Elaine Hughes, LICSW, LCSW
New Jersey · 19 years in practice
Elaine Hughes is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly two decades of practice.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC05390900 · expires August 2026
- LICSW, Vermont
- 089.0134482 · expires January 2028
- LCSW, New Hampshire
- 5115 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1407167166 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Elaine
Elaine Hughes is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly two decades of practice. She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and works from New Jersey to support people facing hard life moments. Elaine speaks plain, direct language and keeps sessions focused on practical next steps.
She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, and move through depression. Trauma and abuse are also areas she commonly addresses.
Background and approach
Elaine emphasizes the client’s strengths and treats each person as the expert on their own life. Her approach blends emotion-focused work with attachment ideas and skills-based methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Mindfulness practices are used to calm strong feelings and build presence in daily life.
Sessions typically look at patterns of feeling and behavior and then try small changes that can make daily life easier. Elaine aims for a collaborative tone in sessions. She listens closely, offers clear options, and helps set simple goals.
Progress is often a mix of talking, practicing new skills between sessions, and checking what helps in real life. With 19 years of experience she has supported people through many kinds of transitions and losses. People who appreciate straightforward guidance and grounded emotional work tend to find her helpful.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elaine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
Approaches Elaine names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
Emotion-focused and skills-based care online
Elaine uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and transform painful emotional patterns. EFT focuses on understanding emotions in the moment and creating new ways of responding to intense feelings, which can help with grief, attachment struggles, and relationship stress.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds shape current reactions. This approach helps people notice repeated patterns and develop more supportive ways of connecting with themselves and others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small, concrete behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match goals, needs, and preferences. That process can include trying different strategies and adjusting based on what feels most useful.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Elaine commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and effects of trauma and abuse, plus related issues such as attachment problems, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, combining emotion-focused work with skill-building and mindfulness to help people manage strong feelings and everyday challenges.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Elaine has 19 years of professional experience working with a range of life stressors and losses.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices from New Jersey.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on therapist availability.
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