Carmen Castillo, BACP

Carmen Castillo offers calm, practical support for people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and major life changes. She meets each person where they are and helps them find small, achievable steps forward. Carmen works in a warm, non-judgemental way and values each person’s own strengths and cultural background.

She uses a mix of counselling approaches to suit each person’s needs. Sessions focus on understanding how past relationships and formative experiences shape current patterns. Carmen helps people recognise and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and build more helpful habits for daily life.

Carmen brings about ten years of hands-on experience to her practice. She is a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which she follows in her work. Her practice is informed by both talking-focused and mindfulness-based methods.

Work often includes learning practical ways to manage strong emotions, improving sleep and coping with compassion fatigue or career stress. She also supports people dealing with attachment wounds, abandonment, addictions and relationship or intimacy concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and Carmen welcomes people from different cultural and sexual orientation backgrounds. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

How Carmen’s approaches work online

Carmen uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy alongside Client-Centred work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and supports taking values-based action. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to reduce reactivity and support calmer sleep and mood. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and building a trusting therapeutic relationship so people can explore what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Carmen will discuss goals and preferences with each person and try different methods until they find what helps. This is a collaborative process where the person’s needs guide which therapies are used and how sessions are structured.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to keep continuity of care when living abroad or moving between locations. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques like mindfulness practices and ACT exercises for use in remote sessions to keep progress steady.