Karen Mayberry, BACP

Karen Mayberry is a UK-credentialed counsellor with four years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). As an integrative counsellor she works in a client-centred way, blending a range of counselling theories and techniques so sessions can be tailored to each person’s needs and preferences.

She aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can process thoughts and feelings and explore the choices that have shaped their situation. Karen approaches difficulties from multiple perspectives and collaborates with clients to develop practical strategies for change. She regularly undertakes additional training and has a particular interest in trauma and the ways it can live in the body and influence the nervous system.

Karen has experience supporting people with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression, panic attacks, and relationship problems. Her wider practice includes work with issues such as abandonment and attachment, codependency and commitment concerns, domestic and sexual abuse, addiction, eating and food-related difficulties, family problems, guilt and shame, and coping with major life changes including separation and cancer. She offers dependable support aimed at empowering people to take steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Integrative and Trauma-Informed Support Online

Karen draws on an integrative, client-centred approach that prioritises the person’s own goals and experiences. This way of working blends techniques from different evidence-based methods so sessions can be adapted to what helps the individual most, making it useful for issues like anxiety, low mood, and relationship difficulties.

She also brings a trauma-informed perspective with attention to how traumatic experiences can affect the body and the nervous system. This approach supports work with trauma, abuse, dissociation, and stress by recognising physical and emotional responses and finding ways to regulate them within therapy.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Karen collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. The aim is to work together to discover practical steps toward change.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people with busy lives, mobility limitations, or who live far from local services. Working with registered professionals online allows access to consistent support while fitting therapy into daily routines and different time zones.