- Stress and anxiety
- Bereavement support
- Workplace stress
About Karen
Karen Dodd is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience. She works with people who are coping with stress and anxiety, and she supports those facing relationship difficulties and grief. Sessions focus on practical support for everyday pressures at work and at home.
She has experience helping people deal with bereavement and the shock that follows a loss. Karen also volunteers as a counsellor for a cancer charity and has worked with clients affected by cancer and the wider impact on their loved ones. This background informs her approach to loss and long-term health challenges.
Karen draws on a mix of talking-based approaches, including attachment-based work, client-centred methods, cognitive behavioural ideas, emotionally-focused approaches and mindfulness. She aims to help people increase self-awareness, notice unhelpful patterns, and try different ways of responding to difficult feelings.
Her past work in a large corporate setting shapes how she supports people with work-related stress, redundancy and balancing career demands with family life. She also has experience supporting people who are neurodivergent and those experiencing anxiety linked to life transitions such as the menopause.
Sessions can include looking at motivation, building self-esteem, improving communication and practical coping strategies. To get started clients use the site matching process to arrange a first session and discuss how to work together.
How counselling approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and patterns that repeat in close connections. Online sessions can help people notice how past relationships shape current fears and practise new ways of relating in conversations with the counsellor. Client-centred counselling concentrates on the person’s experience and priorities. In an online meeting this means the counsellor listens to what matters most and follows the client’s lead when setting goals and next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karen will discuss different methods and make decisions together about which ideas to try first, based on what the client wants and what feels manageable. That collaborative choice can be revisited as the work progresses.
Confirm the available session options before booking as formats are not specified in the supplied profile. Many people find online sessions help fit counselling into their week, for example by saving travel time, making it easier to have a shorter check-in between commitments, or allowing someone to choose whether to be on camera. Registered or accredited professionals offering online therapy can support the same kinds of concerns as face-to-face work, while tailoring pace and tasks to everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Karen focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, low self-esteem and related life changes such as redundancy and career strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work uses client-centred conversation alongside attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas, with mindfulness and cognitive behavioural techniques where helpful.
How much professional experience does she have?
Karen has six years of professional experience working with people in counselling roles, including volunteering for a cancer charity.
Is she registered with any professional body in the UK?
She holds BACP accreditation as supplied in her profile and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time as described in the profile.
What should I do to start a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.