He carries out individual and couple therapy with adolescents and adults, and works with relationship difficulties, questions of identity and life crises. Wherever in Europe you live, the sessions are held in Turkish — in English if you prefer — so you never have to translate what you want to say.
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Metin Olataş is a clinical psychologist based in İzmir who has worked with adolescents and adults since 2015. He studied psychology at İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi and holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from İstanbul Esenyurt Üniversitesi. Alongside individual and couple therapy he works with relationship difficulties, questions of identity and life crises. Through Terapi Avrupa he meets Turkish-speaking clients living in Europe online.
“Since 2015 he has been carrying out individual and couple therapy with adolescents and adults; on themes such as relationship difficulties, questions of identity, life crises and emotional struggles I build a trusting, in-depth therapeutic relationship with my clients and treat therapy as a process of inner discovery and change.”
The areas below are the ones Metin Olataş states himself. You do not need to know which of them fits you; tapping a title shows how Turkish-speaking online support works in that area.
An hour with yourself, without looking for a diagnosis. Questions of identity, feeling lost, being unable to decide, guilt or loneliness belong here. You set the topic; the psychologist gives the process its structure.
Individual counsellingThe same argument ending in the same place, long silences, lost trust. Couple sessions are held by video, so the two of you can join the same session from two different places — the most common arrangement for couples living in different European cities.
Couple therapyMetin Olataş has worked with adolescents since 2015. For young people growing up between two cultures, language at school, expectations at home and belonging among friends usually come up in the same conversation; parents are involved through separate sessions.
Child and adolescent therapyBeing constantly on alert, not being able to fall asleep, tightness in the chest, the sense that something is about to happen. Sessions look at which situations make the anxiety rise and how it shows up in the body; 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.
DepressionMood swinging between highs and lows for weeks at a time, with sleep and energy shifting alongside it. Sessions look at how this cycle runs and where it makes daily life hard.
Mood disordersImages that come back, nightmares and being easily startled after an accident, a loss, violence or a hard experience during migration. Sessions look at when what happened returns, what it sets off in the body and where it narrows your life.
Post-traumatic stress (PTSD)A skill for bringing attention back to the present, learned through regular practice. It is not a therapy in itself but a tool that runs alongside the process; it is used above all when anxiety grows quickly in the body.
MindfulnessWrite for free first or book a session straight away. Both lead to the same place: a 60-minute conversation in Turkish.
Metin Olataş describes his work in three headings. Rather than staying with one school, he shapes the process flexibly around the topic and the person; which way you go is decided together in the first sessions.
Looking at the symptom not on its own but together with the life it sits in: sleep, body, work, relationships and meaning all count as parts of the same picture. The process is not narrowed down to a single heading.
A frame that works with questions of meaning before symptom lists: responsibility, choice, loneliness and the feeling of “am I really living this life?”. It is often turned to after breaking points such as migration, a change of work or a loss.
Rather than applying one single method to everyone, choosing the one that fits the topic. Metin Olataş states that he shapes the process around each client’s needs and life circumstances.
These three headings rest on Metin Olataş’s own account. The certificate courses he has taken are listed in the credentials section below; once the year and the institution of those courses reach us, they will be shown here too.
The list below is compiled from the training Metin Olataş has stated himself. University degrees and later courses are deliberately kept apart: they are not the same thing, and the difference matters when you are assessing a professional. Since the years of the certificates are not yet available to us, 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 his 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 60 minutes; you do not need to install any software.
Sessions last 60 minutes. You can book a single session or choose a package covering several; the current price for both is shown in the booking window above. There is no membership fee — you pay only for the session or package you choose. You can cancel or reschedule free of charge up to 24 hours in advance. Your first message is free in any case.
Terapi Avrupa is a private counselling service; the fees are not covered by health insurance.
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 Metin Olataş a free message and describe in your own words what is going on. You decide about the session, the fee and everything else 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).
