Atakan Karakas, NCPS

Atakan Karakas is a counsellor who centres each session on the person's own goals and strengths. She uses a collaborative, respectful style and encourages people to notice what already works for them. Beginning therapy is often hard, and she aims to make that first step feel manageable.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, career questions and coping with life changes such as a midlife crisis. Other areas she supports include relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, ADHD, depression and eating or sleeping difficulties. She also addresses less visible strains like compassion fatigue and caregiving stress.

Her approach draws on methods that help people change what they can and accept what they cannot. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps spot and adjust unhelpful thinking. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy explores values and committed action while Dialectical Behaviour Therapy offers practical skills for managing intense emotions.

Atakan has seven years of experience in the field and holds NCPS as a credential. She works in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Turkish. She welcomes people who are navigating personal transitions and those seeking coaching-style support alongside therapy.

To begin, she asks people to reflect on what they want from therapy and to bring that into early sessions. Meetings are collaborative and focused on small, achievable steps that fit with everyday life. Progress is reviewed regularly so plans can change when needed.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to someone and taking steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It can help with life transitions, midlife questions and coping with ongoing stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits, which can reduce anxiety and low mood over time. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotional regulation and distress tolerance, useful when feelings feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is often part of the work. The therapist will talk through options in early sessions and make decisions together based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what feels most useful.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm which session types are offered before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit around work, travel or caregiving because they remove travel time and can allow shorter check-ins when needed. Others appreciate being able to join from a quieter place or to opt for an audio-only conversation when concentration or bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these therapies to an online setting and will help shape a plan that suits everyday life.