She works with adults in individual psychotherapy from a psychoanalytic and existential perspective; since 2022 she has practised as a psychotherapist in various clinics. Wherever you live in Europe, sessions are held in Turkish — you never have to translate what you want to say.
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Aslıhan Şenay is a clinical psychologist based in Karabük who has worked as a psychotherapist since 2022. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Yeditepe Üniversitesi on a full scholarship with honours, and her master’s degree in clinical psychology at Okan Üniversitesi. With adults she practises individual psychotherapy from a psychoanalytic and existential perspective. Through Terapi Avrupa she meets Turkish people living in Europe online.
“Clinical Psychologist Aslıhan Şenay works with adults in individual psychotherapy within the psychoanalytic and existential schools. She completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Yeditepe Üniversitesi on a full scholarship, graduating with honours. She completed her master’s degree in clinical psychology at Okan Üniversitesi. She received basic training in existential analysis from the Varoluşçu Akademi. She has worked as a psychotherapist in various clinics since 2022. She supports the Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Student Guidance and Counselling Centre as an external volunteer therapist.”
By her own description Aslıhan Şenay practises individual psychotherapy with adults; she does not give a list of diagnoses. The topics below are the ones people most often bring to psychoanalytic and existential work. You do not need to know which of them fits you; tapping a title shows how Turkish-speaking online support works in that area.
Sessions you can come to without a diagnosis: recurring relationship patterns, becoming a stranger to yourself, the feeling of “am I really living this life?”. Psychoanalytic work looks at where today’s impasse was formed in the past; existential work talks about choice, responsibility and meaning.
Individual psychotherapy for adultsAvoiding closeness or, the other way round, the fear of being left, always ending up in the same place in relationships, the weight of a bond with family that continues from afar. Aslıhan Şenay’s master’s thesis is on young adults’ attachment styles and life satisfaction; this topic sits at the centre of her sessions.
Attachment and relationshipsBeing constantly on alert, not being able to fall asleep, tightness in the chest, the sense that something is about to happen. Sessions look not only at when the anxiety rises but at what it covers; living alone abroad often makes the picture heavier.
AnxietyNo drive, not being able to get up in the morning, nothing tasting of anything, feeling worthless. Sessions look at when this state began, what keeps it going and which small part of the day is possible again.
DepressionLosing someone from far away, missing the funeral, not being able to say goodbye. For many people living in Europe, grief therefore also carries something unfinished. Existential work focuses on which question about life the loss has opened — and on making it something that can be talked about.
Loss and bereavementFeeling inadequate, not being able to say no, constantly seeking approval, getting lost in other people’s expectations. Sessions look together at where this pattern was learned and in which relationships it continues today.
Self-confidence and sense of selfWrite for free first or book a session straight away. Both lead to the same place: a 50-minute conversation in Turkish.
Aslıhan Şenay describes her work through two schools. Which one you go with is decided together in the first sessions; the choice depends on your question, your history and what you are comfortable with.
An approach that looks at where today’s impasse was formed in the past and talks about relationship patterns and unnoticed repetitions. It aims less at removing the symptom quickly than at understanding the structure that produces it; the sessions are therefore usually longer-term and regular.
An approach that works with questions of meaning before symptom lists: responsibility, choice, loneliness and the feeling of “am I really living this life?”. A frame often turned to after breaking points such as migration, a change of work or a loss.
These two headings rest on Aslıhan Şenay’s own account; the corresponding training (basic training in existential analysis and supervision in the psychoanalytic approach) is listed among the credentials below.
The list below is compiled from the training Aslıhan Şenay states in her Terapi Avrupa profile. University degrees and later training are deliberately kept apart: they are not the same thing, and it makes a difference when you assess a professional. The graduation years are not yet recorded, so the date field is left empty.
The diplomas of every psychologist working with Terapi Avrupa are checked one by one before they join.
Four steps. The first two are free, and card details are never asked for at any stage.
With your email address, in a few seconds. Opening an account is free and commits you to nothing.
You describe what is going on in your own words. After reading her reply you decide whether to continue.
When you feel ready you choose the day and time yourself — evenings and weekends included. You pay only for the session you book.
At the appointed time you click the link you were sent. The session lasts 50 minutes; you do not need to install any software.
Before you can send your message you need to open a free account — that is exactly what the form below is for. It takes a few seconds, no card details are asked for, and it commits you to nothing. Once your account is ready, you write your first message for free.
Writing does not commit you to a session. If it does not feel right, you can switch to another psychologist or leave it there.
These pages are online and in Turkish too:
Write Aslıhan Şenay a free message and describe what is going on in your own words. You decide about a session, the fee and anything further afterwards.
If you are in an emergency or have thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, please call the emergency number in the country you are in (across Europe: 112).
