Chana Hughes

Chana Hughes is a pyschotherapist and rebbetzen of Radlett United shul

Latest from Chana Hughes

The Charedi Jimmy Savile has left us all in shock

My family and I have drawn several lessons from this harrowing tale of deceit and abuse

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The Charedi Jimmy Savile has left us all in shock

Family matters: My wife's work friends make me feel invisible

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Teacher is helping his primary school student in the classroom with their STEM project.

Family matters: My son's been diagnosed as autistic

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Mother running with son and daughter to school in the morning

Family Matters:I don’t like my ex’s parenting style

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Family matters: Covid killed my husband and now I’ve lost my faith

In our new column, Chana Hughes tackles your family quandaries

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August 26, 2021 17:48

Senior woman with dear photograph of her husband.

The Israeli expert giving power back to parents

Family therapist Chana Hughes meets an Israeli expert whose methods are helping troubled families around the world

4 min read

May 27, 2021 19:06

Mother and her teenage son arguing at home

Consent is only the start: it’s not a magic word

We have to raise expectations of intimate relations so they are about far more than consent

3 min read

March 26, 2021 17:24

a couple hold each other's hands in the background of the sunset

A family therapist's guide to post pandemic life

Anxiety, exhaustion, depression...life has been tough in a year of pandemic. Family therapist Chana Hughes has some tips on coping as we head in a more hopeful direction

4 min read

March 18, 2021 14:08

Happy boy sticking his drawings on home window during the Covid-19 crisis

The loss of Rabbi Sacks

'Rabbi Sacks represented what I stood for, even before I realised that I was standing.'

2 min read

November 11, 2020 09:33

The family therapist's view of international politics

'In every area of life, no topic should suffer the indignity of being simplified into black and white'

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November 1, 2020 12:51

The family therapist's view of international politics

Moving on in a time of loss

'This is a period in the Jewish calendar when I start feeling like a palaeontologist; trying desperately to connect with the past but then wondering whether I’ve become stuck there.'

2 min read

July 19, 2020 11:57