Elizabeth Hughes
Kind, reflective psychotherapy support
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About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Hughes is a BACP counsellor offering psychotherapy from the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and addiction. Her way of working centres on building a steady, compassionate relationship so people can talk about what matters most to them.
She creates a calm space where empathy and non-judgement guide sessions. That approach helps people feel able to look at painful memories and difficult patterns.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to reveal how thoughts and feelings keep problems going and where change is possible. Therapy with Elizabeth combines practical tools and reflective discussion. She draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside client-centred listening and psychodynamic ideas.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people want support with change and keeping momentum. Over nine years of work have included supporting people with grief, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and long-term health concerns. She also helps with intimacy-related worries, self-esteem and career stress.
Additional focuses include attachment difficulties, blended family issues and coping with chronic illness. Sessions aim to build insight and then turn insight into manageable steps. People are supported to challenge old beliefs, try new behaviours and rebuild confidence.
If someone wants to explore therapy, Elizabeth asks them to complete a short questionnaire and then arrange sessions that suit their schedule.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 9
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 387993
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Elizabeth's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Elizabeth works online
She also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on creating an empathic, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly. That approach supports self-exploration and rebuilding confidence. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical changes that ease symptoms and improve daily routines.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then adapt methods as the work progresses. This is a collaborative process aimed at finding what helps the person most.
If you are considering online therapy, please confirm the session formats available before booking. Many people find remote sessions easier to fit around daily life, manage short check-ins, and work therapy into a busy schedule. Registered or accredited professionals can use different ways of meeting, so checking formats in advance helps plan sessions that suit practical needs and time commitments.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Elizabeth focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addiction, plus relationship and intimacy-related worries. Additional areas include grief, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends compassionate, client-centred listening with practical strategies from ACT and CBT. Sessions also draw on psychodynamic ideas and motivational interviewing when change is needed.
What is her professional background?
She has nine years of experience working in psychotherapy and counselling settings. That experience includes supporting people with chronic illness, compassion fatigue and attachment difficulties.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP as a listed credential.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients able to work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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