Charlotte Hughes, BACP
15 years in practice
Charlotte Hughes is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help people through hard times.
License and registration
- BACP
- 110516 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Charlotte
Charlotte Hughes is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help people through hard times. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about stress, grief, relationship difficulties and worries about mood or self-worth. Charlotte brings 15 years of practical experience to sessions.
She is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. Charlotte adapts sessions to each person rather than following one fixed method.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centred work to listen and build trust, and uses CBT and ACT tools when someone needs practical steps to feel better day to day. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps where there are strong feelings in close relationships and where people want to understand patterns that keep repeating.
Her background as a former nurse in the NHS informs how she works with people who have long-term health conditions. She knows how physical illness can affect mood, sleep, family roles and caring responsibilities. That experience is used to support people recovering from surgery, living with chronic pain or facing the emotional impact of serious illness.
Charlotte also has experience supporting people with addiction, trauma and abuse, intimacy difficulties and compassion fatigue. She offers one-to-one counselling and couples sessions and works with frontline and emergency blue light staff. Sessions are offered in English and tailored to what each person needs.
Practical matters such as session format and scheduling are handled through the site's service. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used so Charlotte can suggest a good way forward based on individual goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Charlotte lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Charlotte names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Emotion-Focused and Acceptance-based Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name strong emotions in relationships, then try new ways of responding that change familiar patterns. It can be useful when couples or individuals want to break out of repeating fights or feel closer to a partner. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect what matters most, which is helpful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and then suggest an approach or mix of methods. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses to fit what is actually helping.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are close to an in-person meeting and suit deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, practical planning or when a written record of thoughts helps the process. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, caring roles and recovery needs.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties, plus issues such as addiction, trauma, sleep and eating concerns.
How would sessions feel or be carried out?
Sessions are conversational and practical, with space to talk and to try small behaviour changes or thinking exercises between meetings.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 15 years of experience and previously worked as a nurse in the NHS, which informs her understanding of health-related emotional needs.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are arranged for people in the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.
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