Karen has a Bachelor of Applied Social Science (Counselling), Solution Focussed Therapy.

Karen currently works with adolescents and families as well as couples who are experiencing difficulties across a broad range of issues. Karen utilises a strengths based solution focussed approach in assisting clients to facilitate change where required. As part of the process, she helps clients to really understand the contributing factors that have led to the current situation, enabling other solutions such as compromise and acceptance (where appropriate) to be part of way forward.

Having immigrated to Australia with her husband and two daughters in 2003, Karen has a special interest in families who have also relocated, as she understands the challenges and loss that can be associated with such a seemingly positive relocation.

Karen has been involved in counselling a wide range of issues from loneliness and depression, to relationship issues and mental health. She is interested in stress and its reaction on normally well functioning individuals.

Karen works in a way that enables clients to feel truly valued, forming a therapeutic alliance in the pursuit of happiness. “There is nothing more seductive than being truly listened to.”