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Atakan Karakas, NCPS
- Credentials
- NCPS
- Experience
- 7 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, Turkish
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Stress, AnxietyGriefCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigueADHD
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Atakan Karakas uses a practical, person-centred approach to therapy. She believes people know their own story and brings a calm, supportive presence to sessions. She encourages small steps that feel manageable and honours the courage it takes to begin therapy.
She works from several approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. These give different ways to look at problems such as anxiety, stress, grief and depression.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear, doable strategies as well as understanding how past relationships affect current patterns. Atakan has seven years of experience in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as her listed credential. That background informs a steady but flexible style that adapts to the person in front of her.
She explains ideas plainly and keeps sessions practical. People come to her for many concerns, including coping with life changes, career decisions, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, addictions and eating or sleeping problems. She also works with stress-related difficulties such as compassion fatigue and caregiver strain.
Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and increase daily functioning. Sessions are offered in English and Turkish, and she accepts international clients. Getting started is straightforward: choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Practical online therapy using ACT and CBT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and when life changes feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and teaches concrete skills to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how earlier relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy, communication and trust issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then use methods that match those needs. That collaboration allows sessions to shift if something isn’t working and keeps the focus on practical progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written communication or need more flexible timing. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving and travel, while still allowing regular contact with registered or accredited professionals.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- 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
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English, Turkish
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