About Justin
Justin Hughes helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship and family concerns. He supports people coping with trauma and abuse, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes. Justin is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC practicing in Idaho and speaks English and Spanish.
He uses straightforward conversation to learn what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps that fit into daily life. Justin aims to tailor goals and strategies to each person's situation rather than use a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
His approach blends several evidence-informed methods. He draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and move toward meaningful actions. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors.
Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Justin has worked in counseling for over 11 years. That experience includes helping people with addiction, bipolar concerns, ADHD, caregiving strain, blended family stress, and challenges that come with aging.
He also supports people facing communication problems, codependency, and the fallout of separation or domestic violence. Conversations with him are intended to be respectful and compassionate. He helps people build skills, try new habits, and make clearer choices about relationships, work, and wellbeing.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and he aims to provide steady, practical support along the way.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful when someone is stuck or unsure what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress when life gets overwhelming.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match the person's goals, needs, and preferences. That process may include trying a few techniques and adjusting what is used as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people share thoughts between longer sessions or fit short check-ins into a busy day. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English, Spanish