Dr. Nilgun Turkcan Ataoglu, BCT, RDT

Approach Description: In my clinical multimodal arts therapies approach (drama, art, dance movement and music)-You do not need to have any artistic skills at all!!!, I incorporate humanist and a result-oriented approach integrated multimodal arts therapy approaches specialized in the fields of adverse childhood experiences (especially physical/emotional/sexual abuse & physical / emotional neglect), attachment problems, depression, anxiety disorders (phobias and panic attack),life changing difficulties (divorce, migration, job loss, illness, etc.), and eating disorders, trauma, pains of unknown cause, relationship issues and personal development. My mission is to make individuals and groups to participate in the creative process via drama, dance-movement, music and visual arts, and make them explore and discover their “true” needs and desires and the inner power to realize their potentials completely. I believe creativity is a key human resource for growth and change. My aim is to provide a compassionate, therapeutic environment in which the creativity of each individual is given room and encouragement to flourish and flow freely. Within a supportive therapeutic relationship people are able to draw on their own creative potential in order to move in a desired direction of development or change. As a therapist, my focus is on understanding my clients' unique experiences and needs. While diagnoses can be helpful in certain situations, they are not the end-all-be-all in mental health treatment. By taking a more individualized and holistic approach, I can better support my clients in their journey towards recovery. I focus on helping to uncover my clients’ inner strengths and develop life-long skills. We all have innate strengths, but we are not always aware of them and they are difficult to access when we are feeling anxious, stressed, depressed, insecure, out of control of our life, or just overall feeling “lost.” I work with my client to understand the barriers that are keeping him/her from living the life she/he wants, and help him/her to learn and improve on coping strategies or skills that will help him/her to address those barriers in effective and meaningful ways. I will also help my clients to identify and to work towards achieving real and attainable goals. My interaction with a client is conversational and creative. I am both passionate about and fascinated with the relationship between the mind and the body, and our work together with a client reflects that passion and knowledge.