Testimonials
At Karen Toms Counselling, I’m privileged to support clients on their journeys toward self-discovery, healing, and growth.
In these testimonials, clients who have worked with me to overcome anxiety and low self-esteem and find support with perfectionism and eating disorders reflect on their experiences.
I hope their words offer you reassurance and insight into the support available here.
My sessions with Karen have been invaluable to my self-esteem and way of thinking.
With her support and advice, I am now able to check in with myself regularly, and ensure I am getting what I want and need from conversations and connections around me.
Most importantly, I feel I can now take up space without guilt.
When I came to Karen I was feeling overwhelmed with anxiety and stress; I was tearful, unsure of myself and putting everybody else’s needs before my own.
Karen’s understanding listening ear and gentle guidance has given me the power to know myself better, focus on what I want, and recognise the triggers for my anxiety.
Karen’s calm and supportive approach gave the space I needed to understand what was happening for me, and to gain a valuable perspective on interactions I was having with other people.
Her gentle humour was something I appreciated, and found the experience of several months of weekly sessions highly valuable while managing a difficult time.
Karen has provided a feeling of safety.
I have known that if I have had an awful week and not been coping, I have been able to come here, and she will be able to help me to work out how to cope.
Karen is a wonderful counsellor.
She has been a huge asset to our team and provided our clients with a positive and highly professional service.
Karen was life changing! I was a mess before meeting her.
The minute our sessions started my life felt like it was changing for the better. I feel more myself and safer than I ever have.
I’m so glad I chose Karen.
I appreciated her curiosity about the possible underlying issues, and her openness made it very easy to speak about uncomfortable topics.
Karen’s brilliant! I can’t believe how lucky I’ve been. It’s life changing!
To be here now after how things were, 6 months later to be able to creatively express my emotions as viable, commercial pieces of art and juggling work without extra medication.
Karen has provided a feeling of safety.
I have known that if I have had an awful week and not been coping, I have been able to come here, and she will be able to help me to work out how to cope.
I find working with Karen great fun – she brings humour and intelligence to our sessions and I always look forward to speaking with her.
Karen listens closely and I have greatly benefitted from her thoughts and insightful questions and reflections.
I am so grateful for her encouragement and support which has enabled me to make positive change in my life.
Karen is empathetic, compassionate and professional. Through her calm and patient approach, she has helped me to gain the confidence to explore difficult issues.
I have been working with Karen for over a year now, and I have found it tremendously productive and helpful. When we began working together, I was depressed and fearful about life. With Karen’s help, I am now joyful and excited about the future.
With Karen I feel safe and supported to reveal all sorts of aspects of myself and to explore uncomfortable and difficult topics. Her wise and thoughtful feedback has helped me to realise and understand many things that are going on for me, and to find ways to work with them.
With a calm, gentle, clarity Karen was able to gently help me to question and diminish unhelpful behaviours while focusing on increasing my self-belief.
