About Karen
Karen King is a counsellor with 11 years of experience supporting people in the United Kingdom. She works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. Karen approaches each person with respect for their own story and strengths.
She aims to make the first step feel possible and manageable. People meeting Karen can expect a calm and straightforward style. She listens closely and helps clients name practical goals.
How Karen works
Sessions focus on what feels most pressing and on small changes that add up over time. Her work draws on client-centred ideas that place the person’s experience at the centre of the process. She also uses solution-focused techniques to identify immediate next steps and motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck.
Trauma-focused methods are available when past harm needs direct attention. Karen commonly helps with grief, self-esteem, addiction-related worries, sleep and eating difficulties, and coping with life changes such as separation or illness. She also supports those dealing with obsessive thoughts, panic attacks, chronic pain, or the after-effects of sexual assault and abuse.
Sessions can include practical tools, short-term strategies, and longer conversations about meaning and life purpose. The aim is to help people feel steadier and more able to make choices that suit their lives. Karen works collaboratively and adapts approaches to fit each person’s needs.
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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Karen’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters to them, which can make it easier to decide next steps. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for practical, short-term steps that move a person towards their goals; it is useful for stress, motivation, and sorting out immediate problems.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Karen will work with each person to assess what feels most useful and adjust methods over time. Sessions are collaborative, with the therapist helping to choose techniques that match the person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues and hold longer conversations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, shorter sessions, or times when typing is easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and different routines.
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