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Neill Hughes, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 5 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseAnger managementDepression

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Neill Hughes offers a person-centred approach that puts the client at the heart of therapy. He blends practical cognitive techniques with emotion regulation skills to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. Neill works in straightforward language and aims to make sessions feel calm and focused from the start.

He has five years of counselling experience and holds the BACP credential. That background informs a mix of approaches used in sessions, including cognitive behavioural ideas and skills drawn from dialectical behaviour therapy.

Background and approach

These tools are used to reduce unhelpful thinking and steady strong emotions. People come to Neill for many concerns, such as relationship problems, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief and issues with self-esteem. He also offers support around parenting, sleep and eating difficulties, and life changes.

Sessions include practical ways to cope and small steps towards clearer thinking. Neill also works with more complex presentations like attachment issues, obsessive-compulsive patterns, post-traumatic stress and mood disorders. He uses a collaborative style so the person’s goals shape the work.

The focus is on building resilience and practical coping strategies. His sessions can be used alongside coaching for career questions or to address ADHD-related challenges and impulsivity. Neill aims to help people feel understood while developing tools they can use between sessions.

How specific approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. Online sessions using this approach aim to create an accepting space where the client leads the pace and topics discussed. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and gives practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it suits worries, low mood and some trauma-related symptoms. Dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping under pressure, which helps when impulsivity or strong mood swings are present.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss options and try strategies that fit the client's goals and preferences. Sessions can adapt over time so techniques that help most are built into the ongoing plan, and the person’s feedback shapes what happens next.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in and need less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging suit regular brief support and written reflections between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work when in-person travel is difficult.

What kinds of problems does Neill help with?

He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief and self-esteem concerns among other areas.

What is his therapeutic style like?

Sessions are client-centred and collaborative, blending cognitive behavioural techniques with emotion regulation strategies and motivational approaches.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He has five years of experience working with a range of concerns from everyday stress to more complex trauma-related issues.

Where is he based and what credential does he hold?

He practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.

Can sessions be in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are offered?

He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences.

How are fees and payments handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Most often

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also listed

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 5 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Neill Hughes, BACP

Background and approach

How specific approaches translate to online therapy

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety