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Carey Buchanan, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 17 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepressionCompassion fatigue
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Carey Buchanan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings 17 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. Carey aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what’s on their mind and start to feel less stuck.
Carey uses a few well‑established approaches to suit different needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help with anxious thoughts and low mood.
Background and approach
Attachment‑based ideas inform work around intimacy, abandonment and family of origin issues. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings. That might include skills for coping with strong emotions, experiments to change unhelpful patterns, or clarity work around values and relationships.
Carey also supports people facing grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, and she explores how chronic illness or caregiving stress affects daily life. She offers online and telephone sessions, plus live chat and text‑based messaging for shorter check‑ins or ongoing support. Carey works with individuals on parenting challenges, body image, codependency, sleep problems and career uncertainty.
The aim is to tailor the approach to each person’s situation and goals. Carey keeps her practice current through continuing professional development and adapts methods to the presenting concern. People who want a straightforward, practical style that still feels warm and respectful often choose to work with her.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then focus on actions that matter. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and adjusting to life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and teaches practical skills to reduce unhelpful loops such as intrusive worries or avoidance. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment‑based work explores how early relationship patterns shape current intimacy and trust, and can help with fears of abandonment and family of origin issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carey will talk with each person about what feels most helpful and adapt techniques to match goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where methods are reviewed and changed as needed to fit the individual situation.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text‑based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversation when that is useful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check‑in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter updates or ongoing support between longer sessions, helping therapy fit around work and family commitments.
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Areas of focus
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-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour 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
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
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