Carol R Hughes PhD,LMFT
Carol R. Hughes, Ph.D., LMFT is the Co-author of Home Will Never be the Same Again: A Guide for Adult Children of Gray Divorce. She is a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, EMDR therapist, and family-focused divorce professional who is also board-certified in clinical hypnosis. For more than thirty years, in her private practice in Laguna Hills, California, she has helped adults, adolescents, and children heal their pain. In addition to her work as an individual, couples, and family therapist, Dr. Hughes has served as a court-appointed family therapist, reunification therapist, family, child, and co-parenting specialist, and mediator, assisting hundreds of parents and children facing separation and divorce. In 2003, she was a co-founding member of Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County. She is a frequent presenter on the effects of divorce on families, value of the child specialist, collaborative divorce, consensual dispute resolution, his brain/her brain, and adult children of gray divorce. In addition, she trains and mentors mediation and collaborative divorce professionals. In 2011, Collaborative Practice California honored Carol with the Eureka Award that recognizes and honors "those who have made significant contributions and demonstrated an abiding dedication to establishing and sustaining Collaborative Practice in California.”
