About Carey
Carey Buchanan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings 17 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression and a wide range of relationship and family concerns. Carey aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space for parents and individuals to talk through what’s overwhelming them.
Carey blends practical skills with listening. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based work to shape sessions.
Background and approach
That means sessions can include mindful exercises, looking at unhelpful thought patterns, and talking about how early relationships influence current reactions. Her work covers problems like grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, alongside intimacy issues, sleep difficulties and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiving strain, career change and family of origin issues.
Sessions are aimed at helping people make small, workable changes in day-to-day life. Carey has experience in both face-to-face and online practice across the United Kingdom. She keeps her professional skills up to date and adjusts her way of working to fit each person’s needs.
Practical tools are offered alongside open conversation so people can try things out between sessions. People often come for help with communication problems, codependency or difficulty committing in relationships. Carey can guide conversations about boundaries, forgiveness and rebuilding trust.
The focus is on clear, manageable steps rather than complex theory.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts without getting stuck and then commit to small actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, stress and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change behaviour and mood, which suits problems like sleep difficulties, low mood and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help with intimacy issues, communication problems and feelings of abandonment.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try out techniques, and together they will decide what feels most helpful. That way each plan is shaped around practical needs rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Online formats offer flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for people who prefer writing, need asynchronous support, or want brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family or caregiving commitments while still using the same therapeutic approaches.
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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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