Karen McClurkin, BACP, NCPS

Karen McClurkin is a counsellor who uses an integrative approach to match therapy to each person. She holds BACP and NCPS credentials and brings seven years of experience to sessions. Karen focuses on creating a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about what is worrying them.

She works with everyday problems like stress, anxiety and sleep difficulties. She also helps people dealing with relationship strain, grief, addictions and intimacy-related issues. Other areas she addresses include self-esteem, anger, bipolar symptoms, ADHD and coping with life changes.

Karen adapts methods rather than following a single technique. She draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred ways of working, cognitive behavioural tools, dialectical behaviour methods and mindfulness practices. This means sessions can include practical exercises, reflective conversation and skills to manage difficult moments.

Her background also includes work around fertility and menopause issues, loss of identity, and mother and baby homes. Karen aims to build a strong therapeutic relationship first, so clients feel listened to and not judged as they talk through recent problems or long-standing patterns.

Sessions are geared towards finding what helps in everyday life. Karen supports people who want clearer thinking about choices, steadier mood management and better ways to handle relationships and challenging feelings.

How her approaches adapt to online therapy

Karen blends attachment-based, client-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches so online work can be both reflective and practical. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in relationships and helps people understand how past connections affect current feelings. Client-centred work gives people time to tell their story with warmth and without judgement. Cognitive behavioural work brings simple tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and to build new routines.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods and adjust them based on what helps most. That collaborative process makes sessions feel more personalised and relevant to daily life.

Their biography does not list specific session formats here, so please confirm the available formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use written exercises or mindfulness practices between meetings to build practical skills for managing stress, relationships and mood.