Rhys Hughes

Operating times:

Monday: 8am - 6pm

Tuesday: 8am - 6pm

Wednesday: 8am - 6pm

Thursday: 8am - 6pm

Friday: 8am - 6pm

Please enquire to check availability

Professional, high-quality online counselling and psychotherapy.

I take measures to ensure that the counselling I provide is tailored to my client's specific needs ('contextual approach').

I place strong emphasis on the evidence-based factors that research shows make the biggest impact on client progress. These are known as 'Therapist Factors' (Wampold et al 2017).

To put it simply, whatever model we choose to approach therapy with (described below), the biggest predictor of success from therapy is the therapist's ability to have: flexibility, openness, good interpersonal skills, trust, competence, focus, empathy, honesty, authenticity, warmth and communication skills.

As well as their ability to connect with clients from many backgrounds and facing a variety of issues.

(Ackerman& Hilsenroth, 2003; Hill & Castonguay, 2017; Wampold, Baldwin, Holtforth, & Imel, 2017).

It is these factors that I aim to uphold within my practice with every person I engage with, ensuring greater quality of the therapeutic relationship and greater progress for clients. I have seen (through research and personal experience) many clients from a range of backgrounds develop and grow.

(Read more at: https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/therapist-factors)

The style and approach of therapy (e.g. CBT, PCT, Schema etc) will be tailored to your needs, and your communication style. These are explored below.

I have worked with clients from 11 to 90, facing a wide range of issues, developing specialist experience working with: families (adolescents and parents), chronic illnesses, trauma, bereavement, masculinity, femininity, stress, anxiety and depression.

This has been with various agencies, charities, private businesses, local authorities and social care as well as private practice.

You can contact me through the information provided on the directory. I cannot respond immediately, as I am away from devices during therapy sessions. Yet I will aim to respond within 1 working day.

I tend to begin all therapy in a Person-Centred manner, allowing time to build a rapport, have open and honest discussions and understand what challenges you’d like to work through.

From there, we can continue in this non-directive style, if that is what is needed. Or we can begin to explore therapeutic techniques and models that may be useful to you.

These can include: CBT, Schema, Gestalt, Existential therapy, Personality theory, Psychodynamic therapy, or changes in mode such as art, writing, mindfulness, outdoor therapy and ergotherapy.

These approaches will be discussed with you as they come up, and if you feel it is useful and insightful to you, we will utilise it.

We’ll aim to set a time and day that best suits you, and maintain that schedule weekly, although some flexibility is possible with enough notice.

I typically work in 10 week cycles, with a review on the 9th week, where we will discuss how therapy is going, assess the progress made, and determine if/what further work needs to be done.

From here we can continue, alter our focus, evaluate any resources and materials that are useful and discuss options for referrals to complementary services if necessary.

Once you are satisfied with the progress made, and feel that therapy is no longer needed we will complete and I'll follow up with an optional check-in message 10 weeks later. You can always refer directly back to myself if needed.

Further details of our policy and procedure can be found on the therapy contract, of which you will have the opportunity to read before our first session.

Please feel free to follow me on my newly started social media pages to stay informed and up to date on our services!

Before your first session:

I will call/email to arrange a time/day

Send a copy of the therapy contract to sign before/during your first session

Send a short information/assessment form to complete

During your first session:

Conduct a brief assessment

Discuss confidentiality

Answer any questions you may have

Begin to establish a therapeutic method that works for you

Operating times:

Monday: 9am - 6pm

Tuesday: 9am - 6pm

Wednesday: 9am - 2pm

Thursday: 9am - 6pm

Friday: 9am - 2pm

Please enquire to check availability

Professional, high-quality online counselling and psychotherapy.

I take measures to ensure that the counselling I provide is tailored to my client's specific needs ('contextual approach').

I place strong emphasis on the evidence-based factors that research shows make the biggest impact on client progress. These are known as 'Therapist Factors' (Wampold et al 2017).

To put it simply, whatever model we choose to approach therapy with (described below), the biggest predictor of success from therapy is the therapist's ability to have: flexibility, openness, good interpersonal skills, trust, competence, focus, empathy, honesty, authenticity, warmth and communication skills.

As well as their ability to connect with clients from many backgrounds and facing a variety of issues.

(Ackerman& Hilsenroth, 2003; Hill & Castonguay, 2017; Wampold, Baldwin, Holtforth, & Imel, 2017).

It is these factors that I aim to uphold within my practice with every person I engage with, ensuring greater quality of the therapeutic relationship and greater progress for clients. I have seen (through research and personal experience) many clients from a range of backgrounds develop and grow.

(Read more at: https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/therapist-factors)

The style and approach of therapy (e.g. CBT, PCT, Schema etc) will be tailored to your needs, and your communication style. These are explored below.

I have worked with clients from 11 to 90, facing a wide range of issues, developing specialist experience working with: families (adolescents and parents), chronic illnesses, trauma, bereavement, masculinity, femininity, stress, anxiety and depression.

This has been with various agencies, charities, private businesses, local authorities and social care as well as private practice.

You can contact me through the information provided on the directory (email is preferable) or via direct message on my professional social media accounts and website. I cannot respond immediately, as I am away from devices during therapy sessions. Yet I will aim to respond within 1 working day.

I tend to begin all therapy in a Person-Centred manner, allowing time to build a rapport, have open and honest discussions and understand what challenges you’d like to work through.

From there, we can continue in this non-directive style, if that is what is needed. Or we can begin to explore therapeutic techniques and models that may be useful to you.

These can include: CBT, Schema, Gestalt, Existential therapy, Personality theory, Psychodynamic therapy, or changes in mode such as art, writing, mindfulness, outdoor therapy and ergotherapy.

These approaches will be discussed with you as they come up, and if you feel it is useful and insightful to you, we will utilise it.

We’ll aim to set a time and day that best suits you, and maintain that schedule weekly, although some flexibility is possible with enough notice.

I typically work in 10 week cycles, with a review on the 9th week, where we will discuss how therapy is going, assess the progress made, and determine if/what further work needs to be done.

From here we can continue, alter our focus, evaluate any resources and materials that are useful and discuss options for referrals to complementary services if necessary.

Once you are satisfied with the progress made, and feel that therapy is no longer needed we will complete and I'll follow up with an optional check-in message 10 weeks later. You can always refer directly back to myself if needed.

Further details of our policy and procedure can be found on the therapy contract, of which you will have the opportunity to read before our first session.

Please feel free to follow me on my newly started social media pages to stay informed and up to date on our services!

Before your first session:

• I will call/email to arrange a time/day
• Send a copy of the therapy contract to sign before/during your first session

During your first session:

• Complete a short information form
• Conduct a brief assessment
• Discuss confidentiality
• Answer any questions you may have

Operating times:

Monday: 9am - 6pm

Tuesday: 9am - 6pm

Wednesday: 9am - 6pm

Thursday: 9am - 6pm

Friday: 9am - 6pm

Please enquire to check availability

Professional, high-quality counselling and psychotherapy.

I take measures to ensure that the counselling I provide is tailored to my client's specific needs ('contextual approach').

I place strong emphasis on the evidence-based factors that research shows make the biggest impact on client progress. These are known as 'Therapist Factors' (Wampold et al 2017).

To put it simply, whatever model we choose to approach therapy with (described below), the biggest predictor of success from therapy is the therapist's ability to have: flexibility, openness, good interpersonal skills, trust, competence, focus, empathy, honesty, authenticity, warmth and communication skills.
As well as their ability to connect with clients from many backgrounds and facing a variety of issues.
(Ackerman& Hilsenroth, 2003; Hill & Castonguay, 2017; Wampold, Baldwin, Holtforth, & Imel, 2017).

It is these factors that I aim to uphold within my practice with every person I engage with, ensuring greater quality of the therapeutic relationship and greater progress for clients. I have seen (through research and personal experience) many clients from a range of backgrounds develop and grow.
(Read more at: https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/therapist-factors)

The style and approach of therapy (e.g. CBT, PCT, Schema etc) will be tailored to your needs, and your communication style, these are explored below.

I have worked with clients from 9 to 90, facing a wide range of issues, developing specialist experience working with: families (adolescents and parents), chronic illnesses, trauma, bereavement, masculinity, femininity, stress, anxiety and depression.

This has been with various agencies, charities, private businesses, local authorities and social care as well as private practice.

You can contact me through the information provided on the directory (email is preferable) or via direct message on my professional social media accounts and website. I cannot respond immediately, as I am away from devices during therapy sessions. Yet I will aim to respond within 1 working day.

I tend to begin all therapy in a Person-Centred manner, allowing time to build a rapport, have open and honest discussions and understand what challenges you’d like to work through.

From there, we can continue in this non-directive style, if that is what is needed. Or we can begin to explore therapeutic techniques and models that may be useful to you.

These can include: CBT, Schema, Gestalt, Existentialism, Personality theory, Psychodynamic therapy, or changes in mode such as art therapy, writing, mindfulness, outdoor therapy and ergotherapy.

These approaches will be discussed with you as they come up, and if you feel it is useful and insightful to you we will utilise it.

We’ll aim to set a time and day that best suits you, and maintain that schedule weekly, although some flexibility is possible with enough notice.

I typically work in 10 week cycles, with a review on the 9th week, where we will discuss how therapy is going, assess the progress made, and determine if/what further work needs to be done.

From here we can continue, alter our focus, evaluate any resources and materials that are useful and discuss options for referrals to complementary services if necessary.

Once you are satisfied with the progress made, and feel that therapy is no longer needed we will complete and I'll follow up with an optional check-in message 10 weeks later. You can always refer directly back to myself if needed.

Further details of our policy and procedure can be found on the therapy contract, of which you will have the opportunity to read before our first session.

Please feel free to follow me on my newly started social media pages to stay informed and up to date on our services!

Before your first session:

• I will call/email to arrange a time/day
• Send a copy of the therapy contract to sign before/during your first session

During your first session:

• Complete a short information form
• Conduct a brief assessment
• Discuss confidentiality
• Answer any questions you may have

Operating times:

Monday: 8am - 6pm

Tuesday: 8am - 6pm

Wednesday: 8am - 6pm

Thursday: 8am - 6pm

Friday: 8am - 6pm

Please enquire to check availability

Professional, high-quality online counselling and psychotherapy.

I take measures to ensure that the counselling I provide is tailored to my client's specific needs ('contextual approach').

I place strong emphasis on the evidence-based factors that research shows make the biggest impact on client progress. These are known as 'Therapist Factors' (Wampold et al 2017).

To put it simply, whatever model we choose to approach therapy with (described below), the biggest predictor of success from therapy is the therapist's ability to have: flexibility, openness, good interpersonal skills, trust, competence, focus, empathy, honesty, authenticity, warmth and communication skills.

As well as their ability to connect with clients from many backgrounds and facing a variety of issues.

(Ackerman& Hilsenroth, 2003; Hill & Castonguay, 2017; Wampold, Baldwin, Holtforth, & Imel, 2017).

It is these factors that I aim to uphold within my practice with every person I engage with, ensuring greater quality of the therapeutic relationship and greater progress for clients. I have seen (through research and personal experience) many clients from a range of backgrounds develop and grow.

(Read more at: https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/therapist-factors)

The style and approach of therapy (e.g. CBT, PCT, Schema etc) will be tailored to your needs, and your communication style, these are explored below.

I have worked with clients from 9 to 90, facing a wide range of issues, developing specialist experience working with: families (adolescents and parents), chronic illnesses, trauma, bereavement, masculinity, femininity, stress, anxiety and depression.

This has been with various agencies, charities, private businesses, local authorities and social care as well as private practice.

You can contact me through the information provided on the directory (email is preferable) or via direct message on my professional social media accounts and website. I cannot respond immediately, as I am away from devices during therapy sessions. Yet I will aim to respond within 1 working day.

I tend to begin all therapy in a Person-Centred manner, allowing time to build a rapport, have open and honest discussions and understand what challenges you’d like to work through.

From there, we can continue in this non-directive style, if that is what is needed. Or we can begin to explore therapeutic techniques and models that may be useful to you.

These can include: CBT, Schema, Gestalt, Existentialism, Personality theory, Psychodynamic therapy, or changes in mode such as art therapy, writing, mindfulness, outdoor therapy and ergotherapy.

These approaches will be discussed with you as they come up, and if you feel it is useful and insightful to you we will utilise it.

We’ll aim to set a time and day that best suits you, and maintain that schedule weekly, although some flexibility is possible with enough notice.

I typically work in 10 week cycles, with a review on the 9th week, where we will discuss how therapy is going, assess the progress made, and determine if/what further work needs to be done.

From here we can continue, alter our focus, evaluate any resources and materials that are useful and discuss options for referrals to complementary services if necessary.

Once you are satisfied with the progress made, and feel that therapy is no longer needed we will complete and I'll follow up with an optional check-in message 10 weeks later. You can always refer directly back to myself if needed.

Further details of our policy and procedure can be found on the therapy contract, of which you will have the opportunity to read before our first session.

Please feel free to follow me on my newly started social media pages to stay informed and up to date on our services!

Before your first session:

I will call/email to arrange a time/day

Send a copy of the therapy contract to sign before/during your first session

Send a short information/assessment form to complete

During your first session:

Conduct a brief assessment

Discuss confidentiality

Answer any questions you may have

Begin to establish a therapeutic method that works for you

Operating times:

Monday: 8am - 6pm

Tuesday: 8am - 6pm

Wednesday: 8am - 6pm

Thursday: 8am - 6pm

Friday: 8am - 6pm

Please enquire to check availability

Professional, high-quality online counselling and psychotherapy.

I take measures to ensure that the counselling I provide is tailored to my client's specific needs ('contextual approach').

I place strong emphasis on the evidence-based factors that research shows make the biggest impact on client progress. These are known as 'Therapist Factors' (Wampold et al 2017).

To put it simply, whatever model we choose to approach therapy with (described below), the biggest predictor of success from therapy is the therapist's ability to have: flexibility, openness, good interpersonal skills, trust, competence, focus, empathy, honesty, authenticity, warmth and communication skills.

As well as their ability to connect with clients from many backgrounds and facing a variety of issues.

(Ackerman& Hilsenroth, 2003; Hill & Castonguay, 2017; Wampold, Baldwin, Holtforth, & Imel, 2017).

It is these factors that I aim to uphold within my practice with every person I engage with, ensuring greater quality of the therapeutic relationship and greater progress for clients. I have seen (through research and personal experience) many clients from a range of backgrounds develop and grow.

(Read more at: https://www.whatworksintherapy.com/therapist-factors)

The style and approach of therapy (e.g. CBT, PCT, Schema etc) will be tailored to your needs, and your communication style, these are explored below.

I have worked with clients from 9 to 90, facing a wide range of issues, developing specialist experience working with: families (adolescents and parents), chronic illnesses, trauma, bereavement, masculinity, femininity, stress, anxiety and depression.

This has been with various agencies, charities, private businesses, local authorities and social care as well as private practice.

You can contact me through the information provided on the directory (email is preferable) or via direct message on my professional social media accounts and website. I cannot respond immediately, as I am away from devices during therapy sessions. Yet I will aim to respond within 1 working day.

I tend to begin all therapy in a Person-Centred manner, allowing time to build a rapport, have open and honest discussions and understand what challenges you’d like to work through.

From there, we can continue in this non-directive style, if that is what is needed. Or we can begin to explore therapeutic techniques and models that may be useful to you.

These can include: CBT, Schema, Gestalt, Existentialism, Personality theory, Psychodynamic therapy, or changes in mode such as art therapy, writing, mindfulness, outdoor therapy and ergotherapy.

These approaches will be discussed with you as they come up, and if you feel it is useful and insightful to you we will utilise it.

We’ll aim to set a time and day that best suits you, and maintain that schedule weekly, although some flexibility is possible with enough notice.

I typically work in 10 week cycles, with a review on the 9th week, where we will discuss how therapy is going, assess the progress made, and determine if/what further work needs to be done.

From here we can continue, alter our focus, evaluate any resources and materials that are useful and discuss options for referrals to complementary services if necessary.

Once you are satisfied with the progress made, and feel that therapy is no longer needed we will complete and I'll follow up with an optional check-in message 10 weeks later. You can always refer directly back to myself if needed.

Further details of our policy and procedure can be found on the therapy contract, of which you will have the opportunity to read before our first session.

Please feel free to follow me on my newly started social media pages to stay informed and up to date on our services!

Before your first session:

• I will call/email to arrange a time/day
• Send a copy of the therapy contract to sign before/during your first session

During your first session:

• Complete a short information form
• Conduct a brief assessment
• Discuss confidentiality
• Answer any questions you may have