Asli Baykal

Asli Baykal, PhD, LCSW, is a compassionate psychotherapist and psychoanalyst specializing in the treatment of adults and older adolescents facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues. With a focus on family dynamics, mood disorders, and the anxieties stemming from college and life transitions, Asli is dedicated to supporting both individuals and their family members. Her therapeutic style is warm, engaging, and collaborative, drawing on various therapeutic approaches, with a primary emphasis on psychodynamic therapy. Asli begins with the understanding that emotional and psychological distress can stem from complex sources that may not always be in one's immediate awareness. She believes that individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors occur for understandable reasons, often linked to entrenched patterns of perception and interaction with the world. Although these coping mechanisms may have served a protective function in the past, they can hinder the pursuit of a more fulfilling life. Before her clinical training, she was a professor of cultural anthropology. After completing a prestigious post-graduate fellowship in psychodynamic therapy at Harvard Medical School, she gained valuable experience as a therapist at various non-profit organizations. Currently, she also contributes to the field as a faculty member at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston.