Filiz Yilmaz

Filiz Yilmaz is a fully qualified, insured therapist and a registered member of the BACP, with three years of clinical experience. She works in the United Kingdom and follows the BACP Ethical Framework to guide her practice and maintain professional standards.

Her approach is integrative, drawing on attachment theory, psychodynamic ideas, person-centered methods and mindfulness practices. She may, for example, use attachment concepts to explore early relational patterns or employ mindfulness techniques to support stress management and build emotional resilience.

Filiz pays particular attention to the psychosomatic effects of emotional distress, helping people understand how stress, trauma or unresolved emotions can show up in the body, including symptoms such as chronic pain or persistent fatigue. She uses the therapeutic relationship as a tool for exploring feelings, gaining insight and increasing self-awareness in ways that aim to be meaningful and transformative.

Having lived in different countries and cities, Filiz has developed a strong appreciation for cultural diversity and difference. She is also passionate about neurodiversity and offers support to people through the diagnostic process and in adjusting to life after diagnosis.

Filiz provides support for a range of life transitions and challenges, including IVF, pregnancy, miscarriage, the postpartum period and the perimenopausal and menopausal stages. She offers therapy in English and Turkish, and can also work in French, noting that sessions in French may carry subtle differences in nuance. Filiz lists MBACP (Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) as a professional credential.