Karen Sturch

Karen Sturch is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 19 years of experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, and she has a focus on women's issues and LGBT-related concerns. Karen works from the view that clients know their own stories and brings a respectful, strengths-based approach to each session.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She helps people break problems into smaller steps and find ways to cope that fit daily life. Karen listens, offers gentle challenge when needed, and helps clients set realistic goals they can work towards between meetings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy are part of her practice. She uses these methods to identify unhelpful thinking patterns, try new actions, and build small changes that add up. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s priorities.

Areas she commonly addresses include grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting strain and work-related stress, as well as mood and panic problems. She also supports people with attachment or blended family issues, chronic illness and the emotional fallout of separation and divorce.

Karen is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP. She offers her approach in English and accepts international clients. To begin, people are asked to use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How her approaches translate to online counselling

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. In practice this means identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety or low mood. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and practical progress, helping people identify what they want to be different and take concrete steps toward it.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Karen will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative choice can change over time as different strategies are tested and refined.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a shorter check-in when that suits a schedule. It can also let people use quieter surroundings, avoid being on camera some days, or choose a format that matches their energy and bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt CBT and solution-focused techniques to work well in an online setting, focusing on practical exercises, goal setting and homework that fit everyday life.