Bilkan Kilicer, BACP

Bilkan Kilicer is a counsellor with six years of clinical experience and a BACP registration. She offers steady, empathetic support to people who are nervous about starting therapy. Her style is warm, patient and grounded in listening first.

She sees how past experiences can keep people stuck and pays attention to what is happening now. Bilkan uses several approaches to help people understand patterns, manage difficult feelings and try new ways of coping. Sessions aim to be practical and understandable rather than full of jargon.

Bilkan has a particular interest in trauma and abuse and helps people work through grief, anxiety, depression and stress. She also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, career worries and long-term health or pain concerns. LGBT issues and struggles with self-esteem are part of her focus too.

Her work draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas and cognitive-behavioural techniques. She blends methods to suit each person rather than following one fixed model. That means the sessions can include reflection, practical skills and emotional processing where needed.

People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space where the pace is set by them. Bilkan talks things through alongside each person, helping them notice patterns and try small changes. She welcomes international clients and runs sessions in English from the United Kingdom.

How Bilkan's approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings and to focus on actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, stress and coping with life changes by building small, practical habits. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and early bonds to help people understand recurring difficulties with closeness and trust. It is useful for intimacy-related issues and managing attachment worries. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours through straightforward exercises and practice between sessions; it is often helpful for anxiety, depression and sleeping problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, worries and preferences and then suggest methods that fit. That makes the process collaborative and responsive as needs change over time.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, live chat supports brief check-ins and text messaging helps with ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and travel.