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About

Even high performers need a place to exhale.

I’m Nikki Hughs, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, trauma-informed consultant, and founder of Hughs Healing Counseling, PLLC. I work with first responders, healthcare professionals, high-tech innovators, and neurodivergent leaders — individuals navigating high-stakes roles where precision, responsibility, and emotional endurance are non-negotiable. My approach is ocean-rooted and neuro-affirming: fluid, strategic, and attuned to your nervous system’s wisdom. Whether you’re facing burnout, trauma, career transitions, or the quiet unraveling beneath success, our work will help you restore clarity, resilience, and emotional sustainability. You’ve held the line for others. Now it’s time to reclaim your own current. Let’s begin with one brave conversation.
Nikki Hughs
MS LMHC

Services

Specialty Areas

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Adjustment Disorder
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Communication Issues
  • Coping Skills
  • Divorce
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Life Transitions
  • Men's Issues
  • Narcissistic Personality
  • Personality Disorder
  • PTSD
  • Self Esteem
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Social Anxiety
  • Stress
  • Women's Health
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • First Responders
  • High Stakes Career
  • Health Care Professionals

Approaches

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Trauma Focused
  • Dialectical (DBT)
  • Attachment-Based
  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Integrative Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Person-Centered
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Somatic

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna
  • First Choice Health
  • Premera Blue Cross
  • Cigna

Fees

  • Individual Therapy: $160
  • Couples/Family Therapy: $275
  • Additional letters : $35
  • Free Consultation 30 mins: $0

Testimonials

“Nikki is a compassionate healer and provides a warm, empathetic space for her clients.”

Cole Schrim, PLLC Counselor, MEd, LMHC, MHP, NCC, SOTP

“Nikki has a natural way of connecting with others that makes them feel seen, heard and understood. Her approach is non-judgmental while also supporting and motivating clients to live the life they yearn for.”

Alicia Ferris Counselor, MS, LMHC, PMH-C

Location

Seattle/Bellevue Areas

Hughs Healing Counseling PLLC - Zeal Care

1 Lake Bellevue Dr, Suite 209
Bellevue, WA 98005-2417

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