Karen King, BACP

Karen King is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 11 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and challenges with motivation and self-esteem. She meets clients where they are and focuses on helping them use their own strengths to move forward.

Her background includes long-term work supporting people through difficult life changes. She draws on client-centred ways of working that put the person's experience at the centre of sessions. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find reasons and momentum for change, and solution-focused techniques to build small, practical steps.

In sessions she aims for a straightforward, respectful tone. Conversations focus on what matters most to the person and on concrete steps they can try between meetings. She pays attention to patterns of thinking and everyday habits that keep problems going, and helps people test new approaches that feel manageable.

She has particular experience supporting people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, addiction, eating and sleeping difficulties, chronic illness and pain, and the effects of abuse or assault. She also works with concerns such as panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviours, and compassion fatigue.

People can expect collaborative planning in the early meetings, with goals set together. The counsellor encourages practical tools alongside talking, so changes can start to feel possible in daily life.

How Karen's approaches fit with online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own experience and priorities. In practice this means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said, and helps the person decide which issues to work on and at what pace. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find personal reasons to change and build small steps forward. It is useful for areas like addiction, low motivation, or adjusting habits.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The counsellor will talk with the person about their goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that feel right. This can include combining elements of different approaches so sessions match the individual's needs.

If you are considering online work, check the session formats before booking to confirm what is currently offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people who find talking from their usual environment more comfortable; different formats can suit quieter conversations, less bandwidth, or brief phone check-ins depending on what the service supports.