Tuba Fidan - Compassion Heals Counseling

In this episode of Caddo Convos, host Buddy Broyles welcomes Tuba Fidan, LPC, and founder of Compassion Heals Counseling . Tuba shares her inspiring journey from working as a school counselor in Turkey to establishing a thriving private practice in Texas . Specializing in EMDR therapy, sandtray play therapy, and trauma-informed care for adolescents and adults, Tuba highlights how compassion and genuine connection drive deep emotional healing . She also discusses her work supporting immigrant communities with cultural transition challenges and co-founding a national directory for Turkish therapists .

https://www.compassionhealscounseling.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuba-fidan-808562227/

https://turkishtherapists.com/

Key Takeaways

• Transition to Private Practice: Drawing from extensive experience as a certified school counselor, Tuba expanded her scope as an LPC to support adolescents (ages 14+) and adults through complex emotional challenges .

• Specialized Modalities: She utilizes EMDR therapy for trauma recovery and certified sandtray therapy, a creative combination of processing art and miniatures suitable for all age groups .

• Focus on Key Mental Health Struggles: Compassion Heals Counseling primarily focuses on depression, anxiety, grief, ADHD, life transitions, and relationship stress .

• Immigrant Advocacy & Support: Overcoming the challenges of adapting to a new country and language herself, Tuba helps immigrant clients process cultural assimilation and life transitions, and provides formal immigration reports for court proceedings .

• Co-Founding a Therapist Directory: Tuba co-created the Turkish Therapist Platform (turkishtherapists.com), a dual-language network offering resources, webinars, and state-by-state therapist matching for the Turkish community .

• Medication-Free Recovery Story: She highlights a success story of an immigrant client overcoming severe depression solely through open engagement in EMDR sessions and therapeutic processing .

• Modern Office Amenities: Operating out of Caddo Office Reimagined in Allen, Texas, Tuba utilizes the modern design and seamless conference room booking system to host her private practice

Podcast services provided by Blue Mic Studios, the podcast production division of Visual Learning Solutions, LLC.

https://www.bluemicstudios.com/

Blue Mic Studios is located in Frisco at the Westridge location of Caddo Offices Reimagined.

https://caddooffices.com/

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