Jake Halls

I currently work: 

Tuesday 9am-9pm 

Wednesday 9am-5pm 

Thursday 9am-5pm 

Saturday 9am-5pm

I am an highly experienced, Â鶹ԭ´´ accredited counsellor that has worked in mental health for over 16 years and for the last 12 years I have worked as a counsellor in the NHS & private practice. I offer both short term and long-term therapy in person and online. I also provide couples counselling too.

I am a qualified and accredited integrative therapist. Being an integrative therapist enables me to use elements of different theoretical modals to provide you with the therapy that is tailored to you and your needs.

Key to my way of working is the Person-centred approach. This is one of the most well-known, clinically proven forms of therapy. Working in this modal puts you, the client at the heart of the therapy. The emphasis is looking at you as an individual rather than a depersonalized collection of ‘diagnostic’ ‘symptoms’.

Alongside the Person-centred approach, I also draw from Existential therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, and elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). These other models can be helpful in exploring our place in the world, what choices we can make about life, looking at our childhood, what might be unconsciously impacting our lives and looking at some practical ways of helping our mental health.

Due to the level of my experience, I am also a qualified clinical supervisor, supervising other therapists in their practice. I work with many therapists in the NHS and private practice, helping therapists develop their skills, alongside ensuring safe, ethical therapy is being provided.

Alongside my work as a therapist & supervisor, I have an active interest in men’s mental health. I advocate change of attitudes to men’s mental health and regularly create content for my social media project: Get a Grip- Men’s Mental Health. For more information please visit: https://www.instagram.com/get_a_grip_mensmentalhealth/

I provide a safe, confidential, professional environment for clients to talk through their different issues. My vast experience enables me to offer help to clients struggling with various issues.

Anxiety is one of the key areas I help clients with. Feeling nervous, on edge, irritable, restless, and having physical sensations such as a tight chest, tiredness and heart pounding are all signs of being anxious. At times anxiety can be hard to understand and can be overwhelming. Working together, I can help you make sense of what’s happening and look at resetting the balance.

Having a lack of motivation, feeling stuck and hopeless, feeling low, guilty, being tearful, and thinking negative things about yourself are all symptoms of depression. Like anxiety, depression is one of the biggest issues I help people with.  I offer a professional space where I can help you to talk through how you’re feeling and work on some strategies to help you through the stuckness of depression.

Often linked with anxiety & depression is low self-esteem. The counselling I offer can help you gain a better understanding of where these issues come from & importantly how to tackle them moving forward.

ADHD and ASD are other major areas that I help clients with. My approach and philosophy to counselling is to truly understand your experience of the world. I can help you make changes, develop strategies to manage daily life, or help you gain more acceptance and confidence in what you bring to the world as a neurodivergent person.

I also offer couples counselling . Having problems in your relationship can be a difficult and painful experience. I provide a space to discuss a couples relationship in a safe and supportive environment. I work with clients to look at ways they can enhance their relationship and to work through any issues they might be having. 

I offer a 15-20min free consultation where I will ask you some information about your mental health and what you would like some help with. There will be no pressure to talk about things you don't want to discuss, we will work together in formulating how therapy with myself might help you best. 

It can often feel daunting starting therapy, especially if this is your first experience of anything like this. Having had therapy myself I know how this feels and understand the importance of creating a safe and supportive environment to talk things through. 

If you want to book one or two sessions and see how you feel that’s fine, there’s no pressure to commit to lots of sessions. In some ways this is the hardest part of the therapy journey, but why not take that first step and let’s look at making some positive changes in your life.

Having therapy with a experienced and qualified professional is important, and knowing your therapists qualifications can be helpful in making a decision around who to approach for therapy. Therefore, here's a list of my core qualifications, I also attend regular CPD events. 

• Diploma in Couples Therapy- The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute (SPTI)- Ongoing

• PCE- CfD supervision (IAPT specific supervision)- Nottingham University- 2024

• Diploma in Clinical Supervision- The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute (SPTI)- 2022

• Counselling for Depression- Nottingham University- 2015

• Diploma in Professional Studies – Counselling- University of the West of England- 2012

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´ Accredited counsellor, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with over 20 years' experience working in mental health across the NHS and private practice.

I currently provide clinical supervision to 12 therapists within the NHS Talking Therapies programme, alongside supervising practitioners working in private practice.

I hold a Diploma in Clinical Supervision from the Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute and a PCE-CfD qualification in supervision from Nottingham University. I also hold a Diploma in Couples Therapy and a Counselling for Depression qualification.

My approach to supervision is supportive, collaborative and appropriately challenging. I believe good supervision should provide a confidential space where you can reflect honestly on your practice, bring difficult or complex client work and develop your own clinical thinking and confidence.

I also provide supervision of supervision for qualified supervisors.

I provide individual clinical supervision for counsellors and psychotherapists at different stages of their careers, including practitioners working in private practice and NHS Talking Therapies.

Supervision provides a confidential space to explore client work, therapeutic relationships, ethical and professional issues, risk and safeguarding, boundaries and ongoing professional development.

I offer online supervision across the UK, with face-to-face supervision available in Lincoln.

Reflective group supervision

I am also developing small reflective supervision groups for counsellors and psychotherapists. Groups will be limited to four practitioners, providing an opportunity to explore clinical work, share perspectives and learn from other practitioners in a supportive and confidential setting.

If you are interested in joining a future group, please get in touch to register your interest.

Our first session is an opportunity for us to get to know each other, discuss your current practice and explore what you're looking for from supervision.

We'll talk about your experience, the type of work you undertake, your expectations of supervision and any particular areas you'd like support with. We'll also agree how we would like to work together, including confidentiality, boundaries and practical arrangements.

I see the first session as an opportunity for both of us to decide whether we feel we're a good fit for an ongoing supervisory relationship. There is no pressure to commit to ongoing supervision if you don't feel I'm the right supervisor for you.