Ilkay Alici

Ilkay Alici is a counsellor and psychotherapist who helps people managing relationship strain, trauma, grief and anxiety. She supports clients dealing with parenting challenges, addiction, low self-esteem and stress. Ilkay works with concerns around intimacy, body image, sleep and career questions. She also listings ADHD, bipolar and depression among the issues she addresses.

Ilkay is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and holds an MSc in Psychology. She brings 14 years of practice to sessions and aims to make the first step feel manageable. Ilkay offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what is on their mind and be listened to.

Her approach blends Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness. That means conversations focus on what the person wants to change, practical steps to try, and noticing how thoughts and habits affect feelings. Sessions often include simple exercises, experiments between meetings, and ways to slow down racing thoughts.

Ilkay pays attention to practical life stressors as well as inner experience. She can help people navigate loss, changing relationships, and the strain that comes with caring responsibilities or long-term health issues. The work aims to build clearer communication, steadier mood management, and better daily routines.

Sessions are offered in English and Turkish and Ilkay accepts international clients. Parents reading this will find straightforward language and short-term strategies alongside deeper, longer work where needed.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on hearing the person without judgement and following their agenda. In practice this means the counsellor reflects back what she hears and helps the client find their own solutions to relationship and life problems.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect. Online CBT sessions use short practical tasks and experiments to test unhelpful thoughts and build new routines for anxiety, low mood or sleep problems.

Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention exercises that help slow down busy thinking. These practices can reduce stress and make it easier to notice triggers for anger, cravings or low mood.

Choosing the right blend is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try approaches that fit their needs and preferences. Adjustments can be made as the work progresses so the approach stays practical and relevant.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or travel. It can also allow shorter check-ins or flexible scheduling when life gets busy.