About Hurey
Dr. Hurey Hughes is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of practice in North Carolina and Virginia. He focuses on helping people who are facing big life challenges like depression, anxiety, relationship pain, and career stress.
He aims to create a calm space where people can talk honestly about their thoughts and feelings. He uses straightforward, skills-based methods to help people manage emotions and make changes that fit their life.
Background and approach
Sessions often include practical tools for handling stress, improving communication, and addressing patterns that get in the way of wellbeing. He also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy concerns, and identity questions related to LGBT and gender matters. Dr.
Hughes brings experience working with issues such as ADHD, bipolar concerns, parenting strain, and challenges tied to adoption and foster care. He also addresses areas like codependency, jealousy, and sexual concerns including kink and sex addiction. His approach blends clear guidance with attention to each person’s values and goals.
People who prefer direct feedback along with collaborative planning tend to do well with his style. He encourages small, doable steps and checks in on progress. He frames therapy as joint problem solving rather than a lecture.
He is listed as LCSW - licensed clinical social worker - and holds the NC LCSW C009474 and VA LCSW 0904008749 credentials. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to match each person’s needs.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change how someone feels. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and daily coping skills. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse. Motivational Interviewing uses a conversational, nonjudgmental approach to help people find their own reasons for change and build motivation for goals like career shifts or substance-related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. That process is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction, phone can be lower-bandwidth and simpler, chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging lets someone share updates between longer sessions. These formats increase flexibility while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Languages
- English