About Karen
Karen Robson is a counsellor with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and related concerns. She is a BACP member and draws on several practical approaches to support everyday problems. Karen offers a warm, non-judgemental style and aims to help clients understand their feelings and reactions.
She uses a client-led way of working. That means sessions are shaped by what a person needs right now, whether that is learning new coping skills, talking through loss, or planning small steps for change.
Background and approach
She often combines straightforward thinking tools with mindfulness and brief solution work. Her caseload has included people facing depression, addiction, relationship strains, trauma and bereavement. She has also worked with issues such as ADHD, body image, parenting pressures and work stress.
Karen says she brings creativity into sessions when it will help someone engage and learn. Sessions focus on building self-awareness about thoughts, feelings and triggers. Karen supports people to set achievable goals and practise techniques between meetings.
The aim is to reduce distress and increase everyday coping skills. Clients find practical, down-to-earth guidance in sessions rather than technical jargon. The emphasis is on collaboration - deciding together what helps and adjusting the plan as needed.
How these approaches work online
Karen works with approaches such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking and learn new ways of responding to stress and anxiety through practical exercises. Mindfulness Therapy trains simple awareness techniques to reduce reactivity and improve calm, which can be useful for ongoing worry and low mood.The best approach is decided together. Karen uses a client-centred stance to listen first, then suggests methods that match the person's goals and preferences. She checks in about what is helpful and adapts the plan as therapy progresses so it stays relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls work well for face-to-face style conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing written reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to attend around work, family or other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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