She works with cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused brief therapy; family counselling, loss and grief, and assessment tests for children and adults are her other areas. Wherever you live in Europe, sessions are held in Turkish — you never have to translate what you want to say.
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İrem Özkan is a psychologist based in Uşak who has practised for two years. She has trained in cognitive behavioural therapy and solution-focused brief therapy techniques and holds certificates in family counselling, loss, grief and trauma therapy, play therapy, and assessment tests for children and adults. Through Terapi Avrupa she meets Turkish people living in Europe online.
“Cognitive Behavioural Therapy • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy • Family Counselling • Assessment Tests for Children and Adults • Loss, Grief and Trauma Therapy • Student and Educational Counselling”
The areas below are the ones İrem Özkan states in her own profile. You do not need to know which of them fits you; tapping a title shows how Turkish-speaking online support works in that area.
Being constantly on alert, not being able to fall asleep, the sense that something is about to happen, and everyday loads piling up. Cognitive behavioural work takes the thought and behaviour loops that feed the anxiety apart step by step; living alone abroad often makes the picture heavier.
Anxiety and stressTension between parents and children, conflict between generations, expectations a family keeps sending from far away, and the difficulty of setting boundaries within a family. İrem Özkan is trained in family counselling; sessions can be held with one person or with the family members concerned.
Family counsellingLosing 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. İrem Özkan is trained in loss, grief and trauma therapy; the sessions work on how this gap becomes something that can be talked about.
Loss and bereavementImages that come back, nightmares and being easily startled after an accident, a loss, violence or a hard experience during migration. Sessions look at when and how what happened returns, what it sets off in the body and where it narrows daily life.
Post-traumatic stress (PTSD)Children and young people growing up between two cultures: language at school, expectations at home, belonging among friends. With younger children the work uses play therapy; parents are involved through separate appointments.
Sessions with children and adolescentsMeasuring tools for the cases where a more detailed picture of attention, development or mood is needed. The test is not there to diagnose but to clarify where the sessions should focus; the result is interpreted together with you.
Assessment tests for children and adultsSettling into school or university in a new country, exam anxiety, uncertainty about subjects and the future. Sessions are held with the student themselves; where needed, parents join through a separate appointment.
Student and educational counsellingWrite for free first or book a session straight away. Both lead to the same place: a 50-minute conversation in Turkish.
İrem Özkan runs her sessions mainly with cognitive behavioural and solution-focused brief therapy techniques; depending on the topic she draws on family counselling, play therapy and assessment tests. The table shows which method she uses for what and which training it rests on.
| Method | Usually used for | Training |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) | Anxiety, stress and recurring thought loops | 2025 · CBT techniques certificate |
| Solution-focused brief therapy | When a concrete goal is to be reached in a short time | 2025 · Solution-focused therapy techniques certificate |
| Family counselling | Communication, boundaries and conflict within the family | 2025 · Family counselling certificate |
| Loss, grief and trauma therapy | Grief after a loss and the aftermath of hard experiences | 2025 · Loss, grief and trauma therapy certificate |
| Play therapy | In sessions with younger children | 2024 · Play therapy certificate |
| Assessment tests | When the picture needs to be measured in detail | 2024 · Assessment tests for children and adults certificate |
Which method to work with is decided together in the first sessions. The choice depends on your question, your history and what you are comfortable with; no method is the best for every topic and every person.
The list below is compiled from the training İrem Özkan states in her Terapi Avrupa profile. The years of her certificates are known; the providers are not yet recorded, so that field is left empty. The university and year of her degree will be added as soon as we have the diploma.
The diplomas of every psychologist working with Terapi Avrupa are checked one by one before they join.
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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.
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