About Me

I graduated with honors from Boğaziçi University, Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling. Following my undergraduate education, I completed my master's degree in Clinical Psychology at İstanbul Bilgi University with a thesis titled "The Relationship Between Psychotherapists' Trauma History and Countertransference Experiences While Working with Trauma" and graduated as the top student of the institute.

 

In addition to contributing to academic studies throughout my education, I also took on volunteer duties in various non-governmental organizations and served as co-chair of the Research Committee of the Association of Couple and Family Therapy for 2 years.

 

During my clinical psychology education, I carried out individual psychodynamic studies under supervision at Istanbul Bilgi University Psychological Counseling Unit. Additionally, I served as a co-facilitator in a group intervention conducted with adults following the Kahramanmaraş earthquake.

 

I was the author of two chapters of the book “On the Session Stage: Process Notes from the Psychodynamic Approach”, published by Istanbul Bilgi University Publications and compiled by Associate Professor Alev Çavdar. I also worked as a chapter translator in the translation of Daniel Stern’s book “Forms of Vitality”, to be published by the same publisher.

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In 2022, as part of my research internship at the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology at Maastricht University, I took part in the “Gender differences in the associations between childhood adversity and psychopathology in the general population” article as the second author. 

 

I follow the seminars given by Psike Istanbul and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). I attend to "Dynamic Psychotherapy Technique and Practice" training given by the training and supervision analyst Yavuz Erten. In addition to these, I receive psychodynamically oriented individual supervision.

 

Currently, I continue psychodynamically oriented individual work with adults on online platforms.