About Karen
Karen Marsh is a counsellor with 25 years of professional experience in Australia. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, and supports those facing relationship and family difficulties. Karen also works with people coping with trauma, abuse and anger.
She holds PACFA credentialing and uses a collaborative, respectful style. Karen believes clients are the experts in their own stories. She listens for strengths and helps people build practical skills they can use day to day.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and paced to each person’s comfort level so progress feels manageable. Her approach draws on a range of evidence-informed therapies. Techniques include acceptance and commitment principles, attachment-focused ideas, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural tools and emotionally-focused work.
These tools are used to address panic, post-traumatic stress, codependency and communication problems among other concerns. Over her career Karen has helped people with family of origin issues, divorce and separation, control issues and forgiveness work. She also supports those dealing with guilt, shame and self-love challenges.
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve coping skills. Practical steps are central to Karen’s practice. Sessions include clear goals, emotion-focused processing and skills rehearsal.
People who choose her work with someone who will help them make steady, workable changes.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people live in line with their values while letting difficult thoughts have less control. It suits anxiety, stress and people wanting clearer life direction. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships affect current patterns; it helps when trust, closeness or abandonment worries arise. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a warm, non-judgemental therapeutic relationship where the counsellor follows the person's pace and priorities.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Karen discusses options and adapts methods to the person's needs and goals. Over time she checks in and shifts focus if something is not helping, so the therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online work is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues and a fuller conversation, while phone calls can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging suit short check-ins, reflective writing and people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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