Karen Martin, BACP
4 years in practice
Karen Martin is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, or addiction.
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. She works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, or addiction. Karen aims to help people regain balance and a clearer sense of purpose in everyday life.
Karen uses a warm, interactive style that focuses on talking through what brought someone to therapy. She helps clients build emotional awareness and learn ways to manage difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions involve practical steps as well as time to make sense of past experiences. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. These approaches are used to help people notice patterns in relationships and emotions, accept painful feelings without avoidance, and try out new ways of thinking and acting.
With four years of professional experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Karen works with people aiming for steadier moods and clearer choices. She supports those coping with loss, sleep problems, intimacy issues, and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged for international clients.
Communication can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits the client.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- 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 Karen’s approaches translate to online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand strong emotions and how these shape relationships and behaviour. In online sessions this can mean naming feelings, noticing interaction patterns, and practising new emotional responses during conversation. It is often useful for people dealing with attachment issues, intimacy concerns, and relationship distress.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values. Online ACT work typically uses short exercises and goal-setting to help clients live more intentionally despite painful emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they influence current reactions; online work can involve exploring those patterns and trying different ways of relating in day-to-day life.
Finding the best approach is part of the process. Karen will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a client's needs, goals and preferences. Sessions often combine elements from different approaches so the work is tailored rather than fixed.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as flexible scheduling, easier access for international clients, and a range of formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction, phone can be lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options let people fit therapy around work, travel or care commitments.
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Questions people ask
What issues can Karen help with?
She supports adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, addictions, sleep problems, and life changes. Additional areas include attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress and chronic illness.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive, focusing on emotional awareness and practical coping strategies. Sessions combine talking, reflection and exercises tailored to each person.
How long has she been practising?
Karen has four years of professional experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit their needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
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