About Shelley
Shelley Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She also supports those dealing with trauma, grief and issues around self-esteem. Shelley works with clients who identify as LGBT and welcomes conversations about identity and its impact on life.
Shelley uses straightforward, practical ways of working. She listens first and helps people notice what matters to them. Together she and the client look at small, manageable steps that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
With five years of experience and more than 3,000 hours of counselling practice, Shelley has worked with people facing a wide range of struggles. These include addictions, sleep and eating concerns, career stress, and long-term health challenges. She also supports people with attachment issues and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Her approach draws on several well-known methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. Shelley adapts these approaches to each person rather than using a single fixed method. Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the individual.
Shelley encourages clear goals and offers coaching-style support when helpful. The work is collaborative - clients set priorities and Shelley offers tools and ways of reflecting that can be used between sessions.
What Shelley works with
Everything Shelley lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Shelley is listed here; the rest shows what else Shelley works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shelley lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression and sleep or eating problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships affect current ways of relating and can help with intimacy and communication struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will discuss different methods and try things collaboratively to see what fits best with a persons goals and preferences. This means clients play an active role in shaping their sessions and the tools they take away.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions around work, family and travel because it removes commute time and can make scheduling easier. It can also make some check-ins shorter, or allow for sessions without video if that suits a person better. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets and coaching-style tasks so they work well in remote sessions.
Questions people ask about Shelley
What kinds of concerns does Shelley help with?
Shelley works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and grief. She also supports people with self-esteem, addictions, sleep and eating concerns and career-related stress.
What is Shelleys therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, collaborative style that combines talking and skills practice. The aim is to set small goals and use techniques from evidence-based approaches to make everyday life easier.
How much experience does Shelley have?
Shelley has five years of experience and reports over 3,000 hours of counselling practice supporting people through a variety of challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
Shelley holds NCPS as a credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Shelley accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Shelley?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapists availability.
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