About Karen
Karen Sturch is a counsellor with 19 years of professional experience based in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress and anxiety and supports people facing relationship strain, family conflict, depression, grief and other life challenges. Karen approaches clients with respect and a practical mindset.
She aims to empower people to make changes that matter to them. She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the individual. Karen listens for practical patterns and helps clients try small, manageable steps between meetings. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviours.
In sessions she will help you set clear goals and try techniques you can use day to day. The focus is on real-world change rather than long theoretical discussion. Over nearly two decades she has worked with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, addictions, panic, mood difficulties, and issues around identity and LGBT concerns.
She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, career crossroads, and chronic health challenges. People who choose Karen can expect straightforward conversation, practical tools, and encouragement to build on what already works in their lives. The aim is to reduce distress, increase coping, and help people move towards clearer direction and greater well-being.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Karen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact. CBT helps people recognise unhelpful thinking and test small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms. It suits concerns like mood difficulties, panic attacks and stress.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on identifying clear goals and practical steps. This approach helps people notice what is already working and build on those strengths to move through life changes and relationship stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and day-to-day realities, then work with the client to choose or blend methods that fit. Clients are encouraged to try techniques between sessions and to feed back what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls let you work face to face when you prefer discussion and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is required. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick reflections, pacing out emotions, or checking in between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring commitments and busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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