About Regina
Regina Hughes is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 23 years of experience. She works with adults facing a wide range of life challenges and aims to create a calm, respectful space for people to talk through their problems. Regina writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person.
Her background includes work in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings. She has supported people coping with depression, bipolar issues, anxiety, trauma and abuse, substance use, and anger.
Background and approach
She has also worked with clients who have academic or behavioral concerns related to autism and ADHD. Regina blends practical tools with empathic listening. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
She pairs that with client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities. She also draws on elements of dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work when intense emotions or relationship pain are central. Sessions emphasize skills you can try between meetings, such as grounding, emotion regulation, and clearer communication.
Regina aims to tailor a plan around each client's goals and life demands. She supports people navigating grief, parenting stress, career shifts, relationship problems, and major life changes. Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and practical, with attention to measurable steps forward.
Evidence-based approaches in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and when life changes make it hard to focus on what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. It often includes clear exercises and homework to practice new habits between sessions.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change over time as new priorities and challenges emerge, and decisions are made together in session.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when schedules or travel make in-person meetings difficult. Phone sessions or shorter live chat check-ins can fit into a work break or a hectic day. Text-based messaging supports brief updates and ongoing skills practice between appointments. These options make it easier to use therapy consistently while trying new tools in everyday situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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