About Jacob
Jacob "Jake" Willard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma who often helps people coping with anxiety and stress. He aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and approachable for someone worried about the next step. Jake creates a calm, steady space where people can talk through their experiences.
He focuses on the relationship between therapist and client as the place where change happens. Sessions are intended to help people better understand patterns linked to mood, relationships, and everyday reactions.
Background and approach
Jake works from a psychodynamic perspective that looks at the whole of a person's experience. That means he pays attention to past patterns, attachment, and how those shape current feelings and choices. He also uses client-centered ideas that emphasize listening and responding to what each person brings.
People bring many concerns to his work, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and issues around intimacy and relationships. He also addresses family of origin themes, communication problems, commitment struggles, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Jake has four years of professional experience as an LPC.
He offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. To begin, a prospective client completes a brief matching questionnaire and schedules according to availability.
How Jake's Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape the way people relate now and can be helpful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and patterns of closeness. Client-centered work focuses on attentive listening and responding so people feel understood and can explore their thoughts at their own pace.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and try different ways of working to find what fits best. Progress is guided by regular check-ins about what is helping and what feels off.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option when video is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for brief check-ins, reflection between sessions, or people who prefer writing over speaking. These options support flexibility and make it possible to maintain continuity of care across different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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