Julia Jakeman, BACP, NCPS

Julia Jakeman is an integrative counsellor and therapist with five years of clinical practice and more than 1,000 hours of work with adult clients and couples, delivered both face-to-face and remotely. She has developed a broad caseload across stress, anxiety, addictions and problematic alcohol use, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image issues, and difficulties with intimacy and self-esteem. Julia supports clients through short-term and longer-term therapy, guiding exploration of personal patterns and relationship dynamics while creating space for people to be seen and heard.

Her practice draws on relational and trauma-informed methods to address issues such as attachment and abandonment, parenting and blended family challenges, codependency, communication problems, and sexual culture concerns including BDSM and kink. She also works with ADHD, anger, coping with life changes, and substance and behavioural addictions. Julia is accredited with BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and holds NCPS as an additional professional credential. She is based in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients, offering flexible remote and in-person options to suit different needs and circumstances.

Attachment, Emotion-Focused, and Trauma-Informed Online Care

Julia Jakeman works with several evidence-informed approaches delivered in a relational framework. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early bonds and attachment patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses, useful for issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, and relationship instability. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and processing core emotions within relationships to improve connection and address intimacy, communication, and couple distress. EMDR is a trauma-informed method used to process distressing memories and the reactions they trigger, and it is often used when clients present with trauma, abuse, or persistent intrusive memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Julia collaborates with each person to evaluate which methods best fit their goals, needs, and preferences, and may combine elements from different models as therapy progresses. Registered professionals and therapists often adapt their work to suit the client rather than applying a single fixed method.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, support those who travel or have mobility limits, and allow continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible. These options make it straightforward to engage consistently and work toward the goals set with the therapist.