Karen Sturch, BACP

Karen Sturch helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and a wide range of life challenges. She supports those dealing with relationship and family tensions, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating concerns and parenting strain. She also offers support for ADHD, compassion fatigue and career or life-purpose questions.

Karen works in a direct, down-to-earth way. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and looks for practical steps that fit each person's situation. Sessions focus on noticing strengths, uncovering small changes and building ways to manage difficult feelings.

Her practice draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect, and Solution-Focused Therapy, which emphasises finding workable goals and next steps. These approaches are used to address mood difficulties, panic and post-traumatic stress, and to build coping tools for chronic pain and long-term illness.

With 19 years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Karen combines experience with a straightforward style. She aims to make therapy practical and relevant to everyday life.

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. If you want to explore support, the process begins by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that suits you.

How Karen uses CBT and solution-focused work online

Karen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts, feelings and actions affect one another. CBT sessions tend to include practical exercises, simple experiments and step-by-step plans to manage anxiety, panic, mood problems and unwanted behaviours.

Solution-Focused Therapy is used to build clear goals and immediate next steps. This approach keeps sessions forward-looking and helps people spot what is already working, then do more of it to solve problems such as relationship friction, career decisions or coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Karen will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and help decide which methods make the most sense. That decision is collaborative and can change as you progress.

The practical benefits of doing therapy remotely include fitting sessions around work and family life, reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can offer online sessions that make it easier to keep continuity of care while managing everyday commitments.