Lucy Hughes, NCPS

Counsellor Lucy Hughes is a member of NCPS and has three years' experience helping people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Lucy focuses on adults over 18 and often supports people in their 20s and 30s who are juggling pressure, life changes or identity concerns.

Lucy uses a person-centred approach at the core of her work. That means she listens without judgment and prioritises the client's view of their situation. She also draws on other evidence-based techniques to meet the practical needs people bring to a session.

Sessions look at how current problems link to past experience, including attachment and separation. She helps people talk through relationship strain, the effects of trauma, and feelings of isolation or low self-worth. Practical steps are offered when helpful, alongside longer conversations about meaning and purpose.

Lucy places emphasis on straightforward communication. She matches pace to what the client wants and uses a direct but gentle style, sometimes using light humour to ease difficult moments. As a parent and a relatively young counsellor she says this experience shapes how she understands pressures faced by people juggling many roles.

Her work is trauma-informed, aiming to respect personal boundaries and to welcome different identities. Before booking, clients should confirm current session options and any practical arrangements they need to make.

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