Bilkan Kilicer, BACP

Bilkan Kilicer is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports clients with family and blended family issues, parenting concerns, grief, and intimacy-related problems.

Bilkan describes herself as an integrative psychodynamic counsellor. She looks at what is happening now and how past experiences may still shape current reactions. In sessions she helps people notice repeating patterns and the feelings behind them.

Her day-to-day approach combines practical talking work with clear, gentle reflection. She listens and asks questions that help people name their difficulties and make sense of them. People can expect a steady pace and time to consider what they want to change.

Bilkan draws on a range of approaches to suit different needs, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based work, Client-centred methods, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She uses these methods to help with anxiety, coping skills, emotion regulation and relationship problems.

Sessions focus on what the person brings and on small, manageable steps forward. The counsellor also pays attention to how earlier relationships affect current ones. That can be useful for people in blended households who are adjusting to new roles and loyalties.