About Charlotte
Charlotte Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people make sense of anxiety and stress. She uses straightforward, adaptable methods to help clients find new ways to cope. Charlotte offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about relationships, grief, addictions and other concerns.
Charlotte holds BACP accreditation, and she has practised for 15 years. Her background includes time as a nurse in the NHS, which shaped her understanding of how physical health affects emotions and relationships.
Background and approach
That experience is useful when supporting people living with chronic illness or recovering from major medical treatment. She combines approaches such as cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas to tackle patterns of thought and behaviour. Attachment-based ways of working help when relationship patterns and intimacy are central concerns.
Emotionally-focused work supports people wanting to understand and change emotional responses. Sessions can focus on practical skills, gentle reflection or a mix of both depending on each person's needs. Charlotte works with individuals and couples, and she is experienced supporting frontline workers and emergency blue light staff.
Charlotte helps with a wide range of issues including low mood, self-esteem, sleep problems, anger, parenting strain, bereavement, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with complex situations such as domestic violence, family of origin issues, and long-term health conditions. Therapy is tailored to the person in front of her.
Conversations move at a pace that suits the individual, and goals are agreed together so progress feels practical and relevant.
Approach-focused online therapy that fits daily life
Charlotte often draws on cognitive behavioural therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try practical experiments to shift mood and behaviour. CBT is useful for anxiety, low mood, and sleep or eating difficulties.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. ACT can be helpful for chronic stress, ongoing health conditions and situations where worry is persistent.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experience and what feels manageable, and then suggest methods to try together. Sessions are collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversational feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, and chat or messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or medical appointments and they allow continuity when travel or mobility are a concern.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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