More About MindNest
For Parents
A Playful, Sensory-Informed Approach to Mental Health Support
Children and teens express themselves in different ways. Sessions may involve conversation, play, drawing, movement, or sensory tools, depending on their age, interests, and needs, all tailored to provide effective evidence-based therapy.
A sensory-informed approach means paying attention to how your child responds to their surroundings and what helps them feel comfortable and engaged. This may include offering something to hold or fidget with, making room for movement, or adjusting the pace of an activity. These supports, rooted in somatic care principles, can create opportunities to explore feelings, work through frustration, and practice new skills.
I support children and teens with ADHD and other neurodivergent profiles, including challenges with attention, transitions, frustration, friendships, and everyday routines. Together, we explore their strengths and needs and practise skills in ways that fit their development.
I also work with children who are highly sensitive—who may feel emotions deeply, notice subtle changes, or become overwhelmed by busy environments and social demands. The goal is to help them understand their experiences, communicate their needs, and navigate difficult moments without treating sensitivity as something that needs to be fixed.
Parents are important partners in the process. Parent conversations or dedicated sessions can help make sense of challenging moments and develop practical responses for home and school. We’ll discuss how to balance your involvement with your child’s need for privacy and a trusting therapeutic relationship.
For Adult Clients
Understanding patterns. Exploring change.
You may understand why you feel the way you do and still find yourself caught in familiar patterns. Or you might recognize that something feels difficult without yet having the words for it.
Therapy provides a valuable space to explore your experiences, work through difficult feelings, and try different ways of responding. Sessions can include reflection, practical strategies, and opportunities to practice skills such as setting boundaries, expressing needs, or responding to self-critical thoughts.
For adults with ADHD, therapy can also offer support with overwhelm, organization, task initiation, emotional regulation, and the impact of these challenges on relationships and self-esteem. If you identify as a highly sensitive person (HSP), therapy can offer space to understand your responses, communicate your needs, and set boundaries without treating sensitivity as something that needs to be fixed.
Whether you’re navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, life transitions, or relationship difficulties, therapy at MindNest offers space to slow down, feel supported, and explore ways to move forward that feel meaningful to you.
For Referring Professionals
Psychotherapy at MindNest Counselling
MindNest Counselling, led by Oya Kurum-Halacoglu, MA, a Registered Psychotherapist (RP) with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO), offers tailored mental health support through evidence-based therapy.
Referrals are welcome for adults, children, and youth experiencing anxiety, emotional overwhelm, difficulties with emotion regulation, relationship challenges, immigration and life transitions. Oya also works with clients navigating the impact of trauma, grief, and loss.
Supporting clients with ADHD and other neurodivergent profiles is an important part of the practice. Therapy may address executive functioning challenges, sensory overwhelm, self-esteem, and interpersonal difficulties. Oya also welcomes highly sensitive clients who would like support with emotional intensity, overstimulation, boundaries, or communicating their needs.
Her integrative approach combines relational, developmental, and experiential perspectives with CBT-informed interventions and DBT skills. Parent support and family sessions are available where appropriate; couples therapy is not offered.
Services are available in English and Turkish, in person in Burlington and online across Ontario. With appropriate consent, Oya welcomes collaboration with referring professionals, schools, and other providers to clarify goals and coordinate support. Please get in touch to discuss whether a referral fits the scope of the practice.
Therapy in Turkish / Türkçe Terapi
Burlington’da yüz yüze, Toronto ve GTA dahil Ontario genelinde online terapi.
Ben Oya Kürüm-Halaçoğlu, Registered Psychotherapist (RP). Yetişkinler, çocuklar ve gençlerle kaygı, duygusal zorlanmalar, ilişki güçlükleri, yas ve yaşam değişimleri üzerine çalışıyorum.
Travmatik deneyimlerin bugünkü yaşamınıza etkilerini anlamak ve bunlarla baş etmek isteyen danışanlara da destek sunuyorum.
Dikkat eksikliği ve hiperaktivite bozukluğu (DEHB/ADHD) olan ve farklı nörogelişimsel özelliklere sahip danışanlarla çalışmak, pratiğimin önemli bir parçası. Seanslarda dikkat ve organizasyon güçlükleri, işe başlamakta zorlanma, duyguları düzenleme, duyusal hassasiyetler ve bunların ilişkilerle özsaygıya etkileri üzerinde çalışabiliriz.
Kendini yüksek hassasiyete sahip biri (highly sensitive person) olarak tanımlayan; duyguları yoğun yaşayan, çevresindeki ince ayrıntıları fark eden veya yoğun ortamlardan ve ilişkisel gerilimlerden kolayca bunalan kişilerle de çalışıyorum. Amacımız hassasiyetinizi ortadan kaldırmak değil; ihtiyaçlarınızı anlamanıza, sınırlarınızı ifade etmenize ve zorlayıcı durumlarla baş etmenize yardımcı olmak.
Çocuklarla çalışırken gelişim dönemlerini, güçlü yanlarını, aile ve okul ortamlarını birlikte ele alıyorum. Ebeveyn görüşmelerinde ise çocuğunuzun ihtiyaçlarını anlamaya ve günlük yaşamınıza uygun destek yolları geliştirmeye odaklanıyoruz.
Göç, aidiyet, aile beklentileri veya iki kültür arasında yaşamak deneyiminizin bir parçasıysa, bunları da kendi dilinizde konuşabiliriz.
15 dakikalık ücretsiz bir ön görüşmeyle tanışalım. Neler için destek aradığınızı konuşabilir, sorularınızı ele alabilir ve birlikte çalışmanın size uygun olup olmadığını değerlendirebiliriz.