Canse Karatas (MBACP), BACP

Canse Karatas (MBACP) offers an integrative, compassionate approach to therapy for people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from their goals. She works with individuals facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, eating and intimacy-related concerns, mood disorders and life transitions. Her practice aims to help clients process difficult emotions, break painful patterns and pursue meaningful change so day-to-day life can feel more manageable and purposeful.

Canse helps clients explore painful chapters they may have avoided, gently confront fears and learn practical ways to move forward. She combines depth with empathy, encouraging emotional processing that supports long-term growth rather than short-term fixes. Many people find it helpful to speak with a therapist who is independent from their personal network - a trained listener can make it easier to revisit experiences that have been suppressed and that now show up in behaviour or relationships.

She brings 12 years of experience working across mental health community services, inpatient units, crisis intervention and a therapeutic community setting that focused on dialectical behaviour approaches for people diagnosed with personality disorders or dissociative identity difficulties. Her wider professional activity has included organising mental health awareness events and contributing written work to international projects, including articles for the magazine Brainz.

Canse holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology with a clinical focus and a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - the UK professional body that promotes ethical practice for counsellors and psychotherapists - and she maintains professional insurance and an Enhanced DBS. Her work draws on humanistic, relational, psychodynamic and creative influences, and she is committed to meeting individual needs with empathy and cultural awareness. English is her first language and she accepts international clients. She typically replies to messages within 24-48 hours on weekdays.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Canse commonly uses attachment-based methods to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of relating, helping clients understand and change repeating dynamics that affect intimacy, trust and self-worth. She also offers trauma-focused work that helps people process distressing experiences and reduce their ongoing impact, while attending to emotional safety and pacing to suit each person's readiness. Client-centered therapy is central to her practice as well - this approach emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic listening stance that helps clients find their own solutions and build self-trust.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Canse will work with each person to identify goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as understanding deepens so the work remains relevant and supportive.

Online therapy with Canse includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits or who live far from services. These options make it easier to access consistent support while fitting therapy into daily life and can be combined to suit communication preferences.