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07970 245 899
Hello, I am Richard Hughes, a qualified and accredited integrative psychotherapist (Level 7, UK Council for Psychotherapy).
I offer weekly individual psychotherapy 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.
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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Richard Hughes
May 294 min read
Eternal Adolescence
One of the most common issues I hear from people is that their emotional, physical, and cognitive responses to stress and anxiety mirror...
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Richard Hughes
May 223 min read
Singled Out
Lionel Ritchie has a lot to answer for. You see, back in the 80s there was a television ad for the Halifax bank, and being an...
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Richard Hughes
Dec 30, 20234 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Jul 18, 20223 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Jun 12, 20225 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Apr 11, 20227 min read
On The Couch With Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol - Been there, seen the screen print portraits multiple times, and have the fridge magnet. And yet, I am always blown away by...
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Richard Hughes
Feb 17, 20224 min read
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....
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Richard Hughes
Jan 23, 20226 min read
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,...
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Richard Hughes
Dec 24, 20214 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Dec 17, 20214 min read
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...
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Richard Hughes
Nov 24, 20213 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Nov 11, 20217 min read
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...
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Richard Hughes
Oct 4, 20213 min read
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...
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Richard Hughes
Jun 11, 20214 min read
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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Richard Hughes
May 8, 20213 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Apr 29, 20216 min read
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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Richard Hughes
Mar 14, 20214 min read
Irvin Yalom: In Conversation
When I began my psychotherapy training, a friend who had just qualified gave me a book they thought I would enjoy. That book was The Gift...
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Richard Hughes
Feb 25, 20215 min read
Nourished: Freud, Food And Cauliflower
Back in in 1985, a long lost manuscript was discovered in the dusty archives of the Freud Museum in Hampstead, a final opus by the man...
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Richard Hughes
Jan 27, 20217 min read
A Life Retold
The sepia photograph is of a young man in his early twenties. The direct gaze is self-assured and arresting. The white carnation he wears...
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