- Years in practice
- 18
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Karen
Karen Bell is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 18 years of practice. She works in a person-centred way, putting how someone feels at the heart of the sessions. Karen is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, BACP.
Her background includes counselling in a GP surgery and trauma work with people who have experienced child sexual abuse and suicidal thoughts. She has also provided occupational health counselling for a police force, which broadened her experience of stress and trauma related issues.
Background and approach
In sessions she offers a non-judgemental space where people can talk about anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, parenting worries and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing changes such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, bereavement and career shifts. Karen welcomes clients across sexualities and genders and is open to people with neurodiverse traits such as ADHD.
Karen describes counselling as a place to sort out habits and coping patterns that no longer help. She names problems directly - for example narcissistic abuse and gaslighting - and invites people to bring their experiences to talk them through. Her style is warm and straightforward, focused on what the client needs in each session.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then arranges sessions based on the therapist's schedule.
What Karen works with
Everything Karen lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Karen helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Karen lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Karen uses person-centred ideas alongside attachment-based and cognitive behavioural methods. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current reactions and can help when trust or closeness feels difficult. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk about different ways of working and agree what fits the client's goals, preferences and presenting problems. Sessions can mix approaches as needed rather than sticking to a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text messaging to give practical options. Video works well when visual contact helps the work, phone is useful for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is tiring, and chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life while keeping continuity between appointments.
Questions people ask about Karen
What concerns does Karen commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and addictions among other concerns, plus parenting and relationship-related worries.
How does she work with clients in sessions?
Her style is person-centred, focusing on the client's feelings and priorities while offering practical talk therapy and trauma-informed support.
What is her professional background?
Karen has 18 years of counselling experience including work in a GP surgery, trauma counselling with victims of child sexual abuse, and occupational health counselling for a police force.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on the client's needs.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
More counsellors who work with stress & anxiety
See all of them
Janice Tatton
NCPS
5 years in practice
Compassionate counsellor for life and parenting challenges
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Grief
Alison Baxter
NCPS
4 years in practice
Supporting parents to find clarity and steadier days
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Trauma and abuse
4 years in practice
Client-centred counsellor using practical CBT
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Family