Karen McClurkin
Calm, practical support for everyday struggles
About Karen
Karen McClurkin uses a person-centred approach to help people feel understood and safe. She draws on attachment-based and cognitive behavioural ideas to make sessions practical and focused. Karen prefers clear, gentle conversation so people can talk about what matters to them without fear of judgment.
She builds a trusting relationship first. That gives space to look at current problems or long-held patterns from the past. Conversations stay straightforward and paced to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make small changes that add up over time. Her work covers stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, self-esteem, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries, sleep problems and anger. She also supports people facing bipolar disorder, ADHD and life transitions.
Additional interests include abandonment, attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and disability, codependency and substance-related problems. Karen has seven years of practice and holds BACP and NCPS credentials. She combines techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy with mindfulness and solution-focused ideas.
This mix is tailored to each person rather than following a fixed formula. Sessions are offered in English and available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. The aim is to help people manage daily pressures and build coping skills.
Karen encourages straightforward goals and regular check-ins to track progress.
What Karen works with
How Karen works
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Sessions & fees
How these approaches work online
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current trust and connection. Online sessions can help people notice and change those patterns through reflective conversation and practice between sessions.Client-centred therapy means the counsellor listens deeply and follows the person’s lead. This approach supports people who need to feel heard first, and it can make space to explore difficult feelings at a steady pace.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress by giving clear steps to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. Plans are adjusted as work proceeds so the approach fits practical needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for a fuller conversation and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer writing to speaking or want flexible, ongoing contact. These options make therapy more accessible and easier to fit around work and family commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
