About Neill
Neill Hughes is a counsellor who blends person-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy. He holds a BACP credential and has five years of professional experience. Neill aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly about anxiety, stress, grief or trauma.
He explains things plainly and helps clients find manageable steps forward. Neill uses a client-led style that focuses on the person’s goals. He draws on CBT to help change unhelpful thinking and on DBT skills to support emotional regulation.
Background and approach
For people recovering from trauma he uses trauma-focused techniques to process difficult memories at a careful pace. He also works with issues around relationships, parenting strain, addiction, sleep and eating problems, and self-esteem. Neill supports people dealing with obsessive thoughts, panic attacks and social anxiety as well.
He can talk through career stress, life transitions and feelings of guilt or shame. Sessions use everyday language and practical exercises. Neill may offer breathing or grounding techniques, thought records, or goal-focused tasks between sessions.
He explains each technique before asking someone to try it. Neill is based in the United Kingdom and offers online and phone sessions for clients in other locations. Sessions can be by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect a person with the right therapist.
How Neill’s approaches work online
Neill combines a person-centred way of working with targeted CBT techniques. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding, helping people feel heard and able to find their own answers. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety and unhelpful thinking.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to choose techniques that fit their goals and preferences. That might mean starting with listening and then adding CBT exercises or DBT skills as needed, depending on how someone responds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or people who prefer writing. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit around life and practical constraints.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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