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Adjustment difficulties
Alexithymia
Anger Management
Anxiety
Anxious personality disorder
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Bipolar spectrum disorders
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
Career development
Chronic fatigue
Chronic pain
Coaching
Complex PTSD
Coping with a long-term health condition
Coping with an acute health condition
Dependent personality disorder
Depression
Dissocial (antisocial) personality disorder
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
End of relationship difficulties
General wellness
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Grief
Health anxiety
Histrionic personality disorder
Insomnia
Job challenges
Maternity
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Neurodiversity
Obsessive compulsive (anankastic) personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Other perinatal mental health condition
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Parenting
Perinatal OCD
Perinatal anxiety
Perinatal depression
Perinatal mood disorders
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prolonged grief
Psychosexual difficulties
Psychosis
Relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Self-esteem
Sleep difficulties
Social phobia
Stress
Stress management
Trauma (general)
Women's health
Dr
Karen Meechan
 
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Clinical Psychologist
BSc (Hons), DClinPsy

She has worked in the NHS for over 12 years with a variety of presentations. She has worked with both children and adults, in both physical and mental health and addiction settings.

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About me

She has a particular interest in the relationship between trauma and mental health and is trained in eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She mainly works using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) but also draws on other models including acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), systemic and compassion focused therapies. She's interested in helping clients be the best version of themselves and supporting them to challenge what's stopping them and keeping them stuck. She believes that everyone needs help at points in their life, and being able to recognise this and respond to this can help transform lives. Karen works collaboratively with clients and draws on a range of approaches, choosing what best fits for them. She believes the therapeutic relationship is key andis a warm and reflective practitioner. Karen is a senior Clinical Psychologist specialising in severe and enduring mental health problems. She has worked in the NHS for over 12 years with a variety of presentations. Karen started her career working at the Royal Marsden Hospitals supporting clients around adjusting to cancer diagnosis, to end of life. She then worked with children, families and parental mental health before moving into addiction services with a particular interest in supporting families with drug and alcohol problems. From there she developed an interest in working with psychosis and her current role in a community mental health team involves working with severe and enduring mental health difficulties including personality disorder, depression, anxiety, psychosis and trauma. Karen also has experience working with mild to moderate problems including adjustment difficulties, managing transitions, stress, self esteem issues and bereavement.

Area I can help with

Adjustment difficulties
Alexithymia
Anger Management
Anxiety
Anxious personality disorder
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Bipolar spectrum disorders
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
Career development
Chronic fatigue
Chronic pain
Coaching
Complex PTSD
Coping with a long-term health condition
Coping with an acute health condition
Dependent personality disorder
Depression
Dissocial (antisocial) personality disorder
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)
End of relationship difficulties
General wellness
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)
Grief
Health anxiety
Histrionic personality disorder
Insomnia
Job challenges
Maternity
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
Narcissistic personality disorder
Neurodiversity
Obsessive compulsive (anankastic) personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
Other perinatal mental health condition
Panic disorder
Paranoid personality disorder
Parenting
Perinatal OCD
Perinatal anxiety
Perinatal depression
Perinatal mood disorders
Personality disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Prolonged grief
Psychosexual difficulties
Psychosis
Relationships
Schizoid personality disorder
Self-esteem
Sleep difficulties
Social phobia
Stress
Stress management
Trauma (general)
Women's health

Types of therapy I offer

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

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