who live at a distance, have mobility constraints, or prefer different communication styles to access licensed professionals and therapists with greater ease.