About Natasha
Natasha Hughes is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of experience. She offers a calm, attentive presence and aims to help people make sense of difficult feelings and disruptive behaviours. Natasha works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and issues linked to identity, including LGBT matters.
Her approach is warm and non-judgemental. She listens first, then helps clients identify thoughts and patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
Natasha uses Client-Centred techniques to build understanding, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot thought and behaviour links. She also offers work with trauma using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, when that fits a person’s needs. Jungian ideas and mindfulness practices appear in sessions for people who want to explore deeper patterns and present-moment coping skills.
Natasha adapts what she uses to each person rather than following a single formula. Clients come to discuss relationship and intimacy worries, parenting strain, career stress, body image and eating concerns, ADHD challenges, and coping after loss or abuse. She also supports people facing codependency, control issues, commitment fears and communication problems.
Natasha is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are provided in English and international appointments are possible. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
What Natasha works with
Everything Natasha lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Natasha is listed here; the rest shows what else Natasha works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Natasha lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Natasha’s approaches work in online therapy
Natasha blends Client-Centred work and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice what they feel and why. Client-Centred work focuses on listening and helping someone feel understood, which can reduce shame and open up honest conversation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, moods and actions link together and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns.She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for clients dealing with trauma when it seems appropriate. EMDR is a structured method intended to reduce the intensity of painful memories and ease the way people react to reminders of past events.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Natasha works collaboratively to decide what fits a person’s goals and comfort level and may combine methods as therapy progresses. She explains options and checks in regularly so the plan can change if needed.
Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make counselling easier to fit into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins between commitments and make it possible for people in different regions to work together.
Questions people ask about Natasha
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma and many relationship and self-esteem concerns, including issues related to LGBT identity.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are warm and non-judgemental, with listening first and practical steps afterwards. She blends client-centred talking with cognitive techniques and mindfulness as needed.
How long has she been practising?
She has worked as a counsellor for 15 years and has experience with a wide range of difficulties including trauma, addiction and mood conditions.
What professional credential does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted, so people outside the United Kingdom can enquire about working together.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and the therapist’s availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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