About Karen
Karen Young is a person-centred counsellor with 12 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or stuck with life changes. Many come with relationship strains, parenting worries, grief or problems at work and she offers a steady listening space.
Her style is warm and non-judgemental. She aims to create a calm place where someone can speak openly and be heard. Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on small, workable steps forward.
How Karen works
Karen draws on person-centred principles alongside psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques. That means she pays attention to current feelings, recurring patterns from the past, and practical ways to move forward. Conversations can look at why things feel hard now and what concrete changes might help.
She is registered NCPS, which appears after her name, and works with adults across a wide range of issues. Typical concerns include panic attacks, social anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem and seasonal mood changes. People also consult her about relationship difficulties such as infidelity, commitment doubts, divorce or separation, and broader family problems.
She supports those facing midlife crisis, financial stress, hoarding struggles, or workplace challenges. Karen sees clients in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. Sessions can take different formats to suit schedules and preferences, helping people fit therapy around busy lives.
Karen lists 3 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
- Anger management
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience without judgement. It helps people who need a calm, accepting space to speak through feelings and make their own decisions.Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that repeat across relationships and over time. It can help when someone wants to understand roots of recurring worries or emotional reactions and how past experiences shape current choices.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical changes and on building strengths. It is useful for people who want clear, goal-oriented steps and faster ways to try out new behaviours.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods together in a collaborative way. That choice is reviewed as sessions progress to keep the focus relevant.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy weeks. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler on the move, and live chat or text messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options increase flexibility and help people access therapy from different time zones and locations.
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