Karen Power

Karen Power is a counsellor who focuses on helping people navigate stressful life changes, relationship strain and feelings of anxiety or low mood. She works in plain, practical ways and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for anyone unsure about therapy. Karen is a BACP member, with seven years of professional experience and a first-class BA (Hons) degree in Counselling.

She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths into the room. Sessions aim to build on those strengths while working on clear goals. Karen offers tailored support for concerns such as stress, panic, depression, and coping after relationship change.

Her background includes focused knowledge of autism and attention difference (ADHD), and she takes care to adapt sessions to each person’s needs. That can mean changing pace, using more structured steps, or trying short practical exercises when helpful.

The way she works draws on client-centred listening alongside tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. Those tools help people notice unhelpful thinking, practise small changes, and build day-to-day coping skills.

People often come with worries about parenting, work pressures, grief, intimacy or issues linked to identity. Karen aims to create a straightforward, respectful space for talking these through and deciding practical next steps together.

How these approaches translate to online counselling

Client-centred work starts by following the person’s lead and listening closely to what matters most to them. Online this can mean using sessions to clarify priorities, reflect feelings, and decide small, achievable steps to try between meetings. It suits people who want a respectful space to make sense of change.

Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and trying experiments to change daily habits. Online sessions can include short worksheets, setting small behavioural tasks, and reviewing what did or did not help the person that week.

Mindfulness therapy introduces simple breathing and noticing exercises to reduce reactivity. In an online setting these are kept brief and practical so they are easy to practise at home or during a break at work.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and how a person responds, and then shape sessions together. That collaborative process helps decide whether to lean more on listening, practical CBT tasks, mindfulness practice, or solution-focused steps.

The practical benefits of online counselling often include fitting sessions around work and family life and avoiding travel time. Because the available session formats were not specified in the original information, please confirm the current online session options before booking to ensure they fit your routine.