Famagusta
What people wonder before booking
Deciding to work with a psychologist is often the hardest step. In a city like Famagusta, where everyone seems to know everyone, a few more questions come with it. Here are the ones we hear most, answered plainly.
“Will I run into someone I know?”
It is completely understandable for this concern to come to mind when you live in a small city. At our centre, sessions and your personal information are protected in line with confidentiality principles.
If coming to the centre is not comfortable for you, you can continue the same process through online sessions.
“Turkish or English?”
You can have your sessions in Turkish or in English. English sessions are held directly with the psychologist, not through an interpreter.
For international students newly arrived on the island and for individuals from abroad, this removes the language distance in between.
“A psychologist or a psychiatrist?”
A psychologist does not prescribe medication; they carry out talk-based therapy. When a situation calls for a medication assessment, your psychologist says so openly and refers you to the psychiatrists we work with.
We have written about the difference in detail.
“I find it hard to come to the centre.”
Whether you live in Famagusta or are coming from Nicosia, Kyrenia, İskele or from off the island, if for any reason you find it hard to come to the centre, you can use the online session option.
Sessions are held over a secure video call. An online session is also 45 minutes and follows the same process as an in-person one.
“What happens in the first session?”
In the first meeting we focus on getting to know you and on understanding what brought you here and what you need.
You do not have to tell everything in that first session, or arrive at a solution right away; the process takes shape together.
“How long will I need to come to therapy?”
The length of therapy is not the same for everyone. It depends on your needs, on what we are working on and on how the process moves along.
At the start we set our goals together, and we revisit them as time goes on.