Kari Walters, BACP

Kari Walters helps people carrying stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, depression and the frustration of life changes. She also supports concerns around career pressure and the everyday struggle to cope. Kari works with a wide range of related issues including caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, isolation and family-of-origin difficulties.

She trained as an integrative counsellor and has five years' experience in charity and private practice. Her background includes working with the mental health charity Mind, Cruse Bereavement Care, and Burning Nights CRPS. That mix of settings means she has sat with people at different stages of difficult experiences.

Kari offers a calm, warm presence in sessions. She creates time for you to speak and for her to reflect back what she hears. Conversations are paced to suit you and to help you make sense of thoughts and feelings.

The work is rooted in Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on understanding your experience and following what matters to you. Practical themes such as managing daily stress, coping with change, or navigating family tensions often form part of the conversation.

Sessions can look like honest talking, gentle reflection, and practical planning for small changes. Kari aims to help people feel steadier and clearer about their next steps. She invites clients to shape the process so it fits their life and goals.

Client-centred care through online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a genuine, accepting relationship. The counsellor listens closely and reflects back what she hears to help you clarify feelings and priorities. This approach often helps with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain and navigating life changes.

Because Kari uses a person-led style, she will work with you to choose what methods suit you best. Finding the right way to work is part of the process and happens together. She will ask about your goals, what has helped before, and how you prefer to communicate to shape the plan collaboratively.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone work is useful when bandwidth is limited or you need a quick check-in, while live chat and messaging suit shorter updates or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when attending in person would be difficult.