Atakan Karakas, NCPS

Atakan Karakas is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has seven years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction concerns, codependency and career-related strain. Sessions are available in English and Turkish and she accepts international clients.

Atakan uses practical, people-focused approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. In sessions she helps clients notice what matters to them, learn small skills that change daily habits, and understand patterns that repeat in relationships. Conversations are straightforward and action oriented, with space to reflect on feelings and try new ways of coping.

Common topics she addresses include setting boundaries, managing intense emotions, navigating life changes and working through the effects of long-term stress. She also supports clients wrestling with intimacy issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and difficulties linked to ADHD or chronic illness. Her approach aims to be clear about next steps rather than only talking about problems.

Atakan describes clients as the experts on their own lives and works collaboratively to build on those strengths. Practical exercises, behavioural experiments and attention to attachment patterns are often part of the work. She asks clients to identify small, achievable goals and tracks progress across sessions.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Atakan uses online approaches and therapy methods