Carey Buchanan, BACP

Carey Buchanan is a UK-based counsellor and clinical social worker with 17 years of therapeutic experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a professional body for counsellors, and is also registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a clinical social worker, reflecting dual qualifications in counselling and social care.

Throughout her career Carey has worked across NHS CAMHS services for young people, within UK social care, and in private practice, providing therapy to individuals, couples and children. She draws on a broad clinical toolkit - including cognitive behavioural approaches, dialectical behaviour strategies and person-centred work - and adapts methods to meet each person’s presenting needs. She also offers parenting programmes tailored to family circumstances when required.

Carey focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, compassion fatigue and intimacy-related problems. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, codependency, and family of origin difficulties. She works collaboratively to help clients explore thoughts, feelings and behaviours and to develop practical coping strategies.

Committed to ongoing professional development, Carey keeps her theoretical knowledge current and applies an integrative, empathetic approach that aims to create a non-judgmental and accepting space for change and recovery.

Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care

Carey uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and to develop practical skills for managing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. She also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) techniques that teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal skills - helpful for those struggling with intense emotions or relationship difficulties. Attachment-based work is included when relevant, focusing on how early relationships influence current patterns in intimacy, trust and connection and supporting clients to build more secure relational habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Carey collaborates with each person to explore goals, preferences and responses to different methods, adjusting the focus over time so therapy matches changing needs and priorities.

Online therapy sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from home or another convenient location.