About Carey
Carey Buchanan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She brings 17 years of clinical experience and aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what is worrying them. Carey uses straightforward, practical approaches to help people facing stress and anxiety.
She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, grief, depression and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person and on small steps that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Her practice draws on several therapy styles, including cognitive work to spot unhelpful thinking, acceptance-based methods to manage difficult feelings, and attachment-informed ideas about relationships. Carey adapts these approaches to the needs and preferences of each person she sees.
Carey has worked in a range of settings across the United Kingdom, including NHS youth mental health services and social care, and in independent practice. That variety of experience informs how she plans sessions and the resources she offers. Online and phone sessions are part of her offering, alongside face-to-face work.
Carey aims to help people build coping skills, improve communication, and find steadier ground during life changes. She keeps her professional knowledge current and combines what has worked before with fresh ideas to meet presenting problems. The emphasis is on collaborative, practical work rather than quick fixes.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Carey commonly blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside person-centred listening. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it can help with persistent anxiety and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and closeness, which can be useful for intimacy and relationship concerns.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Carey discusses goals and preferences in early sessions and adjusts methods so they feel right for the person. This collaborative planning helps bring therapy in line with each individual's needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual contact matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and messaging suit short updates, written reflection, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work even when in-person meetings are difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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