- Years in practice
- 7
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Career difficulties
About Atakan
Atakan Karakas is a counsellor who works from a person-centred perspective and draws on a range of practical therapies. She focuses on everyday struggles such as anxiety, stress, low mood and parenting challenges. She speaks English and Turkish and has seven years of professional experience, offering help to people who are juggling busy lives or coping with change.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps towards those values.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thought patterns and try different ways of responding. Attachment-Based approaches are brought in when early relationships shape current difficulties in trust, closeness or boundaries. Sessions tend to be conversational and focused on what the client wants to achieve.
The counsellor encourages practical strategies you can try between meetings and checks in about what works. Goals are set together and reviewed as progress is made. Atakan has experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma, addiction and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She also works with people facing career shifts, compassion fatigue, or the strain of caring for others. Her NCPS credential is listed as NCPS. Therapy is offered through video, phone, live chat and text messaging for people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.
What Atakan works with
Everything Atakan lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Atakan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Atakan lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, committed steps towards those values. It is useful when the issue is feeling stuck, uncertain or overwhelmed and you want concrete direction rather than only talking about feelings.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and tests new ways of responding. It can be especially helpful for anxiety, low mood, sleep or unhelpful habits by offering simple exercises and experiments to try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences and adapt them as progress is made. This is a flexible, client-led process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls let you use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or when hands-free time is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, quick coaching-style support or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options help people access consistent care while balancing work, family and travel.
Questions people ask about Atakan
What concerns does this counsellor commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns and coping with life changes, among many other issues.
What style of therapy can I expect in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and person-centred, using approaches like ACT, CBT and attachment work to set goals and try practical strategies.
How much experience does this counsellor have?
The counsellor has seven years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is the counsellor based and what credential is listed?
She is based in the United Kingdom and lists NCPS as her credential.
Which languages are supported for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English and Turkish.
What session formats are available online?
Work can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are costs structured for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the counsellor's availability.
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