Karen Martin, BACP

Karen Martin is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who offers compassionate support for adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, addiction concerns, sleep problems and major life changes. She speaks English and works with people who want clearer thinking, steadier emotions and more control over their day-to-day life.

Karen uses a client-centred style to help people talk through what brought them to therapy. She encourages self-awareness and emotional regulation, and she works collaboratively to identify unhelpful beliefs and find practical alternatives. Sessions are conversational and focused on small steps that can make daily life feel more manageable.

Her approach draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to challenge thinking patterns and on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live with what they cannot change. Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are used to build coping tools when emotions feel overwhelming. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship and intimacy-related concerns.

With four years of professional experience and BACP registration, Karen aims to create a respectful and compassionate atmosphere. She emphasises a warm, interactive style and supports people to gain stability and balance. The goal is to help each person move toward a life that feels more fulfilling on their own terms.

Therapy may include talk work, practical exercises and skill-building. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs, and progress is reviewed along the way. Karen invites people to take small, steady steps toward clearer goals and healthier routines.

How Karen’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small committed actions even when uncomfortable thoughts and feelings are present. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and life changes by focusing on what matters most rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thought patterns and habits; it often includes practical exercises and behavioural experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and intimacy; it can help people understand and shift repeating relationship dynamics.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Karen will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That might mean combining techniques or trying a few different strategies over time until a good match is found.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, caring responsibilities or travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, reflective notes between sessions or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.