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Carey Buchanan, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Relationships and Anxiety
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment work
About Carey
Carey Buchanan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has 17 years of therapeutic experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, depression, compassion fatigue, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, sleeping problems, parenting, self-esteem and career changes. Sessions aim to help people notice patterns in their thoughts and behaviours and try practical ways to respond differently.
Carey uses a mix of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches. She explains approaches in straightforward terms and adapts methods to the issue a person brings. The focus is on clear steps people can use between sessions to test what helps.
Her background includes long-term work in UK mental health settings and private practice. That experience informs how she responds to problems like trauma, caregiving stress, chronic illness and family of origin issues. Carey also has experience working with parenting concerns and with intimacy and relationship problems.
People who contact her are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions are arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Carey offers sessions in English and does not take international clients.
She keeps professional development current and blends different therapy ideas to match the practical goals people bring. The emphasis is on small, testable changes and clearer ways of handling difficult feelings and relationships.
How Carey integrates CBT, ACT and attachment work online
Carey commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and test small behaviour changes. CBT sessions focus on clear, practical tasks people can try between meetings to see what shifts their mood or reactions.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to clarify what matters most so actions line up with those values. Attachment-Based Therapy is used where relationship patterns and early family experiences affect current connections and intimacy issues.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Carey will talk through what feels most useful, and together they will agree which methods to try first. That choice can change as goals and needs become clearer.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how meetings are arranged. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Practical benefits include clearer ways to practise new skills between sessions and more flexibility about when therapy fits into everyday life.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, depression, grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, plus parenting and sleeping problems.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
CBT is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to try practical changes. Sessions include steps people can practise between appointments.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Carey has 17 years of therapeutic experience in UK mental health settings and private practice.
What professional credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the first step to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.