About

ABOUT

During my studies, I had many opportunities to develop my skills and knowledge in the field of psychology. I did my internships at Izmir Courthouse as an Assistant Family Court Advisor and at a kindergarten as an Assistant Psychologist. I did my Bachelor’s degree final thesis using the medicine laboratory, where I collected skin conductance response data to measure the effect of looming noise on physiological arousal. My Master’s dissertation was on the effects of personality traits and physical activity on Hyperventilation Syndrome.

I took APA accredited Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) courses at Istanbul Rumelia University & Rational Psychology (affiliated center of Albert Ellis Institute Turkey), where I learned Advanced Therapist Skills, CBT & REBT treatment strategies for OCD, trauma and excessive sorrow, ADHD, internet and game addiction, anger management issues, eating disorders, anxiety and fear problems, and depression for adults and children.

After completing my Master’s, I started working at various schools in the UK as a teaching assistant and education support assistant, where I supported students with special educational needs and disabilities with educational life skills and personal development. I also provided individual and group music therapy to students at these schools.

EDUCATION

MSc in Clinical Psychology, Bournemouth University, January 2022 – January 2023

BSc (Hons) in Psychology, Izmir University of Economics, September 2015 – June 2019

Psychologie (Erasmus Programme), Ruhr-University Bochum, April 2018 – September 2018

TRAININGS

120 hour REBT course (Dr. Kristene Doyle & Dr. Murat Artiran) and CBT course (Prof. Dr. Zeynep Karatas)

120 hour Music Therapy course (Kadir Akpinar)

MAIN SUBJECTS I WORK ON

Anxiety Disorders

Somatisation Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

Mood Disorders

Hyperventilation Syndrome

Chronic Pain