Karen Young
Person-centred counsellor offering steady support
About Karen
Karen Young helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or overwhelmed by life changes. She supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief and low self-esteem. Karen also works with people facing anger, work pressures and specific problems such as panic attacks or seasonal mood changes.
She is a person-centred counsellor with 12 years of experience. NCPS appears after her name as a credential. Karen creates a calm space where people can say what is on their mind without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
She aims to listen closely and reflect back what she hears, so people feel understood. Her style is warm and open. Sessions focus on the person in front of her and what matters most to them.
Karen stays alongside people as they think through choices and make changes at their own pace. Alongside person-centred work she draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past patterns affect the present. She also uses solution-focused techniques to set small, practical steps between sessions.
This mix helps people who want a gentle, reflective approach and those who want concrete change. Karen works with a wide range of concerns, including commitment issues, divorce and separation, hoarding, infidelity, midlife crisis, money worries, social anxiety, women’s issues and workplace problems. She offers therapy from the United Kingdom and speaks English.
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Listed by Karen among the ways they work.
Listed by Karen among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's own experience. It helps people who need to feel heard and accepted as they think through problems and decisions. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns from the past that repeat in the present, helping people understand where difficult patterns come from and how they affect current relationships and feelings. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and clear goals so people can see progress between sessions.Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Karen will help clients decide which approach fits best by discussing their needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where methods can be mixed to suit what each person wants to achieve.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls are good for more conversational, face-to-face work. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or when internet bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer typing to talking. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, family and other commitments while using the approaches above.
| 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
- Anger management
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
