Karen Murdock
Compassionate counsellor for stress and trauma
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About Karen
Karen Murdock offers help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, sleep problems, low self-esteem and relationship strain. She also supports those facing grief, anger, career shifts, compassion fatigue and ADHD. Karen works with adults who want practical tools and deeper insight to manage life changes and everyday pressures.
Karen uses a person-centred style that keeps the client’s priorities at the heart of sessions. She also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to address thinking patterns and on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences shape current feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be a mix of short-term strategy and longer-term reflection, depending on what the person needs. Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where the counsellor listens closely and helps set clear goals. Conversations often include practical coping skills, ways to improve sleep and communication, and attention to how health conditions affect mood and relationships.
Karen adapts the pace to each person’s situation. Her background includes work with people affected by chronic pain, chronic fatigue and psychosomatic illness, so practical life and family impacts are part of the focus. Karen’s practice emphasises steady, sustainable change rather than quick fixes.
She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and holds NCPS. Karen has four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and works in English.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 4
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Registration number
- 413263, NCS25-00015
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
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What Karen works with
Everything Karen lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Karen lists
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How Karen works online
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It often uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems and low mood.
Psychodynamic ideas pay attention to patterns that began earlier in life and how these influence current relationships and reactions. This can help people who want to understand deeper roots of recurring problems rather than only addressing surface symptoms.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before. Together the person and therapist decide which approaches to try and adjust them as the work progresses.
For practicalities, confirm available session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use talk-based or exercise-focused sessions from wherever they are able to join, helping therapy fit into everyday life without forcing a specific routine.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Karen help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and sleep difficulties, and also addresses relationship strain, grief, anger and career change.
How would she work with me in therapy?
The approach is client-centred with practical elements from cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic ideas. Sessions combine listening, goal-setting and skill-building tailored to individual needs.
How much experience does she have?
Karen has four years of professional experience working with people in therapeutic settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and holds NCPS, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to begin therapy?
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