Karen is the Founder of Beyond The Bathroom Scale ®, a health psychology blog and the Programme Director of The Health Mindset Programme™, an online coaching programme for women struggling with binge eating, emotional eating and body image. 

Her award-winning blog, coaching programme and courses are based on the Health at Every Size ® approach to health and draws on the principals of Intuitive Eating, the Body Positivity movement, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Positive Psychology and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).

A former Social Worker, Karen comes from an academic background of Psychology and Sociology. She holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology, specialising in health and society and a Masters degree in Social Work. She has trained in Counselling skills and Psychotherapy-based approaches such as CBT, DBT and Motivational Interviewing, and is currently studying towards a Professional Diploma in Nutrition.