Karen O'Connell

Offering in Psychotherapy, Counselling as well as Couples and Relationship Counselling

Karen is an experienced and fully accredited Psychotherapist (MA Dip, Hip) and UKCP registered. She sees clients with a range of issues, including Anxiety, Depression, Low Self-Esteem and Relationship difficulties to early childhood trauma and Neurodiversity. Karen is also a Qualified Social Worker, with many years practice of supporting families and clients through adverse experiences in their lives.

Psychotherapy is a talking therapy which enables you to gain a greater insight into who you truly are and will help you move forward in your life. The focus of the sessions may be to work through immediate difficulties you are facing or something more deep-seated in your life or in your relationships with others. The emphasis is on helping you feel heard without judgement in order for you to explore your issues and concerns.                      

A Psychotherapeutic holding environment can be a very healing and restorative process. With support and working together clients feel they are not alone and are able to overcome adverse experiences in their life.

Karen invites you to contact her if you wish to discuss Psychotherapy or Couples Counselling. She would be happy to discuss this with you and also offer an initial session for you to explore Psychotherapy and whether this is right for you.

Karen is a full clinical member of (UKCP) United Kingdom of Council for Psychotherapy and HCPC registered. United Kingdom of Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. She trained at the Bath Centre of Psychotherapy and Counselling (MA) 6-year training and she has been in Private practice for over 8 years.

Her full training and Qualifications include:

• Masters in Humanistic Integrative Psychotherapy, (MA, Dip. HIP)
• Qualified Social Worker Dip SW - University of Gloucestershire.
• A distinction in Early Childhood Studies - Certificate of Higher Education
• Bath Centre of Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC) Full Membership
• UKCP (United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy) full Clinical Member
• Certificate in Relational Couples Counselling at Therapy Works Cardiff (2022)