Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hi, I’m Onat Ozden. I am a doctoral candidate in counselling psychology. My main orientation is Existential Psychotherapy which is a collaborative exploration into the complex subjectivity that is ‘you’. Grounded in existential philosophy, it is most useful for making sense of the fundamental concerns of life that we all suffer from such as meaning, anxiety, isolation, choice and responsibility. I also utilise the Systemic (mainly IFS; Internal Family Systems) and Psycho-trauma approaches and work integratively. Providing a safe and embracing space for my clients are my utmost priority. My work is very relational.
Every now and then, we all come across circumstances that challenge our basic sense of security, identity or significance in life. Although these experiences can be painful and make us feel hopeless, they also provide us a great opportunity of growth through questioning our deeply held personal values in life and beliefs about how the world functions. By illuminating our unique constraints (such as our physical attributes, the culture we are born into, the oppression we experience and/or the privileges we have based on our sexual/gender/race etc) we can start to truly understand our distress and come to construct our own way of being that is both meaningful and fulfilling.
The Existential approach is against labelling our unique personal experiences. Dysfunctional behaviours or unhealthy symptoms are seen as attempts of coping with difficulties and an expression of one’s disconnection from themselves, their surroundings and from reality.
For the past 4 years I have worked with a wide range of clients concerns including anxiety, relationship issues, sexuality, abuse (emotional, physical and sexual) & trauma, spiritual and religious Issues, meaning and purpose.
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Onat Ozden is a doctoral candidate in counselling psychology who works primarily from an Existential Psychotherapy orientation. He approaches therapy as a collaborative exploration of a person’s subjective experience, using existential philosophy to address core human concerns such as meaning, anxiety, isolation, choice and responsibility.
He works integratively, drawing on systemic methods – mainly Internal Family Systems (IFS) – and psycho-trauma approaches. Providing a safe and embracing space is his utmost priority, and his practice is strongly relational.
Onat recognises that life events can challenge basic senses of security, identity or significance. While such experiences can be painful and at times provoke hopelessness, he sees them as opportunities for growth through re-examining deeply held values and beliefs about how the world functions. By bringing into view the particular constraints that shape a person’s life – for example physical attributes, the culture one is raised in, experiences of oppression and/or privileges related to sexual, gender or racial identity – people can begin to understand their distress and develop a more meaningful way of being.
From an existential perspective Onat avoids labelling personal experiences; behaviours often regarded as dysfunctional are understood as attempts to cope and expressions of disconnection from the self, others and reality. Over the past 4 years he has worked with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, relationship difficulties, sexuality, emotional, physical and sexual abuse and trauma, spiritual and religious issues, and questions of meaning and purpose.
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