About Me

My name is Karen, and I am proud to be the founder of Sunrise Therapeutic Support.

Art has always been an outlet for me, since I was a child.  I always felt different from the other kids, regularly feeling anxious and misunderstood,  which I now realise pointed to undiagnosed neurodiversity.   My safe space was at home, painting and drawing and making up stories - I didn't realise it at the time, but I was putting Holistic Creative Therapy into practice.

I did admin and accounting jobs after leaving school, but after I had my own children I retrained and went on to work with children and families in the community and in schools, which I have done for over twenty years.

Purely by chance, I began to journey down the route of social, emotional and mental health support, and became a Drawing & Talking Advanced practitioner, Nurture practitioner and emotional support assistant while working in schools.  I finally felt that I had found my niche.

  I am currently a mentor for neurodivergent young people with a PDA profile, and qualified as a Holistic Creative Therapist in April 2026.  I am looking forward to starting the Master Practitioner programme in October 2026.

I am a registered member of the Complementary Medical Association, the world's leading membership body for complementary therapies; I hold an enhanced DBS certificate, am fully insured and registered with the ICO to ensure responsible handling of your personal data. 

All my work is clinically supervised by a qualified supervisor.