Charlotte Hughes, BACP

Charlotte Hughes offers a practical, person-centred way of working. She uses straightforward conversation to help people make sense of difficult feelings and find clearer ways forward. Charlotte meets people where they are and adapts her approach to each person’s needs.

Charlotte draws on 15 years of experience in mental health and on her background as a former NHS nurse. That combination shapes how she supports people coping with physical illness, chronic pain, recovery from major surgery, cancer treatment, chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis and Long Covid. She pays attention to how health problems affect mood, relationships and daily life.

Her style is warm and direct. Sessions focus on practical steps and on building skills to manage stress, anxiety, low mood, grief and relationship strains. She also works with concerns such as addiction, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, bipolar mood challenges and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.

Charlotte uses a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Attachment-based ideas, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and a client-centred way of working. That mix helps people voice what matters, try new coping strategies and strengthen connections with others.

People who want to begin are invited to describe their situation simply and then plan next steps together. Charlotte aims to make sessions useful from the first meeting while tailoring longer term work to each person’s goals.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with long-term health problems. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and gives practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with depression, anxiety and sleep problems. Attachment-based ideas look at how past relationship patterns affect current connections and can help with intimacy or trust issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and practical needs and then suggest what to try first. That decision is collaborative and can be reviewed as therapy continues.

The original biography does not list specific online formats. Before booking, confirm which session options are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows people managing health conditions to attend from wherever works best for them, and makes it simpler to continue care through periods of recovery or changing routines.