Karen Young, NCPS

Karen Young is a person-centred counsellor with 12 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or struggling with relationships and parenting. She supports those coping with grief, anger, self-esteem issues and life changes. Her approach aims to make the first step feel safer for people who find it hard to talk about what matters to them.

She works in a calm, non-judgemental way and listens with warmth and patience. Sessions focus on what the person needs right now and on making sense of difficult feelings. Conversations are guided by the client’s priorities rather than a fixed script.

Alongside person-centred work she draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past patterns can shape present behaviour. She also uses solution-focused techniques to help people identify small, practical steps forward. This mix aims to balance understanding with action.

She has supported people through commitment issues, divorce and separation, family problems, infidelity and midlife transitions. Other areas she addresses include panic attacks, social anxiety and Seasonal Affective Disorder, hoarding, money worries and workplace stress.

Karen is registered with NCPS, which appears as her listed credential. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients in the United Kingdom as well as international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Karen works from a person-centred point of view, which means she focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. This approach helps people feel heard and supports self-discovery rather than telling them what to do.

She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to notice repeating patterns that may come from earlier experiences. Talking about these patterns can help explain why certain situations feel familiar or difficult. In addition, solution-focused methods are used to identify small, achievable steps that move someone towards their goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss which methods fit the person's needs, goals and preferences and adapt the way she works as sessions progress. That collaborative process helps keep therapy practical and responsive.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around family life or work and avoiding travel time. Online sessions can make it easier to keep continuity during busy periods and let people join from different locations; confirm the current session options when booking to check how she runs her sessions.