Good therapy listens not only to where you stand today, but to the story you bring with you.
As a clinical psychologist and psychological counselor, I work with individuals and couples, in person and online, in Turkish. For years in the therapy room I have sat sometimes with a young adult at the edge of a decision, sometimes with a couple coming home tired to the same house, sometimes with a client joining from the other side of a screen. Counseling begins by naming the weight together.
PROFESSION
Clinical psychologist, psychological counselor
PRACTICE
Individual, couples, and online counseling, in Turkish
I come from the Western Thrace minority, from the village of Mischos near Komotini. I lived my childhood between two languages, two shores, two senses of belonging. I learned early that some people's voices reach the table late. The weight they carry is real.
That is where psychology began for me. Being understood often comes before being changed. Over the years my clients have taught me the same lesson. People begin to heal when they can rebuild their own story inside a safe relationship.
Tools change. Eras change. Professions transform. The human need to be understood, to be seen, and to breathe inside a safe bond does not. That is what I saw in Mischos; I see the same thing in the counseling room.
About
Education and professional frame.
I completed my bachelor's in psychological counseling and guidance at Hacettepe University, with honors and on a full merit scholarship, and a master's in the same field there. I hold a master's in clinical psychology from Ankara Social Sciences University and a recognized degree equivalency in psychology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. My clinical work centers on individual and couples counseling, young adulthood, relationship patterns, anxiety, life transitions, identity, and belonging. Within the European psychology network I take part in the EFPA Project 13 working group. As a PSI Graduate Member I continue my research on AI and mental health.
Starting points
You may arrive with questions like these.
Each question opens onto a story we can walk through together.
01Why has my anxiety become so loud, even when I cannot fully explain it?
Anxiety is sometimes not only a feeling, but an alarm carried for a long time. As it grows, it can become harder to put into words, because it speaks in the body, in thought, and in relationships all at once. Together we look at what the anxiety signals, and which burdens you have carried alone.
02Why do I keep returning to the same place in my relationships?
Returning to the same place is most often not a lack of will. Sometimes an old way of protecting yourself turns into a relationship loop that has grown too narrow for who you are now. Together we make visible where you go silent, where you carry too much, where you go unseen, and how a safe bond can be built.
03I am standing at a threshold, but I cannot tell which voice is mine.
Sometimes a decision blurs not because it is hard, but because there are too many voices inside. Your family, your fears, your expectations, your guilt, and your real desires can blend into one another. You are the one who decides; my part is to help you tell your own voice apart.
04I am moving through loss, separation, or a life transition.
Loss is not only losing a person. Leaving behind a relationship, a chapter, a country, a role, or an old version of yourself can also bring grief. Here we do not try to close the pain quickly, but to open a bearable place for it; together we rebuild the parts of life that continue.
05I love the places I belong to, but sometimes I feel I belong nowhere fully.
Belonging sometimes does not fit into a single place. A person can feel foreign in the places they love, and connected to places they have left. This is not a flaw; belonging to two places at once often feels like this, and it comes from the breadth of what you carry. Together, we look at what belonging means for you.
06My mind is worn down by the pace of the digital age, but I cannot seem to stop.
The digital age expects the mind to be constantly ready, fast, and reachable. Your tiredness is not a personal failing; sometimes it is the result of trying to keep up with this pace for too long. Together, we aim for a calmer rhythm, one in which stopping is a need and not a cause for guilt.
If one of these questions feels familiar, you do not have to carry it alone. Sometimes the first step is simply putting what you are going through into words together, and giving it a name.
Clinical view
A person is not understood by symptoms alone.
A person's distress draws on the whole of their life; thoughts, childhood, and today's stress are only part of that whole. Family, language, culture, financial pressure, relationships, the body, grief, migration, belonging, and the era we live in also shape psychological experience. So in our sessions we make room for all of it.
Story
I do not work with a symptom in isolation, but with the life in which it took shape.
Bond
A safe relationship is the frame that carries the work; the method operates inside it.
Body
Anxiety, grief, and exhaustion do not stay in the mind; they leave traces in the body too: in sleep, in breath, in the shoulders.
Era
Relationships, migration, work, screens, and speed change the language of distress today.
Psychological Counseling
Three ways we can work together.
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Individual Counseling
Anxiety, relationship patterns, loss, life transitions, questions of identity and belonging. A space where the whole story can come to the table.
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Couples Counseling
For couples who grow tired in the same home and struggle to hear each other. The work is not about deciding who is right; it is about building a language in which both can be seen.
03
Online Counseling
From Türkiye, Greece, Ireland, or anywhere else. Distance alone does not have to stand in the way of a safe relationship.
Approach
Evidence-based, but human first.
My work sits at the intersection of cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, positive psychology, and narrative approaches. Which method takes the lead depends on what the person in front of me needs, their life context, and the goals we set together. A fixed protocol decides none of it.
Because no one begins to change before they feel seen.
With that couple coming home tired to the same house, and with that young adult at the edge of a decision, we begin in the same place. We name the weight honestly before anything else. This may not be an easy season. Hope comes later, and it is not abstract comfort. It grows out of small steps, a clearer language, and a safe relationship.
Not every silence is indifference; sometimes it is exhaustion. Not every hesitation is weakness; sometimes the options simply weigh too much. Not every anxiety is a disorder; sometimes it is an alarm a person has carried alone for too long.
Process
The first step can be a short conversation.
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Initial conversationA short first talk. We get to know each other and look at what you want to work on. It is a mutual introduction, with no obligation to continue.
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Setting the frame togetherWe decide on the frequency, format, and goals of sessions together. The process moves at your pace and with your needs in view.
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The workRegular sessions inside a safe relationship. As needs change, we update the goals and direction together.
Frequently asked
A few questions you may have.
What is the initial conversation?
A short first talk to understand whether working together is a good fit. We clarify fees, length, and arrangements in that conversation.
In person or online?
Both. I work in person with clients in Istanbul, and online with clients in other cities and countries.
What do you work on?
Individual and couples counseling. Anxiety, relationship patterns, transitions, loss, identity, and belonging are among the themes I work with often.
Is it confidential?
Yes. Sessions are confidential within professional ethics and the law; privacy is the first condition of a safe space. That confidentiality has two limits — an immediate and serious risk to life, and a lawful request from a competent authority — and both are set out plainly in section 7 of the Privacy Notice.
Is artificial intelligence used in therapy?
I research AI and mental health. Clinical privacy stays a separate and protected space. Client information and session content are not processed with AI tools without explicit consent, an ethical frame, and the necessary safeguards.
What if this is urgent?
This site, the initial conversation, and counseling are not emergency services. If you are having thoughts of harming yourself, do not feel safe, or believe you are at immediate risk, please do not wait: contact the emergency services in your country, call your local emergency line, or go to the nearest emergency department.
Language of the work
The counseling work is carried out in Turkish.
I would rather say this before you read any further. Therapy happens in language, and I work only in the language where I can hear the smallest hesitation. For me that language is Turkish, so the counseling and the first conversation are both in Turkish, and the intake form exists in Turkish only. If Turkish is a language you are at home in, the form is waiting for you on a separate page. If it is not, I would rather tell you now than have you fill in a long form for nothing, and I would encourage you to look for someone who works in your own language. That is not a smaller kind of help. It is the right kind.
If you are in immediate danger or having thoughts of harming yourself, please do not wait. Contact the emergency services in your country or go to the nearest emergency department. The intake is not a substitute for emergency care.
Library
Short booklets that make hard feelings easier to understand.
The series A Closer Look at Mental Health. Evidence-informed psychoeducation booklets on anxiety, mood, relationships, and addiction, in plain and human language.
Therapies change, techniques change; the need to be seen stays.
That is why I am here. For a space that can hold anxiety, exhaustion, and the weight that has no name yet, without rushing any of it.
Writing and research
From the therapy room to the research desk.
My clinical work shows me people's real questions. Research lets me rethink those questions in the language of our age. As AI enters mental health quickly, my standard stays the same. Any system that touches human vulnerability must first be safe, ethical, and respectful of the person.
