About Wayne
Wayne Castro is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in New Hampshire with decades of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. He writes plainly and listens closely so clients can talk through what feels overwhelming. Wayne aims to make first appointments straightforward and approachable for someone worried about taking the next step.
He uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps him guide clients toward values-based choices when worry or avoidance get in the way. He also draws on principles of the Gottman Method for people who want to address relationship patterns that affect their day-to-day life. Wayne has worked across many concerns over a long career, including trauma, depression, attention and focus challenges, grief, and anger.
He also supports people dealing with career strain, midlife shifts, and issues tied to family background. His experience includes helping those affected by substance problems, domestic violence, and first responder or veteran-related stress. Sessions emphasize clear goals and steps you can try between appointments.
Wayne encourages small, manageable experiments so progress feels real and steady. He focuses on building practical skills for coping, improving relationships, and restoring daily routines. He offers sessions in English and provides several online formats to fit busy schedules.
Wayne works alongside each person to shape a plan that fits their situation and what they want to change.
Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions where avoidance is a problem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and attention-related challenges by teaching specific coping skills and steps to change patterns.
The Gottman Method offers practical ways to improve communication and reduce recurring relationship conflict by learning small, evidence-based interaction skills.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods together and adjust as needed. That partnership helps shape a plan that fits the person rather than fitting the person to a single technique.
Online therapy with Wayne is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging is handy for brief check-ins or when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or busy days while keeping treatment consistent and workable.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 45 years
- Licensed
- New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
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