Carey Buchanan, BACP

Carey Buchanan is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings 17 years of clinical experience and offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk through difficult moments in life and relationships.

Carey uses straightforward, practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. She supports those dealing with grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, and those facing relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also helps with sleep problems, self-esteem, parenting strain and career-related stress.

Her work draws on approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques, attachment-focused work and dialectical behaviour ideas. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on small, achievable steps that make a difference day to day. Carey adapts methods to each person's situation rather than following a single formula.

Carey has experience across NHS child and adolescent settings, social care and private practice, and has carried out therapy both in person and online. She keeps her professional knowledge up to date through regular continuing professional development.

People who come to her can expect a warm, listening approach and practical tools to cope better with change. Carey aims to help people understand their patterns, improve communication, and build clearer ways of moving forward.

How Carey’s approaches work online

Carey often uses acceptance and commitment therapy and attachment-based work in her online practice. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication, helping people change unhelpful cycles and feel more secure.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Carey will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and will work together to decide which methods fit best. She adapts techniques across sessions, trying practical steps and reviewing what helps most as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with Carey can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging is helpful for ongoing brief support between appointments. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel commitments while still using evidence-based approaches.