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Elizabeth Hughes

Elizabeth Hughes

Therapist · United Kingdom

Calm, practical psychotherapy for life challenges

  • Person-centred
  • Values-focused
  • Nine years' experience

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Hughes is a counsellor with nine years' experience who offers thoughtful, person-centred therapy. She works with stress, anxiety, depression and addictions, and supports people facing relationship and family difficulties. She also helps those coping with trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem struggles, and issues around intimacy and parenting.

Her sessions are built around a calm, non-judgemental relationship. She focuses on listening carefully, offering empathy, and creating space to talk through what matters most right now. That approach is intended to help people feel steadier and more able to make changes.

Elizabeth uses a mix of practical and reflective techniques. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to notice and shift thinking patterns, and on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people move toward values-based choices. She also uses client-centred and psychodynamic ideas to explore feelings, attachment and past influences.

Over nine years she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, bipolar, addictions, body image and caregiver stress. She helps people address career strain, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and many life transitions. Her practice also includes support for LGBT issues and bereavement.

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

How Elizabeth uses therapeutic approaches online

Elizabeth draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy to guide online work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and take small steps toward what matters in their life, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with change. Client-centred work focuses on listening, empathy and building a strong therapeutic relationship so people feel understood and able to explore difficult feelings.

She also integrates Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques when helpful, using practical exercises to spot thinking patterns and try different responses. Together these approaches aim to balance reflection with actions that make daily life feel more manageable. Finding the best mix is a collaborative process, and she will work with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and preferences.

The biography highlights online therapy as her specialism, but does not list specific session formats. Confirm the available session types before booking so they fit your routine. Online work can make it easier to schedule appointments around work or family commitments, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to maintain continuity of care and adapt methods to suit each person's needs.

Areas of focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefDepressionAddictionsLGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression and addictions, and supports people dealing with grief, trauma and relationship or family issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is calm and non-judgemental, focusing on building a trusting relationship and listening closely to what matters to you.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

She has nine years' experience working with a wide range of difficulties, including bipolar, ADHD, caregiver stress and body image concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is registered with the BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original biography describes a practice specialising in online therapy; confirm the current session formats before booking.

How are costs handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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