Julia Jakeman, BACP, NCPS

Julia Jakeman is a counsellor who uses relationship-focused approaches to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She draws on five years of practice and a background working with adults and couples. Julia aims to give people space to be seen and heard during therapy.

She commonly supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and addiction. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, grief and coping with life changes. Other areas she works with include eating and food-related issues, parenting strain, anger and ADHD-related difficulties.

Julia combines approaches that attend to emotional bonds and past experience. She uses methods that look at attachment patterns, emotional responses in relationships and how traumatic memories affect daily life. In sessions she helps people notice patterns, name feelings and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Her work has included short-term and longer-term therapy, and she has experience with people affected by problematic alcohol use and other addictions. Julia draws on techniques aimed at both individual emotional healing and improving connection between partners.

Julia holds BACP and NCPS credentials, and she practises from the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and international clients may be accepted. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How attachment and trauma work online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape emotional responses today and helps people identify repeating patterns in close relationships. It can be useful for worries about trust, abandonment and connection.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on the emotional bond between partners and on how emotions drive interactions; it is often used for couples who want to improve communication and rebuild connection. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps people process distressing memories so those memories cause less emotional disruption in day-to-day life. It is often used for trauma and difficult past events.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and together they will try approaches that best fit the person or couple. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so the work stays useful and practical.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions without being on camera if that helps someone engage. Confirm the current formats available before booking so arrangements match needs and schedule.