Atakan Karakas, NCPS

Atakan Karakas is a counsellor who draws on person-centred and practical approaches to support people living with health challenges. She reminds clients that they are the expert on their own life and builds on existing strengths. The first step can feel hard, and she aims to make beginning therapy straightforward and respectful.

With seven years of experience, Atakan mixes short-term strategies with deeper relational work. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot thinking patterns that keep stress and anxiety active. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people focus on values and take small steps toward a meaningful life.

Attachment-based ideas shape how she thinks about relationship and intimacy concerns. That helps when someone is dealing with grief, abandonment, or difficulties trusting others. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are used when people need support with strong emotions or crises between sessions.

She supports a broad range of issues including depression, bipolar conditions, ADHD, addiction, chronic pain or illness, eating and sleeping problems, and caregiver stress. She also works with concerns such as body image, communication problems, and life changes like career shifts or ageing-related challenges.

Sessions are offered in English and Turkish. Atakan is based in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. If you want to begin, follow the Start Therapy steps on the site to complete a short questionnaire and book according to availability.

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on chosen values, then take small, practical steps toward what matters. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, chronic health challenges, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and teaches clear strategies for changing unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to patterns in relationships and how early bonds affect trust and intimacy, aiding work on grief, abandonment and relationship difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking as the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and offer options when managing long-term health conditions. Many people find that remote sessions let them practise new skills between meetings and carry learning directly into daily routines.