Karen Hough, BACP
Karen Hough is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience.
About Karen
Karen Hough is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship strains, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. She aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and often tells people she is glad they reached out.
Her style is straightforward and calm. She creates an open space for people to talk about thoughts and feelings without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
Sessions are paced to suit each person, with simple goals set together. Karen offers practical ways to manage day-to-day stress and anxiety. She helps people talk through relationship and family issues, and works alongside those affected by past trauma or abuse.
When depression is part of the picture, she supports small, achievable changes to routine and thinking. Her experience also covers concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment and personality-related difficulties, autism and Asperger syndrome, body image, chronic illness or pain, and caregiver stress. She adapts conversations to the issues someone brings and focuses on what matters to that person.
Karen works through conversation and shared planning. She encourages honest feedback and checks in about progress. Sessions aim to leave people with clearer next steps and coping strategies they can try between meetings.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 410923 | September 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- 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
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- 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
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapy approaches translate online
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques used by this counsellor typically focus on talking, practical skills and gradual change. One common method helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, alternative ways of responding to stress and low mood. It is useful for anxiety and depression because it breaks problems into clear steps to practice.Another approach emphasises talking through past difficult events at a careful pace. It supports people affected by trauma and abuse by helping them name reactions and build manageable coping strategies. This can make daily stresses feel easier to handle over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and decide together with the client what fits best. This is a collaborative process that takes into account a person’s goals, comfort and practical needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth or screen time is limited, chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter, regular contact. These formats help people fit counselling around work, family life or other commitments, and make it easier to keep continuity between sessions.
Frequently asked
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and depression. She also supports a range of related issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment problems, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is calm and direct, creating an open space to talk without judgement. Sessions focus on practical steps, clear goals, and checking progress between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience working with people on issues including addiction, stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship problems, and depression.
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.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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