Jay Cook, NCPS

Counsellor and member of NCPS with five years' experience working in the United Kingdom. Jay Cook helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and LGBT concerns, low self-esteem, depression, addiction and related issues. He also supports people coping with parenting pressures, anger, career changes and ADHD.

Jay uses straightforward talking therapy methods. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent for the person in front of him. He listens to the facts of the situation, notices patterns, and works with clients on practical steps they can try between sessions. He uses techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches and acceptance and commitment work alongside attachment-based and client-centred ways of working.

His experience includes supporting people from different countries and cultural backgrounds. That background shapes how he notices cultural influences on relationships and stress. He aims to keep explanations simple and to show how particular thoughts or habits can affect mood and behaviour.

Jay often helps people untangle difficult feelings after trauma or abuse, and he works with issues connected to intimacy, abandonment and codependency. He also supports people dealing with body image, blended family concerns, and the practical effects of long-term illness such as a cancer diagnosis.

Sessions are practical and collaborative. He draws on DBT skills for emotional regulation when needed, and on attachment ideas to look at how early relationships affect current ones. People are encouraged to set small, achievable goals and to review what helps between meetings.

How Jay uses therapeutic approaches in online counselling