Atakan Karakas
Practical, person-centred therapy for everyday challenges
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About Atakan
Atakan Karakas works from a person-centred stance that puts the client's experience first. She believes people are the experts in their own stories and brings a supportive, respectful manner to each session. Her approach encourages practical steps alongside reflection.
She aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's pace. With seven years of experience and the NCPS credential, Atakan focuses on a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
These include stress, anxiety, grief, depression and bipolar difficulties. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, addictions, compassion fatigue and work-related pressures such as career questions. Atakan also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication and commitment worries, plus parenting strain and family conflict.
Additional focus areas listed in her practice include body image, eating and sleeping problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress. She works with attachment-related difficulties and complex concerns like trauma and abuse. Her work draws on established methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy.
Sessions typically combine listening, practical strategies and gradual skill-building. She communicates in English and Turkish and practices from the United Kingdom. Starting therapy involves a simple matching process and scheduling.
The process aims to make it straightforward to take that first step and begin talking through what matters most.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS21-02871
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- Approaches include
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Atakan's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Atakan works with
Everything Atakan lists, in their own terms.
- 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 Atakan works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit those aims. That collaborative process allows adjustments as the work progresses and keeps the focus practical and relevant.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as avoiding travel time, holding shorter check-ins during work breaks or choosing audio-only contact when bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to deliver the same kinds of techniques they use in person, adapted to the session length and the client's day-to-day needs.
Questions and answers
What issues does this counsellor help with?
The practice covers many concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, bipolar, ADHD and addictions. Additional focuses include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, body image and chronic illness.
What style of therapy is used in sessions?
Sessions draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. The work pairs listening with practical strategies and skill-building.
How much clinical experience does the counsellor have?
She has seven years of professional experience working in the field. That experience informs a straightforward, practical approach to common life problems.
What credentials and where is the counsellor based?
The counsellor holds the NCPS credential and practices from the United Kingdom. The NCPS designation is listed as her professional credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Turkish. International clients are also accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Exact pricing is set through the platform and may differ by region.
How do I begin if I want to work with this counsellor?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the counsellor's availability. The matching process helps connect you and choose a suitable time.
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