Karen Ball, BACP

Karen Ball is a qualified counsellor, supervisor and trainer who offers compassionate support to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, painful loss or the need for change. She welcomes individuals, couples, families and groups and helps clients explore confusing or difficult situations, painful bereavement or trauma, and the everyday pressures that can undermine wellbeing. She believes people have the capacity to cope, resolve problems and develop personal insight, and she provides encouragement and practical support when life becomes challenging.

Karen trained at Anglia Ruskin University, earning a BSc (Hons) degree in Integral Counselling, and she is an accredited member of BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Her practice avoids a single rigid model; instead she tailors her work to each person’s needs, drawing on different approaches to suit the situation. She is a Relate-trained counsellor who specialises in supporting couples through relationship difficulties and moments of transition.

As a specialist in bereavement and loss, Karen works with all kinds of loss including the death of a loved one, the loss of a pet, changes in career or lifestyle, and other significant endings. She also offers creative therapy for clients who find it hard to express their experience in words, using creative methods to reach the same therapeutic outcomes as talking therapy.

In addition to client work she provides supervision and personal therapy for qualified counsellors, trainees and other healthcare professionals, and she delivers training in counselling, supervision, bereavement and creative therapy. Her practice locations include a discreet residential setting in Mayland and ExploringUcounselling premises in Sudbury.