Karolina Callaghan, BACP

Karolina Callaghan is a humanistic counsellor and therapist who works from a foundation of compassion, respect and empathy. She adopts a collaborative approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life, offering a supportive space to explore feelings, relationships and the challenges that bring someone to therapy. Karolina helps clients increase self-awareness, identify patterns in coping strategies that may no longer serve them, and discover new choices that support greater authenticity and wellbeing.

She tailors her work to each person, recognising that lived experience shapes how individuals understand the world. People might seek her support for anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, self-esteem or life transitions, and she aims to create a relational space where healing and change can occur if desired. Karolina also supports issues such as caregiving stress, eating and food-related concerns, workplace difficulties, intimacy and questions about life purpose.

Before training as a counsellor she spent a decade working across health and social care in both the NHS and private settings. She holds a postgraduate diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy and Counselling from the University of Brighton and is a registered member of the BACP, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists. Her clinical practice has included hospice work supporting people with grief and loss and volunteering with services for depression, anxiety and low self-esteem.

Client-Centered and Existential Approaches Online

Karolina practices client-centered therapy, which focuses on creating a warm, non-judgemental space where the client leads the conversation and the therapist provides empathy and understanding. This approach helps with concerns such as low self-esteem, relationship issues, anxiety and navigating life changes by supporting self-discovery and personal agency.

She also draws on existential therapy, which explores questions of meaning, choice and responsibility. This approach can be helpful for people facing grief, a sense of emptiness, questions about life purpose or major transitions, and it encourages reflection on values and the possibilities available to the individual.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process - Karolina will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the style of sessions as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible fit.

Online therapy with Karolina is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access regular support from licensed professionals without needing to travel, and they allow therapy to be shaped around the practical demands of everyday life.