Psychologist Meryem Söğüt KAHRAMANLAR

Bachelor’s	:	Boğaziçi University, Psychological Counseling and Guidance
Master’s	:	Koç University, Psychology MSc
Doctorate	:	Ibn Haldun University, Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate (ongoing)
Working Areas	:	Children over 10 years of age, Adolescents & Adults
Modalities & Techniques	:	CBT, ACT, Emotion Focused Therapy
Test Training	:	Cognitive Assesment System (CAS)

During her undergraduate education, she did a 1-year psychological counseling and guidance internship at high school level simultaneously in different schools. Between 2016 and 2019, she worked as a guidance counselor at the secondary and high school levels in a private school. Between 2020-2021, she worked as a developmental psychologist within the Green Crescent in the development of the Turkiye Addiction Response Intervention program. She is currently writing her thesis in the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Ibn Haldun University. In her thesis, she is investigating the contextual factors that determine the effectiveness/functionality of cognitive restructuring, an emotion regulation method, on depression and anxiety. Transdiagnostic risk factors in psychopathologies, emotional regulation and executive functioning are among her academic interests. She also speaks advanced English and intermediate Korean. She is a certified Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) tester.

Psychotherapy Trainings:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Foundational and Advanced Theoretical Training, Prof. Dr. Hakan Türkçapar
• CBT Approaches to Undiagnosed Clients, CBT Approaches Training on Intolerance of Uncertainty, Perfectionism and Relationship Problems, Prof. Dr. Aslıhan Dönmez
• CBT in Children and Adolescents, Prof. Dr. Vahdet Görmez
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Training, Dr. Hasan Turan Karatepe & TÜRBAD Contextual Sciences Association.
• Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) Practitioner and Theoretical Training, Dr. Hooman Keshavarzi
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Structured Interview Training for Skills and Mental Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy Association
• Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Education, Prof. Dr. Mücahit Öztürk
• PASS Cognitive Intervention Program, Asst. Prof. Dr. Tamer Ergin
• CAS (Cognitive Assessment System) Test Training, Istanbul University