About Karen
Karen Crooks is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, and coping with major life changes.
Karen works from the view that people already have strengths they can build on, and she offers steady support while they take steps forward. Her style is straightforward and practical.
How Karen works
She listens first and then helps set small goals that feel achievable. Sessions focus on what the person needs now, using clear tools and short-term strategies when these will help. Karen aims for conversations that are calm and down to earth rather than clinical or confusing.
Karen draws on mindfulness techniques to help people notice and manage difficult feelings in the moment. She uses motivational interviewing to help clients find their own reasons for change and to build commitment. Solution-focused work helps identify immediate steps and small changes that move things forward quickly.
She has three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which indicates a recognised UK counselling accreditation. Karen offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person.
New clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to suit their timing and goals.
Karen lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Karen works with
The areas below are the ones Karen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Karen's approaches translate to online therapy
Mindfulness Therapy helps people pay attention to thoughts and feelings in the moment without getting overwhelmed. Online sessions use guided exercises and breathing practices to build that awareness and reduce stress reactions. Motivational Interviewing focuses on drawing out a person's own reasons for change and strengthening their commitment. In remote sessions this can mean structured conversations that explore values, identify obstacles and set achievable next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karen will talk with each person about their needs, goals and what feels comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and goal-oriented.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties or travel, and allow people to choose what feels most manageable for them.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with KarenWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Karen support?
How would you describe the therapy style?
What is her professional background?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages and international options are available?
What session formats does she offer?
How are fees handled?
How do I begin working with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions