Canse Karatas (MBACP) , BACP

Canse Karatas (MBACP) is a United Kingdom based therapist who supports people in processing painful experiences and making meaningful changes in their mental health and wellbeing. With 12 years of professional experience, she works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, grief, eating-related issues, anger, bipolar disorder, and challenges related to life transitions.

She trained with a BA (Hons) in Psychology, specialising in clinical work, and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - MBACP indicates membership of that professional body and a commitment to its ethical standards. She is also insured and holds an Enhanced DBS certificate.

Canse brings an integrative, humanistic sensibility to her practice, drawing on relational and psychodynamic influences as well as creative methods. Her clinical approaches include Attachment-Based, Client-Centered, Mindfulness, Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused therapies, which she adapts to meet each person’s needs. She has experience in community mental health services, inpatient settings, crisis intervention, and therapeutic community work, and has worked with people diagnosed with personality-related difficulties and dissociative presentations.

Her practice aims to make overwhelming problems feel more manageable by breaking issues down, exploring emotions, and supporting clients to pursue purposeful change. She usually responds to messages within 24 to 48 hours, checking a couple of times a day except on weekends, and is accepting new clients including those based internationally.