About Ilkay
Ilkay Alici offers support for a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, stress, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting pressures, and addictions. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and brings 14 years of experience to her work. Ilkay speaks English and Turkish and practises from the United Kingdom.
Her approach is practical and person-focused. Sessions begin by understanding what matters most to the person seeking help and what they want to change.
Background and approach
Ilkay uses a mix of conversational listening and structured techniques to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to offer a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and develop alternative strategies.
Mindfulness work helps people learn simple practices to manage worry and increase present-moment awareness. Over her career Ilkay has worked with many concerns related to relationships, identity, mood, and stress. She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, caregiving strain, body image and attention-related difficulties.
Her experience includes helping people address issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties and communication problems. Sessions may be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. International clients can be accepted.
Practical matters such as cost and scheduling are handled through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How Ilkay's approaches work online
Ilkay uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a respectful, non-judgemental space where people can speak openly about what matters to them. This approach focuses on listening and helping the person find their own answers, which can be especially helpful for sorting values and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and habits and to practise alternative ways of thinking and acting. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, stress and behaviours that are getting in the way of everyday life.
Mindfulness Therapy helps people learn simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and increase calm. These exercises can be introduced and practised during sessions and then used between meetings as coping tools.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ilkay will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that suit their needs and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions may use less bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging can fit around busy schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across different locations and life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Turkish
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