Counsellor profile
Atakan Karakas, NCPS
Counsellor - parenting and mental health
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- Anxiety and depression
- Parenting stress
- ACT and CBT approaches
About Atakan
Atakan Karakas is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has seven years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults facing common life stresses and longer-term difficulties. Her main concerns include anxiety, depression, parenting strains, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and work-related stress.
She adopts practical, talk-based ways of working. Sessions focus on what is causing difficulty now and on small, workable steps forward. Conversations look at thoughts, feelings and patterns that keep problems repeating, and at practical skills to change them.
Atakan draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and to choose actions that fit those values. Attachment-based ideas are used when patterns from earlier relationships affect current family or partner interactions. She also uses client-centred and dialectical behaviour ideas to keep sessions grounded and solution-focused.
She regularly supports people with parenting stress, compassion fatigue and problems like sleep and eating concerns. Other areas offered include ADHD, addictions, LGBT issues, trauma and abuse, and handling major life changes such as bereavement or career shifts. Additional focuses include abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress and chronic illness.
Sessions are held in English and Turkish. For adults wanting an initial step, she asks people to complete a short questionnaire before the first booked session to help match goals and approach.
How sessions work
How therapy approaches shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their values and take steps that matter to them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, depression and parenting stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical skills to reduce distress and change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current family and partner interactions and can be helpful when past experiences shape present conflicts.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try approaches that fit those aims and preferences. Methods can be adjusted over time if something is not working or priorities change.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into daily life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when days are busy, or avoiding the need to be on camera if that helps someone engage. Registered or accredited professionals can explain practical arrangements when you schedule the first appointment.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Turkish
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps adults with anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and work-related stress. Other areas include ADHD, addictions and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses practical, talk-based approaches that focus on current problems and small steps forward. Methods include ACT, CBT, attachment-based ideas and client-centred techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom. That experience covers a range of mental health and parenting-related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with NCPS and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her in English or Turkish?
Sessions are offered in English and Turkish. She also accepts clients from other countries.
Which session formats are used?
Please confirm the current session options before booking to know which formats are available. The profile does not list specific session formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
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