Karen Crooks, BACP
Karen Crooks is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and addictions.
About Karen
Karen Crooks is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and addictions. She works with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, sleeping and eating problems, anger, and coping with major life changes.
Karen believes clients are the experts in their own stories and that they already have strengths to build on. She offers a calm, straightforward style and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Karen uses a mix of approaches chosen to suit each person’s needs, including trauma-focused methods and mindfulness practices. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with time spent on small, achievable changes. Her credential is BACP, which indicates registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She brings three years of experience working in counselling roles across the UK. That background gives familiarity with many different life challenges and emotional responses. In sessions she listens for what matters most and helps set clear, short-term goals alongside longer-term aims.
She may draw on motivational interviewing to help people clarify what they want to change, and solution-focused techniques to identify next steps. The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. Karen welcomes people who prefer online formats and who want a collaborative, down-to-earth approach.
She encourages anyone feeling overwhelmed or stuck to reach out and explore whether her way of working fits their needs.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 399916 | February 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Karen lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- 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
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- 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
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Karen names
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How Karen's approaches work online
Karen draws on trauma-focused therapy to help people process and reduce the impact of past traumatic experiences. This approach looks at how distressing events affect thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and works on practical ways to manage those effects.She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people develop present-moment awareness and reduce ongoing stress. Mindfulness exercises teach simple attention and breathing skills that can ease anxiety and improve sleep.
Motivational interviewing is another tool she may use to help clarify what you want to change and to increase your own motivation for taking steps forward. It focuses on your goals and on finding workable next actions.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Karen will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit your needs and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques as goals evolve so the work stays relevant to what you want to achieve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more accessible. Video calls are useful for fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work well with limited bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options provide flexibility for people balancing work, family and other commitments.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems can I bring to counselling?
Karen works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family concerns, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, and coping with life changes.
What is Karen's style in sessions?
Her approach is calm and practical. Sessions are conversational, focused on clear short-term goals and small steps you can try between meetings.
What experience does she have?
She has three years of professional counselling experience working in the United Kingdom and has supported people facing a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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