Jake Hook, BACP

Jake Hook is a counsellor who focuses on people navigating big life changes and relationship struggles. He works with clients facing anxiety, panic, issues around intimacy and sexuality, addiction, and the questions that often come up in midlife. Jake uses a warm, relational style and aims to build a trusting way of working from the first session.

He offers straightforward support for immediate problems like panic or stress while also looking at deeper patterns that feed those difficulties. Sessions balance practical coping ideas with gentle investigation into early relationships and recurring behaviours. This helps people both manage symptoms and understand what might be driving them.

Jake draws on client-centred approaches to follow what matters most to the person in the room. He also uses existential and psychodynamic ways of thinking to look at meaning, choices and past experiences. These approaches are used together to shape therapy around each person’s needs.

His background includes several years volunteering with an LGBT helpline and work with young people and adults. He holds BACP accreditation, takes part in regular supervision and keeps up continuous professional development to inform his practice.

Jake works with a wide range of concerns including gender dysphoria, relationship and intimacy issues, sexual health and alternative sexual cultures, attachment difficulties, and questions of life purpose. He invites people to explore change at a pace that feels right and to try practical tools alongside deeper reflection.

How Jake’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the client brings. It helps people who need acceptance, clearer self-understanding and practical coping ideas for everyday struggles.

Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility in life. It can be useful for those asking big questions about purpose, midlife change or how to live with uncertainty.

Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to past relationships and recurring patterns. It can help people notice why they repeat certain behaviours and how early attachments shape current difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to try different ways of working and agree what feels most helpful for their goals and pace of change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine and to keep continuity between meetings. If you are considering remote work, confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as this profile does not list them. Many people find online meetings helpful for shorter check-ins, regular weekly sessions or when travel is difficult, and the therapist and client can agree practical arrangements that suit everyday life.