About Lila
Lila Hughes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people make real changes in their lives. She uses a warm, person-centered way of working to build trust and help clients move toward goals that matter to them. She meets people where they are and listens without judgment.
Sessions are practical and focused on skills you can use between meetings. Lila helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and issues related to relationships and family dynamics.
Background and approach
Her work also covers sleep difficulties, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar and ADHD-related struggles, and coping with major life changes. She has experience supporting people facing serious illness and those caring for someone at the end of life, including caregiving stress and hospice-related concerns. Lila draws on approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness techniques, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.
She adapts these methods to each person's needs and values, focusing on strengths and practical coping strategies. Clients can expect clear goals, step-by-step skills, and space to tell their story. Lila aims to reduce barriers to progress and to build on what already works in a person's life.
She practices in Pennsylvania and provides services in English.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people can identify their goals and move toward them at their own pace. It is useful when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to talk through feelings and make choices rooted in their values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way and replaces them with practical strategies. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes because it teaches clear tools to practice between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These techniques pair well with CBT when someone wants help managing stress, improving sleep, or staying present during difficult moments.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before to shape a plan. Together the client and therapist try methods, adjust what isn’t helping, and focus on strategies that fit the person’s daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, ongoing encouragement, or when writing out thoughts feels most helpful. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving, and other routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English