Irene Hughes, AASW

Irene Hughes is a therapist based in Australia with 15 years of professional experience supporting people who seek healing, growth, and greater alignment with their Christian faith as they navigate life’s challenges.

She holds the AASW credential, representing the Australian Association of Social Workers, and bases her practice on evidence-informed approaches. Her clinical work draws primarily from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centered therapy, and she weaves those therapies into a compassionate, collaborative process that honors each person's lived experience.

Irene provides a faith-informed space where psychology and Christian spiritual practice can be integrated when desired. For clients who wish to include faith in their sessions, she may incorporate biblical truth, Scripture, prayer, and Christian spiritual principles to help bring clarity, peace, and renewed perspective in ways that align with their beliefs.

At the heart of her practice is the conviction that people are not broken but are created with worth, purpose, and dignity. Her role is to walk alongside clients rather than to fix them, supporting the replenishment of truth, renewal of mind, and movement toward wholeness at a pace that respects each person’s faith journey.

Irene works with a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and self-esteem. She also attends to attachment and body image matters, caregiver stress, commitment and communication issues, feelings of emptiness or isolation, family and fatherhood concerns, fertility and forgiveness issues, guilt and shame, HIV/AIDS related difficulties, and infidelity. She is currently accepting clients in Australia and provides therapy in English.