Laura Hughes Therapies

Welcome to Laura Hughes Therapies

Hello, thanks for stopping by. I’m Laura, and I’m a counsellor, creative therapist, Reiki practitioner, and intuitive artist, working from Hanbury in Worcestershire, and online.

I work with people who may be feeling distressed, lost, or unsure, to help them reconnect with their most authentic self (even if you don’t know who that is yet), process pain, and rediscover a sense of peace, purpose, hope, and happiness.

I offer counselling, creative therapy, reiki, and intuitive art-based work, including spiritual art readings, to provide safe spaces to support people in their change and growth, through times of depression, anxiety, grief, stress, and life events.

I have 15 years’ experience as a qualified counsellor, and I’m a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), a Master Practitioner Member of the UK Reiki Federation, and a member of the Creative Counsellors Community.

How I work

My work is present, human, and really quite simple. When we sit together, I meet you where you are right now. I notice the way you naturally are in yourself, and I work with that to help you feel seen, safe, and understood.

It’s completely ok (and normal!) to not know what to say or where to start. I will invite you to tell me a little about yourself, but only as little or as much as you are comfortable with. There is no rush, and what you need or want to say will naturally unfold in a gentle, and natural therapeutic conversation. We move at a pace that feels safe for you, dipping a toe in the water, and dipping back out again, moving with the ebb and flow of your feelings.

Over time, as trust builds, people tend to speak more freely and more honestly, and things that have been held in for a long time can start to find space to be expressed. From there, there is a gradual returning, to yourself, your truth, and a way of living that feels more aligned with who you really are.

Let me help you find a place to begin. Tell me where you’re at, and we’ll go from there…

Start Your Journey

Where to start

Any therapeutic or healing journey can involve many emotions, from darkness, despair, or stuckness, through confusion, pain, and trauma, to moments of curiosity, revelation, hope, and joy. I believe that real healing means exploring the shadows as well as the light, and that this process is rarely a direct path.

Whether you are needing support in the depths of your own personal Underworld, standing on the Threshold of change and uncertainty, or blossoming into the joy and creativity of Spring, I hold a safe space for you to talk, heal, create or reconnect: tailored to what you need right now.

Sometimes it can be hard to know where you are in yourself, or what kind of support you might need. If you’re not sure where you are right now, let’s have a chat and begin there.

let’s start here

A homely place for community

Fulfilling a life-long dream, you can now find me at my own little studio at The Jinney Ring, in Hanbury.

This is a safe, cosy, and homely space where I offer counselling, reiki, creative therapy, reiki groups, and art sessions, alongside my small art and wellbeing shop. It is also a place where you can send and receive letters as part of the Sunday Letters Project, and buy/borrow/exchange second-hand books.

On Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays I work with one-to-one clients. On Saturdays the space opens more widely, and you are welcome to visit the shop, explore what I offer, or enquire in person about sessions and commissions.

Find Out More

Please take a look around my website to explore my counselling, creative therapy, Usui reiki, spiritual readings, and art readings, as well as my current availability, testimonials, and blog.

I also have an online shop, and you find me here on Folksy, and I offer a number of events exclusively to members of the Spirit Social app (find it in the app store), including live demonstrations, the Divine Doodle Club, and a monthly Angelic Healing Circle.

If you have a question that’s not answered here, I warmly invite you to get in touch: there’s no obligation to book an appointment, and I’m happy to help you explore what might be right for you.

Take good care,
Laura
Dip. Couns., BSc (Hons), PG Dip., Reg. MBACP

Telephone: 07989 427 793
Email: hello@laurahughestherapies.co.uk

Memberships and Affiliations

What my clients are saying

New Found Confidence

“Laura helped me build the foundations to rely on my own judgement, safely deal with unresolved grief and most of all helped me re discover my confidence.”

Mrs. F., Counselling Client

Tools to Navigate Life

“Laura is really nice and caring. The counselling she has given has offered me so many tools to help navigate my life in a better way as well as helping me work through my past traumas.”

Ethan, Counselling & Reiki Client.

Beautiful Aura Art

“I received a beautiful art interpretation of my aura energy. Being able to sit and watch, via zoom, Laura draw as she felt into my energy was amazing. I certainly had a couple of wow moments.”

Toni, Auragraph Reading Client