About Hurey
Dr. Hurey Hughes is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. He is licensed as an LCSW in North Carolina and Virginia and focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and work stress.
He aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through hard feelings and find steps that fit their life. He commonly supports people facing LGBT issues, concerns about intimacy, parenting stress, and the fallout from trauma or abuse.
Background and approach
He also works with those managing mood disorders, ADHD, or strong anger and jealousy. Dr. Hughes pays attention to practical problems, like career transitions or coping with major life changes.
In sessions he uses straightforward, goal-oriented methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and motivational interviewing. Conversations focus on clear skills, coping strategies, and decisions people can try between sessions. He aims for short, useful tools that people can use right away.
Clients meet in a relaxed, collaborative way. Dr. Hughes listens first, then helps shape a plan based on each person’s needs and values.
He describes therapy as teamwork rather than instruction. He offers work that is direct but compassionate, helping people move past stuck patterns and toward better daily functioning. Dr.
Hughes practices in North Carolina and holds licenses in both NC and VA.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Dr. Hughes uses practical methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people manage anxiety and stressful life events. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness for people who feel overwhelmed by strong emotions.He also draws on motivational interviewing to help clarify a person's goals and strengthen motivation for change. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work; he partners with each person to decide what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process lets the plan change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a shorter break or use less bandwidth, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief reflections between meetings. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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