Shelley Hughes, NCPS
5 years in practice
Shelley Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS23-00761 · expires February 2026
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
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About Shelley
Shelley Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She works with people dealing with trauma, grief, low self-esteem and mood concerns. Shelley is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.
She holds NCPS as a credential and has five years of experience in therapeutic work. Shelley uses a blend of practical talking and reflective work to help people make changes that matter to them.
Background and approach
She draws on Existential ideas to help clients think about meaning, choice and responsibility in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps with unhelpful thinking patterns, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people who want to act in line with their values. In sessions Shelley aims to build a calm, non-judgemental space where people can speak honestly about difficult feelings.
She listens for patterns in relationships and behaviour, and helps clients try out different ways of coping. Work can include short skills practice, setting small goals, or deeper conversations about past hurts and how they affect the present. Shelley also addresses concerns such as addiction, sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress and compassion fatigue.
Additional areas include attachment difficulties, body image concerns, chronic illness and adjustment after loss or disaster. Her approach is adaptable to what each person needs in the moment. People new to talking therapies are guided through the process step by step.
Sessions can be arranged to fit around work and family life, and Shelley supports international clients by offering a range of online formats.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shelley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 counseling
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Existential therapy helps people reflect on meaning, choice and personal values. It is useful for those facing life changes, loss or questions about purpose, and it focuses on what matters most to the individual.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical ways to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck by them. It helps people commit to small actions that match their values, which can reduce avoidance and increase day-to-day wellbeing.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in intimacy and trust. It is helpful when people want to understand why they repeat certain relationship behaviours and learn new ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shelley will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and agree on steps together. This collaborative process can include trying different techniques to see what fits best.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler option for shorter check-ins. Live chat or text messaging can suit quick reflections, ongoing coaching-style support or when writing helps organise thoughts. These options aim to increase flexibility and make regular sessions more manageable for people wherever they are.
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Questions people ask
What problems does Shelley specialise in?
Shelley works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and self-esteem issues. She also supports people with addictions, sleep and eating problems, parenting strain and career concerns.
What is Shelley’s therapeutic style like?
She blends reflective, meaning-focused conversation with practical tools. Sessions can include skill practice, values-based work and exploring how past experiences shape current patterns.
What background does Shelley have?
She has five years of experience working in counselling and therapeutic roles, with several thousand hours of client work across a range of issues.
Which credential does Shelley hold and where is she based?
Shelley holds NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Shelley accepts international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with Shelley?
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