About Carmen
Carmen Castillo provides calm, practical help for people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and big life changes. She works with individuals who are struggling with stress, sleep problems, relationship and intimacy worries, low self‑esteem, or the effects of trauma and abuse. Carmen welcomes people across sexual orientations and gender identities and offers support for LGBT concerns in an open way.
Carmen draws on ten years of experience and a BACP registration.
Background and approach
She sees therapy as a collaborative process and invites clients to notice their own strengths while exploring difficult feelings. Sessions focus on small, manageable changes rather than overwhelming tasks. Her work links present difficulties to early relationships and attachment patterns.
That helps people understand why certain thoughts and behaviours keep repeating. She also uses cognitive techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking, and mindfulness practices to reduce emotional reactivity. Carmen pays attention to the whole person - feelings, body and life context.
She encourages self‑compassion and practical self‑care that fit into everyday life. Cultural background and immigration issues are part of what she considers when planning work together. Practical aims in sessions include reducing avoidance, improving sleep and managing anger or addictive urges.
Carmen supports people coping with chronic illness, codependency, abandonment fears, isolation and the fallout of infidelity or separation. She will work with each person to create a plan tailored to their goals.
What Carmen works with
Everything Carmen lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Carmen is listed here; the rest shows what else Carmen works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carmen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that suit online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without fighting them and commit to actions that matter. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and motivation problems. Attachment‑Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current trust and closeness. It can help when abandonment, codependency or repeated relationship problems are present.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carmen treats therapy as collaborative and will help you choose methods that match your needs and goals. She adapts techniques over time so sessions remain focused and practical for you.
Confirm the available session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time and allow quieter check‑ins during a lunch break. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises and cognitive tools in the context of their daily routines. Registered or accredited professionals can guide pacing and practical exercises so progress carries into everyday life.
Questions people ask about Carmen
What kinds of problems does Carmen help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep difficulties, anger and low self‑esteem, among other concerns.
What is Carmen's approach in therapy?
She uses a mix of approaches including acceptance and commitment work, attachment‑based ideas, client‑centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness exercises tailored to each person.
How much experience does she have?
Carmen has ten years of clinical experience working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and different sexual orientations and gender identities.
What are Carmen's credentials and where does she practise?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Are international clients supported?
Yes, she accepts international clients; please consider time zone differences when scheduling.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Carmen?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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