Hi! My name is Emily Hughes, and I’m happy to meet you. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, or LCSW, licensed to practice in the state of Texas (#108721). I provide individual therapy to adults in Austin and virtually across Texas.

My journey in this work began in college as I dove into volunteering in the Austin nonprofit world. Across all settings I worked in - HIV/AIDS hospice, sexual assault forensic examinations, and substance use recovery spaces - I encountered trauma and intimately saw how it impacted the lives of clients and their families. This work led me to tune into myself in a new way and turn towards my own areas of pain. As a client, I experienced for myself the transformative healing power of human connection, the mysterious alchemy of having a safe-enough, attuned other person in the room to facilitate healing. This belief in the healing power of connection continues to have the deepest influence on my work today.

Since graduate school, my focus has been in working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence, with a sub-focus on working with Latinx/Hispanic and immigrant survivors. I describe my style as “hippie-dippie and informed by the science,” and love to be warm, relational, curious, and direct in sessions.

Outside of work, some of my favorite ways to spend my time are singing, reading, working out, and spending time with my loved ones. One of my current life joys is periodically fostering cats who sometimes make an appearance during sessions! As a relational therapist, I welcome questions about who I am as a person and how I work.