Karen McClurkin, BACP, NCPS

Karen McClurkin is a BACP and NCPS registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with seven years' experience. She works with adults who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, self-esteem issues, addictions, trauma and abuse, sleeping problems and anger. She also supports people dealing with bipolar, ADHD and major life transitions.

Her starting point is a collaborative relationship. She aims to create a plain, non-judgemental space where people can talk through current problems or things that go back into the past. She listens for what matters most to each person and uses that to shape the work.

Karen draws on a mix of methods rather than a single model. She commonly uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect present patterns. She also works with cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, and with mindfulness practices to help with stress and sleep.

Sessions may include short practical exercises, discussion of recent events, and skills to try between appointments. She has experience with additional issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, chronic illness and disability, codependency, domestic violence and substance misuse.

People often come to her when everyday life feels harder than it used to. Her approach is straightforward and pace is set to what each person can manage. To begin, readers are asked to use the site booking flow so they can be matched and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches Karen uses and how they work online