Filiz Yilmaz

Filiz Yilmaz is a BACP-registered counsellor with three years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns and LGBT-related issues. Filiz aims to build a steady, respectful relationship where clients feel heard and can begin to untangle difficult feelings.

She uses an integrative style that draws on attachment ideas, psychodynamic thinking, client-centred methods and mindfulness practices. Sessions often look at how past relationships shape present patterns and how emotions can show up in the body. Filiz also pays attention to neurodiversity and supports people navigating diagnosis and life afterwards.

Practical topics such as communication problems, caregiver stress, divorce and immigration worries are covered alongside deeper issues like guilt, shame and forgiveness. She helps people notice patterns and try different ways of responding in day-to-day life. Mindfulness exercises and attention to bodily signals are offered as tools for managing stress.

Filiz has lived in several countries and values cultural diversity in her work. She offers sessions in English and Turkish, and also provides support in French when needed. Her practice includes supporting people through reproductive and menopausal transitions, such as IVF, pregnancy, miscarriage and the postpartum period.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Clients are invited to talk through what matters most to them and set goals that feel realistic. The work aims to increase awareness and make small, usable changes that help in everyday life.

Approach-led online therapy that balances thinking and feeling

Filiz commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and supports taking small steps towards values-based actions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people try new ways of relating.

She also uses client-centred methods that focus on listening, empathy and making space for a person's own pace. These approaches are aimed at reducing stress, improving emotional regulation and addressing issues such as trauma, body image and relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Filiz will explore your needs, goals and preferences in the first sessions and make decisions together about which methods to use. That collaborative process helps shape what therapy looks like as you progress.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, family or travel and can reduce time spent commuting. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or conversations that focus on grounding and mindfulness exercises when stress levels are high.