Karen Mills, BACP

Karen Mills is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of practice. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and depression. Karen works with adults who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or pulled into other people's problems and relationships.

Karen uses an integrative approach that draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused techniques. Sessions typically include talking through what is happening now, tracing patterns from the past, and practising small changes that make daily life easier. She offers practical tools to manage mood, intrusive thoughts, and intense reactions.

People who find themselves people-pleasing, losing boundaries, or repeatedly prioritising others may find the work centred on clearer limits and self-awareness. Karen also helps when attachment wounds, abandonment fears or jealousy affect relationships and decision-making. She discusses how past experiences shape present behaviour without blaming the person.

Therapy can cover responses to trauma and abuse, and Karen uses trauma-focused methods alongside other approaches to address distress and regain some steadiness. Sessions may include short exercises to reduce overwhelming feelings and steps to rebuild a sense of control over daily routines.

Her style is straightforward and practical. New clients start by describing the problem, then set small, achievable goals for the weeks ahead. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session via the online therapy options button.

How Karen uses therapy approaches online