Karen Sturch, BACP

Karen Sturch is a UK-licensed therapist with 19 years of professional experience and membership of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with people navigating stress and anxiety, LGBT-related concerns, relationship difficulties, and family conflict, offering steady, experience-based support tailored to each individual's situation.

Karen approaches therapy from the view that each person is the expert on their own life. She helps clients identify existing strengths and resources to tackle the challenges they face, and she treats the process of change as a partnership rooted in respect and practical strategies.

Seeking support is a courageous step toward a more fulfilling life, and Karen focuses on empowering people as they take those first steps. Her practice emphasizes compassionate guidance and clear, achievable goals so clients can move through difficult moments and toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Karen Sturch draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - a practical, skills-based approach that helps people understand and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT is often used for stress, anxiety, low mood, and difficulties that involve recurring negative thoughts.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on identifying goals and building on what is already working. This short-term, goal-oriented method can help clients make concrete progress when facing relationship strains, life transitions, or specific challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Karen works collaboratively with clients to determine the best fit based on individual needs, goals, and preferences. She helps clients experiment with techniques and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility by allowing sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to access support around work, family, and other commitments. Registered professionals can adapt methods used in person to these formats, so clients can pursue consistent, effective care from locations that suit them.