About Tugba
Tugba Cagdas is an AASW social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those dealing with career worries, loneliness, life purpose questions and workplace strain. Tugba works in plain language and focuses on practical steps people can take right away.
Her style is gentle and goal-oriented. Sessions centre on what the person already does well and small changes that build confidence. She listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals to reduce overwhelm and increase motivation.
Background and approach
Tugba draws on Client-Centred, Narrative and Solution-Focused approaches. She uses storytelling to reframe problems, and solution-focused questions to identify next steps. The Client-Centred stance means she follows the client's pace and priorities rather than imposing a fixed plan.
Her background includes five years of work in mental health settings supporting diverse cultural needs. She has experience helping people through pregnancy and childbirth concerns, social anxiety and phobia, and issues common to young adults and women. Tugba also addresses multicultural concerns and the effects of isolation.
In sessions she aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth space where clients can speak openly. Practical exercises, simple reframes and short-term goals are commonly used. People who want clear direction and a collaborative counsellor often find her approach helpful.
How Tugba’s approaches work online
Tugba uses Client-Centred and Solution-Focused methods that adapt well to online formats. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace; online sessions continue that by allowing the person to lead conversations and choose priorities. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and clear goals; this makes it easy to set bite-sized actions between sessions and review progress over video or messaging.Choosing an approach is a shared process. Tugba will talk through which methods match a person's needs, goals and preferences. She aims to tailor the mix of listening, storytelling and goal-setting so clients feel involved in planning their path forward.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work from different locations and use the format that feels most comfortable for checking in and tracking small changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Turkish
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