Karina Nipane, NCPS

Karina Nipane is a psychotherapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of clinical experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She trained extensively in psychotherapeutic counselling practice under supervision and holds the NCPS credential, which indicates professional training in psychotherapeutic counselling practice.

Her work has taken place across a variety of mental health settings, where she has offered therapeutic support to people navigating grief, loss and bereavement, trauma, anxiety, and major life transitions. This background has shaped a compassionate and steady approach to helping clients find clarity and resilience when life feels uncertain.

Karina practices from a pluralistic framework, drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, psychodynamic, and humanistic techniques to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. She focuses on exploring patterns of thought and behaviour, processing difficult emotions, and supporting clients as they rediscover purpose and confidence. Areas of specialty include stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem, and depression, with additional focus on issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, chronic illness and pain, codependency, eating and food-related concerns, and postpartum or pregnancy-related difficulties.

Prior roles providing immediate emotional support to individuals in mental health crisis have informed Karina’s empathic, validating style. She aims to create a warm, welcoming space where clients can work at their own pace and collaboratively build greater grounding, connection, and wellbeing.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Karina draws from evidence-based techniques to guide therapy in ways that fit each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety, stress, and depression and to support practical coping skills. Psychodynamic work explores early relationships and unconscious patterns that influence current feelings and relationship dynamics, which can help with issues like attachment, abandonment, and repeating relationship difficulties. Humanistic approaches emphasize the person’s strengths and values, offering a supportive space to rebuild self-esteem, find meaning, and process grief or life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Karina works collaboratively with clients to determine what feels most helpful. She tailors interventions based on a person's goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to therapy, adjusting methods over time as needs evolve.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit counselling into busy lives and to access consistent support from licensed professionals without geographic barriers. These options provide flexibility in scheduling, varied ways to communicate depending on comfort level, and the ability to continue therapeutic work in a way that suits a client’s routine and accessibility needs.