Emma Hughes, BACP
8 years in practice
Emma Hughes works in a warm, interactive way that centres on emotions and relationships.
License and registration
- BACP
- 381105 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 8
- 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 Emma
Emma Hughes works in a warm, interactive way that centres on emotions and relationships. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-aware and client-centred approaches to help people name and make sense of painful feelings. Her manner is respectful and gentle, and she will sometimes offer challenge when a person seems ready to try something different.
Emma blends talking therapy methods so sessions feel tailored to each person. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas where helpful to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviours.
Background and approach
She also invites mindfulness exercises to help people calm racing thoughts and reconnect with their body. Her background includes a degree in Psychology and a degree in Integrative Counselling with an emphasis on psychodynamic practice. Emma has practised as a counsellor for eight years and keeps up professional development through the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She has experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem and parenting strain. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and codependency.
Sessions aim to be practical and emotional. Emma helps people spot patterns, name their feelings, and try new ways of relating. She encourages collaboration on goals so therapy fits individual needs and life circumstances.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Emma lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Emma names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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
How Emotion and Attachment Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name core feelings that drive relationship patterns and distress. It aims to create new ways of understanding emotional responses and to build safer, more connected ways of relating. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early bond patterns and how they shape current relationships, helping people recognise repeated ways of reacting and try alternative responses.Client-Centred Therapy gives space for people to talk at their own pace while the therapist reflects and listens without judgement. Together these approaches help with worry, grief, intimacy issues and long-standing patterns. Emma will work collaboratively to decide which combination of approaches fits each person’s needs and goals, and she adjusts the plan as therapy progresses.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins and text messaging suits people who prefer writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and location, while keeping the focus on making steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
Emma supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties, and she also works with ADHD, addictions and trauma-related problems.
How would sessions feel and what is the style?
Her style is warm and interactive, focusing on emotions and relationship patterns while offering practical tools from CBT and mindfulness when useful.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years of counselling experience and has practised psychodynamically alongside other approaches over that time.
What professional credential is held and where is she based?
Emma is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted.
What session formats are available online?
She works using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do costs and booking work?
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