About Carmen
Carmen Castillo offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief or major life changes. She meets clients with warmth and straightforward care. Carmen works in both English and Spanish and draws on ten years of experience to help people move forward.
Carmen uses a collaborative style. She invites people to talk about current struggles and how earlier relationships or life events may still affect them. Sessions focus on noticing thoughts and feelings, building kinder habits, and trying new ways of coping that fit day-to-day life.
How Carmen works
Her approach blends client-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural work and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Mindfulness practices are used to help people ground themselves and manage strong emotions. Attachment-based ideas guide conversations about how early patterns shape present relationships.
Carmen has a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership, shown as BACP, and follows its ethical framework. She has worked with people from varied cultural backgrounds and with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. She is experienced supporting concerns such as trauma, addiction, chronic illness, loneliness, and issues around intimacy and relationships.
Therapy sessions can include talking, guided exercises, and brief practices to try between meetings. Carmen encourages self-compassion and realistic small steps. She supports people aiming for clearer choices, steadier moods, and better day-to-day functioning.
Carmen lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Carmen works with
The areas below are the ones Carmen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Carmen’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting thinking patterns and trying practical exercises to change behaviours and reduce distress. It often suits people wanting concrete skills for specific problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people make different choices in relationships and intimacy.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Carmen will listen to what matters to the client and try options together. Over a few sessions she and the client will decide which techniques feel most useful and adjust the plan as needs change, keeping the process collaborative and straightforward.
Online sessions offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit shorter check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while still accessing steady support.
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A practical next step
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