Carmen Castillo
Support for anxiety, trauma and life changes
About Carmen
Carmen Castillo helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, depression or major life changes. She supports those struggling with stress, trauma, addiction, low self-esteem and intimacy or relationship concerns. Carmen offers a calm, non-judgemental presence and speaks English and Spanish.
She works collaboratively, inviting clients to look at the patterns that keep them stuck. Conversations aim to connect current difficulties to earlier experiences and to everyday habits that can be changed.
Background and approach
Carmen emphasises self-compassion and practical self-care as part of recovery. Carmen uses a blend of approaches to suit each person. She draws on client-centred work to follow what matters most to the person in the room.
She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help shift unhelpful thinking and behavioural patterns. Mindfulness and acceptance-based methods are offered to help people live with painful feelings without being driven by them. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and coping.
With ten years' experience, Carmen works with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and a range of sexual orientations and gender identities. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Her sessions attend to feelings, body and thoughts so therapy feels practical and grounded.
People can expect a steady, supportive relationship focused on small, manageable changes.
What Carmen works with
How Carmen works
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Sessions & fees
How Carmen's approaches work online
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and testing simple changes to reduce distress. It is practical and often useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, called ACT, helps people make space for difficult feelings while taking steps towards what matters most. It can help with chronic pain, addiction and ongoing stress by encouraging committed action aligned with personal values.
Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and coping. This can be useful for intimacy, abandonment worries and some patterns that affect relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Carmen will discuss what feels most useful based on a person's goals, history and preferences. She adapts methods so sessions match changing needs and practical circumstances.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let most of the in-person experience continue, phone sessions suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief support or between-session contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Spanish
