Karen Murdock, BACP, NCPS

Karen Murdock helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, low self-esteem, grief, anger and relationship strain. She supports those coping with career changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD and other life transitions. Karen works from a calm, steady place and aims to make sessions practical and understandable.

Karen uses a client-centred way of working. That means the conversation follows the person's priorities and unfolds at their pace. She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to look at patterns of thinking and behaviour. Psychodynamic ideas are used to understand repeated life patterns and emotional roots.

Sessions are adapted for each person. Karen helps build skills for managing stress, improving sleep, and handling strong emotions. She will also explore how past experiences shape present reactions when that feels useful. The emphasis is on small, achievable changes alongside deeper reflection.

With four years of practice, Karen brings experience helping people who live with chronic pain, long-term illness and related challenges. She understands how health problems can affect work, family life and finances, and she helps clients find practical ways to cope.

Karen holds BACP and NCPS credentials, which appear in her professional information. She provides therapy in the United Kingdom and works in English. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.

How Karen’s approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the person. The counsellor offers empathy and reflection to help someone feel understood and to find their own solutions. This approach is useful for people wanting a paced, person-led space to talk about difficult feelings.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress by teaching straightforward coping skills.

Psychodynamic ideas explore how earlier experiences and relationships influence current patterns. This can help people who want to understand repeating problems or emotional habits that cause distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Karen will discuss options and decide collaboratively which methods suit the person’s goals and preferences. The plan can change as issues evolve and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to regular sessions. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief updates, reflective notes between sessions or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work and life commitments, and to maintain continuity even when circumstances change.