Jake Freedman

Jake Freedman is a psychotherapist who works from a psychodynamic perspective to help people understand patterns that keep causing pain. He uses plain conversation and careful listening to help someone name recurring feelings and relationship habits. He holds a BACP credential, and brings seven years of clinical experience to his work.

Before training formally he spent seven years in community mental health and addiction services. He then worked five years providing long-term psychotherapy for people with histories of childhood trauma and addiction. That work shaped his focus on how early experiences affect adult behaviour.

He practises psychodynamic therapy and trauma-focused approaches. Sessions look at how current difficulties connect to past experiences, attachment, and defensive strategies such as dissociation. He has undertaken post-qualifying training in developmental trauma and dissociation and follows research on these topics.

Jake has a particular interest in depersonalisation and derealisation and in how addictive processes can fit into a person’s life story. He helps people talk through feelings of guilt, shame and tangled relationship patterns. He also supports work on anxiety, panic, self-esteem and grief.

People who meet him can expect a thoughtful, reflective style that aims to make hidden patterns clearer. He works collaboratively to build long-term change rather than offering quick fixes. If you want to explore whether this approach suits you, use the Start Therapy option to begin the matching process.

Using Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused Approaches Online

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on how repeating patterns and past relationships shape present feelings and behaviour. In plain terms it involves talking about relationships, thoughts and emotions to notice themes that keep arising and to make them easier to change.

Trauma-focused therapy works directly with the effects of past traumatic events and developmental wounds. It looks at how difficult experiences have left an imprint on memory, attachment and everyday reactions, and it supports learning safer ways of relating to those memories and to others.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences and then suggest a way forward. That choice is collaborative and can be revised as progress is made.

If you plan to use online sessions, confirm the exact formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow for more frequent short check-ins when needed. It can also help people access a therapist who has specific experience in trauma, dissociation and addiction-related issues even when they are not local.