12+
Years experience
Therapy Across Borders, Grounded in Understanding
Therapy Across Borders, Grounded in Understanding
UK-based Odyssey Counselling provides culturally informed therapy and wellbeing support for Turkish-speaking migrants around the world. Led by Expert Psychologist İmran Altıntop, the practice draws on nearly a decade of experience working with individuals, communities, NGOs, and organisations across countries including the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. Combining clinical professionalism with lived migrant experience, Odyssey Counselling offers a calm and emotionally safe space to support identity, belonging, emotional resilience, and life across cultures.
A space for human warmth and clinical excellence.
UK-based Odyssey Counselling provides psychological counselling and emotional wellbeing support for Turkish-speaking individuals living across different countries around the world. Led by Expert Psychologist İmran Altıntop, our work is informed by nearly a decade of experience supporting individuals, communities, associations, and organisations across the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States, and beyond.
By combining professional expertise in psychological counselling with a deep understanding of the experiences of people living between cultures, Odyssey Counselling offers a safe, supportive, and non-judgmental space where clients can explore challenges, build resilience, and work towards greater emotional wellbeing.
500+
Lives supported
Pathways to wellbeing
1:1 Individual Therapy
Personalized support for anxiety, low mood, trauma, and identity challenges in a confidential setting.
In-person & online
Group Support
Facilitated spaces that reduce isolation and build connection for Turkish-speaking communities in the UK.
Small facilitated groups
Migrant Wellbeing
Targeted support for relocation stress, bicultural identity strain, and emotional adjustment.
Projects & workshops
Meet Expert Psychologist
Meet Expert Psychologist İmran Altıntop
With over a decade of experience working with migrants, communities, and international wellbeing projects, İmran offers culturally informed therapy shaped by both clinical expertise and lived migrant experience.
As a first-generation migrant living in the UK, she understands the emotional complexity of building life between cultures and provides a calm, structured, and emotionally safe therapeutic space.
MSc Clinical Psychology
Ege University
Member of
The British Psychological Society
Why native language therapy matters
Language is the home of the inner world.
When therapy happens in your native language, nuance, memory, and emotional precision become easier to access.
Untranslatable nuance
Certain feelings and lived experiences can only be expressed through familiar language and cultural context.
Reduced cognitive load
When you are not translating your emotions, more energy remains for reflection, regulation, and healing work.
Cultural safety
You can discuss migration, family expectations, and identity complexity without repeatedly explaining context.
Testimonials
Voices from our community
“Finding an Expert Psychologist who understood the pressure of being a migrant in London changed everything for me.”
“The group sessions gave me a sense of community I did not realize I was missing while navigating two worlds.”
“İmran's professional yet warm approach helped me through a difficult transition with clarity and care.”
Begin your journey with a gentle first step.
If you are unsure where to begin, you can book an initial 15-minute consultation or contact us first.