Karen Martin, BACP
4 years in practice
Karen Martin is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or relationship pain.
License and registration
- BACP
- 401287 · expires August 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Karen
Karen Martin is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who aims to help people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression or relationship pain. She works with adults facing trauma, addictions, sleep difficulties and life changes. Sessions focus on finding steadier ground and clearer direction so daily life feels more manageable.
With four years of professional experience, Karen draws on a mix of conversational and structured methods. She uses Client-Centred ways to listen and build trust, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to focus on values and committed action.
Background and approach
Existential themes also inform her work when people want to find purpose or make meaning from loss. Karen helps people increase self-awareness and learn practical tools to regulate emotions. She works alongside clients to examine beliefs that may no longer serve them, and to try different responses to difficult situations.
Her approach is warm and interactive rather than directive. People can expect straightforward conversations, skill-building and gentle challenge when needed. Karen treats everyone with respect and sensitivity while aiming to support realistic steps forward.
The aim is to help each person regain balance and make choices that suit their life. She offers sessions in English and is available to work with international clients. Therapy is delivered remotely in a range of formats to suit different needs and schedules.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Karen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karen names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Existential work looks at meaning and purpose and helps when people feel stuck or face big life questions; conversations explore values, loss and how to live with uncertainty. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, stress and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns from close relationships to improve current emotional bonds and reduce repeating unhelpful behaviours.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which approaches to try. That collaboration means the work can shift if something isn’t helping and focus more on what the person finds useful.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for shorter check-ins, and messaging suits ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, travel or busy family schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Karen help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and addictions, as well as sleep issues and coping with major life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, combining open listening with practical exercises to build awareness and emotional regulation skills.
How much experience does she have?
Karen has four years of professional practice working with adults on a range of emotional and behavioural concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds BACP registration and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the United Kingdom.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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