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Bachelor’s |
: | Istanbul University, Psychologynbul Üniversitesi, Psikoloji |
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Working Areas |
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Children, Adolescents and Couples-Family |
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Modalities and Techniques |
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Short-Term Dynamic Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, EMDR and ER protocol |
During her undergraduate education, Belkis did her internship at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Bakırköy Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases Hospital. She completed her training, especially in psychoanalytical, psychodynamic, narrative and cognitive behavioral approaches, and received supervision from instructors who adopted this approach. During this period, she completed clinical battery and test training and theoretical and practical training on play therapy.
She received jointly certified training from Brief London & the Institute of Behavioral Sciences (DBM) in “Solution Focused Therapy" and 'EMDR 1st and 2nd Level' from the DBM trainer Consultant Psychologist Emre Konuk. She completed training and application of PERGEL within the scope of "A Performance Improvement Program for Exams" by Dr. Olcay Güner, EMDR with difficult cases by Udi Oren, PTSD and EMDR by Dr Berk Murat Ergün, "When there are no words yet" by Katie O'shea’s Non-verbal communication early trauma protocol, "Performance Improvement with Adolescents" and EMDR training from Sophia Barna.
After the 1999 Marmara earthquake, she worked as a volunteer therapist in the field for 6 months. She also participated in many aid activities, such as the pandemic in 2020 and the Kahramanmaraş earthquake on February 6, 2023. She was involved in various social responsibility projects related to children and still continues to participate in these projects.
Between 2000 and 2019, she worked as a child-adolescent therapist and family counselor at the counseling center of which she was the co-founder. She also worked as a psychologist and manager in various institutions.
Between 2012 and 2014, she completed the EFTA-approved "Couple and Family Therapy" certificate program at Bilgi University and received the title of "Family Counselor".
Her areas of interest include performance improvement in adolescents with the EMDR method and story and fairy tale therapy with the ER protocol (early trauma non-verbal communication 0-3 years old) method. The topics she particularly works on include exam anxiety, anxiety disorders, trauma, depression and grief processes, bullying, phobias, and family relationship problems.