Counsellor profile
Karen Young, NCPS
NCPS counsellor - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with KarenAbout
- Person-centred approach
- Solution-focused work
- Psychodynamic ideas
About Karen
Karen Young is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 12 years of experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, and the ongoing demands of parenting. Karen also focuses on anger, low self-esteem and life transitions such as separation or midlife shifts.
She uses a person-centred approach that keeps the conversation grounded in what matters to the client. Sessions are straightforward and conversational. Karen listens, reflects what she hears, and helps people clarify their own priorities and next steps.
Her background includes extended practice supporting people through relationship concerns and family problems. She also addresses more specific issues such as commitment worries, infidelity, hoarding, and financial stress that can affect everyday life. She works with anxiety presentations including panic attacks, social anxiety and seasonal mood changes.
Karen draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns from the past that still affect present behaviour. She also offers solution-focused tools to help people set practical goals and try small changes between sessions. These approaches sit alongside her person-centred method and are used to fit what the individual wants to work on.
Sessions are intended for adults at different stages of life who need a calm, steady listener and someone to help them think things through. To begin, people normally pick the online therapy option, complete a short matching questionnaire, and arrange an initial session.
How sessions work
How Karen’s approaches work for online therapy
Karen uses a person-centred style that keeps the conversation focused on what matters to the client. This approach is about listening carefully, reflecting what emerges, and helping people find their own priorities. It is useful for people who want to talk through feelings around parenting, relationships or life changes.She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns that affect current choices. That can help when long-standing behaviours keep causing the same problems in relationships or at work.
Solution-focused work is used alongside these methods to set clear, short-term goals. This gives practical steps to try between sessions and helps people notice small changes that make day-to-day life easier.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist and client work together to decide which methods suit the person’s needs, goals and preferences. That collaboration guides what is tried in early sessions and how progress is reviewed.
The biography did not specify the exact online session formats available here. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and suit quieter surroundings or lower bandwidth situations.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain and family issues, plus related concerns such as anger and low self-esteem.
How would she describe her way of working?
Her style is person-centred and conversational. She listens, reflects, and helps people decide practical next steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of counselling experience working with adults at different life stages.
What qualification does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with NCPS and is practising in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography did not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.