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Jeff Hutchens, NCPS
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Experience
- 7 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesAnger managementSelf esteemDepression
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Jeff Hutchens is a counsellor who uses client-centred and evidence-informed approaches to help people move forward. He combines compassionate listening with practical tools so people can tackle stress, anxiety, low confidence and relationship concerns. Jeff holds NCPS and has seven years of experience offering conversational, goal-focused support.
He works with people facing a wide range of problems, including depression, addictions, grief, trauma and issues around intimacy and body image. He also helps with sleep and eating concerns, workplace stress, ADHD, and coping with big life changes.
Background and approach
Sessions can include discussion, practical exercises, and gentle hypnotherapy when appropriate. Jeff’s style is warm and non-judgemental. He aims to hear each person’s perspective and build on their strengths.
Sessions are guided by the client’s needs, and he adapts techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as needed. Practical goals and short-term strategies are balanced with attention to deeper feelings and attachment patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas are used when relationship dynamics and closeness are the focus.
Hypnotherapy may be offered as an adjunct to support confidence and stress reduction. Jeff also brings work in coaching to sessions, which can help people set clear goals and track progress between meetings. He accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
To begin, clients follow an online matching process and book sessions that fit their schedule.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to values-based actions. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes by teaching practical exercises to stay present and act in line with what matters.Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person without judgement. It aims to build self-trust and confidence by following the client’s lead and reflecting what matters most to them.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going, and teaches skills to change those patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and confidence work.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jeff will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That might mean blending ACT, CBT and client-centred ways of working, or adding hypnotherapy for specific issues like confidence or stress.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on learning and progress.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
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