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​Hello, I am Richard Hughes, an experienced integrative psychotherapist (Level 7, UK Council for Psychotherapy accredited).
I offer weekly psychotherapy and counselling in Central Walthamstow, E17 - 20 minutes on the Victoria line from Oxford Circus, or on the Overground from Liverpool Street Station.
Fee: £75 per 50 minute session.
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If you would like to speak further, please call me on 07970 245 899 or you can email me at richard@richardhughestherapy.com


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AI - The End Of Psychotherapy?
Just recently, I met someone at a party who told me with unrestrained glee that psychotherapy was finished. According to him, AI would...

Richard Hughes
Feb 257 min read
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On The Couch With Marilyn Monroe
"When you're famous you kind of run into human nature in a raw kind of way" - Marilyn Monroe One of the lesser known facts about Marilyn...

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Feb 84 min read
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Advice: Take It Or Leave It
One of the golden rules of psychotherapy is that psychotherapists don't give 'advice'. Why is that? After all, many people coming to...

Richard Hughes
Jan 83 min read
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The Trap Of Eternal Adolescence
Have you ever stopped an thought about how you respond to stress and relationship challenges? For many people, it's not uncommon to...

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May 29, 20244 min read
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In Praise of Singledom
Lionel Ritchie has a lot to answer for. You see, back in the 80s there was a TV ad for the Halifax bank, and being an impressionable...

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May 22, 20243 min read
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Boarding Schools: It Never Did Me Any Harm
A few years ago, I wrote a blog titled, ‘Time To Abolish Boarding Schools?’ It was less of a question more of a statement, and I was...

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Dec 30, 20234 min read
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The Landscape Of Our Past and Present
‘One without a myth is like one uprooted, having no true link either with the past, or with the ancestral life which continues within...

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Mar 16, 20233 min read
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The Stone Age: A Review
We can all agree that there are rockstars, and then there are the Rolling Stones. Who’d imagine that they’d be still at it with the...

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Jul 18, 20223 min read
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Relationships: Only Connect
After three marriages, numerous high-profile lovers, and seven years of celibacy, the actress, producer, and activist Jane Fonda, now...

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Jun 12, 20225 min read
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On The Couch With Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol - Been there, seen the screen print portraits, and have the fridge magnet. And yet, I am always blown away by a life-size...

Richard Hughes
Apr 11, 20227 min read
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A Love Letter To Cabaret
Before I knew anything about psychotherapy, there was one film I returned to again and again to get me through the vicissitudes of life....

Richard Hughes
Feb 17, 20224 min read
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Just How Possible Is It To Change?
New Year, new you! So goes the popular trope of every supermarket magazine as January 1st comes around again. It is an appealing idea,...

Richard Hughes
Jan 23, 20226 min read
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At Christmas: The Cinderella Complex
With the Christmas season upon us, I thought it would be fun to revisit The Cinderella Complex, a best-selling self-help book from the...

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Dec 24, 20214 min read
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The Beatles: Get Back
Forget Omicron, booster jabs and illicit Christmas parties, the conversation starter of the moment, said in excited knowing tones has to...

Richard Hughes
Dec 17, 20214 min read
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About Shame
"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole." - C. G. Jung Behind the...

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Nov 24, 20213 min read
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Love Of My Life: The Life And Loves Of Freddie Mercury
In her most recent book, Love of My Life:The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury , the writer Lesley-Ann Jones sets out to explore the...

Richard Hughes
Nov 11, 20217 min read
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The Genius Of Therapy Memes
One of my guilty pleasures is the therapy meme. Clever and deceptively spot on, their appeal is in their low tech approach which manages...

Richard Hughes
Oct 4, 20213 min read
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Being Human: Or How Not To Be A Robot
What makes us human? We can all agree that humans are vast, complex, and anomalous, but as we enter the second decade of the 21st...

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Jun 11, 20214 min read
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Nick Kamen: Masculinity Redefined
With his death from cancer at just 59, I’ve been reflecting on the impact and legacy of the singer and model Nick Kamen. Here was a man...

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May 8, 20213 min read
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Rebecca: The Return To Manderley
The one novel I return to again and again is Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca . The opening dream sequence draws the reader into a lost Garden...

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Apr 29, 20216 min read
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