About Canse
Canse Karatas (BACP) began her professional journey after studying BA (Hons) Psychology with a clinical focus and completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. She brings 12 years of experience working across community mental health services, inpatient units and crisis intervention.
Canse writes and speaks about mental health and has organised awareness events, reflecting a strong commitment to public education and connection with peers. She works in a warm, relational way and aims to help people feel less overwhelmed and more able to move forward.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on breaking difficult things into manageable steps, processing painful memories and exploring what gets in the way of change. Canse uses empathy and curiosity to support people who feel stuck, empty or low, or who want clearer direction in life. Her approach blends attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas with client-centred and mindfulness practices.
This mix is used to look at patterns, relationships and past experiences that shape current feelings and behaviour. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, trauma, mood concerns, relationship issues and struggles with identity or purpose. Canse also works with issues such as grief, addictions, self-esteem, eating and intimacy-related concerns, and multicultural matters.
She describes her practice as holistic rather than strictly clinical, aiming to meet individual needs and respect diverse backgrounds. Sessions are offered in English and Canse accepts international clients. She uses a reflective, paced style and encourages collaboration about goals and the focus of work.
How her approaches work online and in sessions
Canse uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns. This helps when difficulties show up in close relationships, trust or fears of abandonment. She also draws on mindfulness therapy to bring attention to the present moment, reduce overwhelming feelings, and teach simple techniques for calming the body and mind.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Canse will talk with you about your goals, symptoms and preferences, and will adapt methods as you try them. The aim is to discover what fits you best through a collaborative process rather than offering a fixed formula.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for those juggling busy lives or living at a distance. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging lets you write when that feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, travel and family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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