Yaprak Olmez

Welcome to my page.

You may be looking for a therapist to:

improve your relationships

help you not to feel anxious or depressed anymore

help managing your stress

get relief from your suffering

have a better understanding of yourself

These are some examples and all important reasons to be reaching out to a therapist. Humans are complex beings and therefore require a safe space, time, willingness and patience to bring an understanding to their complexity. Sometimes we need to stop and think why we do what we do, especially if this feels wrong or unhealthy to us.

My work is psychoanalytically oriented. This mainly means that I believe our past has an impact on our present. It may often be difficult to recognise what is behind our difficulties. You may experience difficulty in making/keeping your relationships, or feeling lost, stuck, depressed, etc. Or something or someone you encounter may trigger an unexpected response in you that you may not know what it is at the time. Or you are feeling anxious and you do not know why. The therapeutic work can help you to understand why you have these difficulties and enable deeper changes.

I offer short and long term counselling and psychotherapy. I have over eleven years of experience working with children, mental health and providing long term therapy for adults with various difficulties in a mental health charity and in my practice. I am also currently working part-time in NHS talking therapies service.

Currently I offer appointments on some weekdays after 5pm, daytime appointments on Tuesday and Friday . I offer both online and in person sessions. My practice is in Bricklane, E1. The fee will be discussed based on what you can afford.

I speak English and Turkish.

It is important to talk about your presenting issues in detail and your expectations from the work.

Welcome to my page.

You may be looking for a therapist to:

- improve your relationships

- help you not to feel anxious or depressed anymore

- help managing your stress

- get relief from your suffering

- have a better understanding of yourself

These are some examples and all important reasons to be reaching out to a therapist. Humans are complex beings and therefore require a safe space, time, willingness and patience to bring an understanding to their complexity. Sometimes we need to stop and think why we do what we do, especially if this feels wrong or unhealthy to us.

My work is psychoanalytically oriented. This mainly means that I believe our past has an impact on our present. It may often be difficult to recognise what is behind our difficulties. You may experience difficulty in making/keeping your relationships, or feeling lost, stuck, depressed, etc. Or something or someone you encounter may trigger an unexpected response in you that you may not know what it is at the time. Or you are feeling anxious and you do not know why. The therapeutic work can help you to understand why you have these difficulties and enable deeper changes.

I offer short and long term counselling and psychotherapy. I have over eleven years of experience working with children, mental health and providing long term therapy for adults with various difficulties in a mental health charity and in my practice. I am also currently working part-time in NHS talking therapies service.

Training and qualifications:

- BA in Psychology, Istanbul Bilgi University

- MA in Counselling Children and Young People, University of Nottingham

- Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy for Practitioners Working in Therapeutic Environments, Middlesex University

- Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Psychoanalyst in Formation, CFAR (Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research)

Currently evening appointments on weekdays after 5pm. Tuesday and Friday day appointments available. I offer both online and in person appointments. My practice is in Bricklane, E1. The fee will be discussed based on what you can afford.

I speak English and Turkish.

In the first session, it is important to have a discussion about the work and your expectations from it.