Shelley Hughes, NCPS
Shelley Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain or the effects of trauma and abuse.
About Shelley
Shelley Hughes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain or the effects of trauma and abuse. She works with individuals who want practical ways to cope and clearer thinking about their next steps. Shelley aims to make talking about hard things straightforward and manageable.
Shelley uses a mix of approaches to suit each person’s needs rather than one fixed method.
Background and approach
She listens first to what matters to you, then suggests small steps that can bring relief and help rebuild confidence. Sessions centre on real-life goals, not clinical jargon. Her background includes five years of practice and a record of over 3,000 counselling hours.
Shelley holds NCPS, which is listed with the details she provides. That experience underpins a calm, steady style in sessions. People come to Shelley with a wide range of concerns, including addictions, self-esteem, parenting stress, sleep or eating difficulties, ADHD, chronic illness, and work-related pressure.
She also supports those dealing with attachment and intimacy worries, codependency, and coping after disasters or loss. In sessions Shelley uses tools from cognitive behavioural approaches, acceptance-based methods and attachment-focused work alongside client-centred listening. She aims to help people notice patterns, try practical changes and practise new ways of handling emotions.
The emphasis is on clear, doable techniques you can use between meetings.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| NCPS | NCS23-00761 | February 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
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 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
Ways of working Shelley names
- 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
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Shelley’s approaches work online
Shelley combines trauma-focused techniques with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas. Trauma-focused work looks at the impact of distressing events and helps people reduce the hold those memories have on daily life, often through paced, stabilising steps. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and helps people choose actions that match their values. Attachment-based work explores patterns in close relationships and helps people build safer ways of relating and communicating.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Shelley will listen to your concerns and try different tools to see what fits best. Together you set goals, review what helps, and adjust methods as your needs change. The aim is to find a workable path that feels right for you rather than forcing one model.
Online therapy gives a range of practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is preferred, phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or you need a short check-in, and live chat or text messaging suits people who find writing easier or need flexible timing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel and to maintain continuity when circumstances change.
Frequently asked
What issues does Shelley commonly help with?
Shelley supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, grief, self-esteem and a wide range of other concerns such as addictions, sleep or eating difficulties, ADHD and chronic illness.
What is Shelley’s therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and practical, combining listening with concrete tools. Sessions focus on simple, real-world steps to change unhelpful patterns and manage strong emotions.
What experience does Shelley bring?
She has five years of clinical practice and reports over 3,000 hours of counselling work, which she uses to guide a steady and experienced approach in sessions.
Where is Shelley based and what credentials are shown?
Shelley is based in the United Kingdom and lists NCPS among her credentials as provided in her profile information.
Which languages and regions are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Shelley accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shelley?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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