With over 27 years working as a therapist, Karen holds a wealth of knowledge and experience in psychotherapy, that seamlessly combines with a genuine warmth, empathy and capacity to connect deeply with people.

From early in her career, Karen became interested in  the parent-infant relationship and perinatal period, parenting and child development.  She believes that supporting our first and earliest relationship(s) and this major transitional stage for each parent and the couple is fundamental to our later relationships and wellbeing.

Karen also works with adult individuals and couples around a range of issues and through transitional periods in their lives.

Karen is a registered Psychologist and an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, with further training in the areas of trauma, perinatal, infant-parent and individual/couple psychotherapy.

Karen predominantly uses the approach of psychodynamic psychotherapy to gain understanding and insight into the deeper layers of an individual’s presenting issues.