About Karen
Karen McClurkin uses a blend of practical talking therapies to help people through hard times. She focuses on building a supportive working relationship so people feel heard and not judged. Karen explains things simply and works at a pace that suits each person.
With seven years of experience, Karen helps people deal with stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She also supports those facing grief, low self-esteem, addictions and trauma and abuse.
How Karen works
Practical matters like sleep problems, anger and coping with life changes are part of her work too. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early patterns affect relationships. She uses client-centred methods to keep sessions focused on the person and what matters to them.
Cognitive behavioural ideas help people spot unhelpful thinking, and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy teach new ways to manage strong emotions. Karen also uses mindfulness practices to help with grounding and concentration. She offers tailored support for issues such as bipolar difficulties, ADHD, abandonment, codependency and body image concerns.
Other areas she has worked with include chronic illness, addictions, domestic violence and fertility challenges. Karen is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and with NCPS. She works with people in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients.
Sessions are offered via video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and are arranged around each person's needs.
Karen lists 7 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | BACP, NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections; it helps when worries centre on trust, closeness or abandonment. Client-centred therapy focuses on the person's own goals and pace, giving time for concerns to be talked through and understood. Cognitive behavioural techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving to ease anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk through different options and agree which methods to try based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. Adjustments are made as sessions progress so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during fuller sessions, phone calls can suit those with limited bandwidth, live chat works for shorter focused conversations and text messaging can support ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel commitments while keeping the therapeutic work consistent.
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