Elizabeth Hughes
Practical, compassionate online therapy for everyday struggles
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Hughes works primarily through conversational, client-centred therapy that focuses on practical steps people can take. She uses a blend of approaches to help people manage anxiety, depression, addiction and relationship or family stress. Elizabeth is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation.
She offers appointments by video, phone, chat and messaging for people who prefer online sessions. Her approach begins with building a warm, calm therapeutic relationship.
Background and approach
She aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can talk through painful experiences such as trauma, loss or domestic violence. That rapport makes it easier to look at the patterns that keep problems repeating. Elizabeth draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred ways of working to support change.
She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try different behaviours and connect with what matters to them. Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas are used when they fit the client's goals. Work in sessions is straightforward and practical.
People leave with new strategies for sleep, managing anger, coping with cravings, improving communication, or handling major life changes. She also helps those dealing with grief, caregiving stress, body image and identity concerns. Sessions are intended to build self-awareness and confidence over time.
Elizabeth aims to help people regain a sense of control and bounce back from setbacks. If someone is ready to begin, she supports them through the steps to start therapy and find the right format for their needs.
What Elizabeth works with
How Elizabeth works
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Sessions & fees
How her therapy approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and move toward a life that reflects their values. It focuses on taking small, meaningful actions even when difficult feelings are present and can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with change.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It teaches practical techniques for reducing worry, improving sleep, managing cravings and changing patterns that keep problems going.
Her practice is collaborative. She will work with each person to decide which approach or mix of approaches fits their goals and preferences. That exploration is part of early sessions and can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction, phone can be quicker or use less bandwidth, and messaging or chat can suit short check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options help people fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life, making it easier to maintain regular sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
