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CV
EDUCATION
Hacettepe University, Ankara (present)
Recognition and equivalence of diploma
Boğaziçi University, İstanbul 22'
Recognition and equivalence of diploma
University College London 17'
PgDip Clinical Mental Health Sciences
Goldsmiths, University of London 15'
BSc Psychology
Royal Holloway, University of London 12'
International Foundation Programme
Koç School 11'
İstanbul
KIOSK International College 07'
Toronto
Research
Conducted two experiments and analysed complex data:
- Effects of typologically different languages on attention to manner and path of motion
- Influence of emotional facial expressions on predictions and performance for face recognition
- Effects of nature of trauma on the prediction of amount and degree of negative content of auditory hallucinations
Work experience
Kocaeli University Hospital, Turkey
Psychologist in training
Dec 2014 – Jan 2015
- attended inpatient and general service visits in the psychotic, anxiety, mood, substance abuse disorders and psychological trauma units
- attended criminal case and committee meetings
- attended the trainee courses, and case and journal article presentations regularly in Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Mental Health Diseases
- observed numerous patients with mental, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders
- had more detailed knowledge on administration of drug and electroconvulsive therapies, and psychology assessment and evaluations services
- carried out own research project and tested students
Anima Counselling, London, UK
Founder
2017 - 2020
Private French Lape Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Trainee Clinical Psychologist
Nov 2020 - Dec 2020
- Observing alternately in all inpatient services
- Attending the good morning meetings held every morning at the inpatient services
- Participation in activities carried out every day in inpatient services and rehabilitation workshops
- Participation in the case meeting held on Thursday with the participation of the entire treatment team
- Participation in daily patient visits in the inpatient services
- Participation as an observer in inpatient interviews under the supervision of our psychiatrists in the inpatient services and in psychological test practices in line with the consent of the patients
- Initial evaluation in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
- Participation in ECT (Electroconvulsive therapy) as an observer
- Training evaluation meetings
- Trainings consisting of the modules as stated below
Mood disorders, sexual physiology and sexual dysfunctions, hypno therapy, personality disorders, frontal lobe functions, what psychologists do in bipolar disorder, mental state examination, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, EMDR, psycho-oncology, psychodrama, therapy and testing training in psychology psychological development in childhood, attachment, addiction, substance addiction, behavioral addictions, alcohol use disorder, what is electroconvulsive therapy, sustainable recovery in addiction, psychologist in addiction, geropsychiatrist, grief and its stages, anxiety disorders, psychological and psychiatric treatment of the child and family, psychological and psychiatric evaluation of the adolescent and family, patient rights and ethics, psychopharmacology, eating disorders, psychiatric rehabilitation program, dance and movement therapy
skills
- Experience in research methodology including laboratory and field observation (InfantLab), questionnaire (Qualtrics), survey methods and interviewing (Forensic Psychology Unit); a variety of neuroimaging techniques; experimenter effects and demands characteristics; evaluation of research strategies gave me the skills to translate my interests into empirical research.
- Training in statistical analysis of variance techniques non-parametric methods, correlation and regression and analysis based on the general linear model including ANOVA
- Experience in designing computer-based tasks from scratch (PsychoPy), implementing the research procedures, analysing the data using appropriate psychology-relevant statistical software (SPSS), interpreting the results in light of both conceptual and practical considerations, communicating this information clearly in the form of a written report and presentation
- Training in Good Clinical Practice - which is the international ethical, scientific and practical standard to all clinical research - informed me further on protection of the rights, safety and wellbeing of research participants and improving reliability of research data.
- Fluent in Turkish and English
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