About Karen
Karen Power offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She works with individuals who want practical help with self-esteem, relationships, grief, trauma, neurodivergence-related concerns, and issues such as parenting, work stress, or eating and sleeping difficulties.
She presents therapy in an approachable way and encourages clients to use their own strengths as a starting point. Karen trained in the UK and holds a first-class BA Honours degree in Counselling.
How Karen works
She has seven years of experience and is a BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP (Accred). She follows the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Ethical Framework in her practice. Her style is client-centred, meaning sessions focus on each person’s priorities and pace.
She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help spot patterns of thinking that may fuel anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people notice and step back from stressful thoughts, while solution-focused work helps set clear, manageable goals. Karen aims to tailor counselling to each person’s needs, including support around autism and ADHD.
She says clients are the experts in their own lives and works to build on existing strengths. Her approach is practical and collaborative, with short-term tools and longer-term reflection available depending on what a person needs. Starting therapy with Karen involves taking a first step and then planning sessions that fit a client’s circumstances and goals.
She encourages gradual progress and practical change while respecting each person’s story and timing.
Karen lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Karen works with
The areas below are the ones Karen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online and in sessions
Karen combines client-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural ideas to help people manage problems. Client-centred work means the conversation follows what matters most to the person, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clarify priorities. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and offers simple strategies to change unhelpful patterns.She also uses mindfulness techniques to develop present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to stressful thoughts. These practices can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep difficulties and managing panic or strong emotions. The therapist will discuss which approaches suit a person and tailor them to each situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all method.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen will work with clients to set goals, try short practical exercises and review what helps. This means adjusting pace and techniques to match a person’s needs and preferences so progress feels manageable.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier and can fit into busy lives, such as arranging sessions around work breaks or reducing travel time. It also allows for quieter check-ins when a longer face-to-face meeting is not needed, helping therapy to fit into everyday routines.
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