- Client-centred focus
- Values-based work
- Seven years experience
About Atakan
Atakan Karakas is a counsellor who uses client-centred ideas alongside evidence-based therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety and life changes. She speaks English and Turkish and brings seven years of experience to her work. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful.
Her approach combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with attachment-focused thinking and practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy. Sessions aim to identify values and small, repeatable steps that make day-to-day life feel more doable. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Atakan works with a wide range of concerns, including grief, depression, addiction, codependency and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing career pressure, compassion fatigue and the challenges of parenting. Her practice attends to both emotional struggles and practical life problems.
She holds the NCPS credential, and is based in the United Kingdom. Her style is warm and collaborative, emphasising short-term strategies alongside deeper reflection when needed. Talk is straightforward and grounded in daily realities.
To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How these approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that align with those values. Online sessions can focus on practical exercises and step-by-step plans to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present patterns. In a counselling space this approach helps people notice how they connect with others and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more honest. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with gentle experiments. In sessions this often becomes straightforward homework and short skills practice between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt techniques as needed. That collaborative planning makes it easier to switch focus if practical skills or deeper reflection are needed at different times.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Many people find online counselling useful because it can fit around work, reduce travel time and make it easier to keep regular appointments. It also allows focused short check-ins or longer reflective sessions depending on what someone needs.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English, Turkish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She works with a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief and addictions, as well as issues like codependency and relationship or intimacy-related difficulties.
What is the general style of therapy?
The approach is collaborative and conversational, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-focused ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques to create practical steps and insight.
How much experience does the counsellor have?
She has seven years of professional experience working with people on emotional and practical challenges.
What qualifications and location are listed?
The profile lists the NCPS credential and shows the counsellor is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with this counsellor in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Turkish for people in and beyond the UK.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; specific fees vary with location and therapist availability.
How do I start working with this counsellor?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the counsellor's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.