Natasha HughesBACP

Natasha Hughes offers a warm, attentive counselling style that aims to make difficult conversations easier to start. She uses client-focused methods that help people talk through painful feelings and the behaviours that follow. Her approach is calm and non-judgemental, which many find useful when they are feeling overwhelmed or stuck.

With 15 years of experience, Natasha helps people with stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. Pregnancy and childbirth appear among the areas she covers, alongside issues such as body image, parenting strain and caregiver stress.

Naturally curious about patterns, she combines Client-Centred Therapy with cognitive techniques to look at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, Jungian ideas and mindfulness work where they are helpful. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and practical steps they can try between meetings.

Naturally inclusive, she has worked with people of varied backgrounds, sexual orientations and beliefs. Natasha holds BACP membership, which is recorded as BACP. She practises from the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.

People who choose her often want a straightforward approach and a therapist who listens closely. She invites clients to explore attachment, communication and commitment concerns, and to work on coping skills for life's changes. The aim is clearer thinking and steadier responses to everyday pressures.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The counsellor reflects back what she hears and helps the person decide what matters most to work on, which can suit emotional concerns like grief or relationship difficulties.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. This approach is often used for anxiety, low mood and managing everyday stress.

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a way to work through distress linked to past traumatic memories using structured processing. It is offered when trauma-related symptoms are a key focus.

Finding the right approach is usually a joint process. The counsellor will talk about goals, preferences and what has helped before, then suggest an initial plan. Clients and the counsellor adjust the plan as they learn what works best for the situation.

Details about session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around family or work time, reduce travel, and let people use different ways of checking in - for example shorter calls, or sessions without video if that suits. These practical benefits help people keep therapy part of busy lives.