Duygu Balan, LPCC, LMHC, is a psychotherapist and author licensed in New York and California. She specializes in trauma, attachment wounding, and relationships. Her work focuses on the demands of visibility, performance, and identity formation in high-pressure industries. She works with actors, dancers, musicians, and creatives, helping them navigate intimacy, intense work schedules, and complex dynamics while building resilience and a healthy sense of self.

She is the author of Re-Write: A Trauma Workbook of Creative Writing and Recovery in Our New Normal (Routledge, 2023), Confidently Chill: An Anxiety Workbook for New Adults (Routledge, 2024), and co-creator of the graphic novel Kader’s Quest (Routledge, 2026).