They completed their secondary and high school education at Eskişehir Anatolian High School between 1995 and 2002 and earned their medical degree from Afyon Kocatepe University Faculty of Medicine in 2010.
Between 2011 and 2017, they completed their specialist training in psychiatry at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, qualifying as a psychiatrist.
In 2015, they undertook a six-month observership at the Umberto I Psychiatry Clinic at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. During the same period, they also participated in a psychiatry residency exchange programme at Hvidovre Psychiatric Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Between 2011 and 2016, they completed training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and were awarded the title of Cognitive Behavioural Therapist by the Turkish Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (KDT) and the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT).
From 2017 to 2021, they worked as a psychiatrist at Edirne Sultan I. Murat State Hospital. Their responsibilities included overseeing the secure psychiatric inpatient ward and providing care at the Alcohol and Substance Addiction Treatment Centre (AMATEM) outpatient clinic and the Community Mental Health Centre.
Between 2021 and 2022, they worked as a psychiatrist at Gaziosmanpaşa Training and Research Hospital.
They joined Madalyon Psychiatry Centre in 2022.
Training, Courses and Seminars
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training and Supervision: Turkish Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies; Prof. Mehmet Zihni Sungur (2011–2016)
- Clinical Case Supervision: Dr Axel Würz (2011–2015)
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training — Fundamental Principles and Concepts; Treatment of Personality Disorders: Prof. Doğan Şahin (2011–2012)
- Sexual Dysfunctions: Prof. Doğan Şahin (2012)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder: 7th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (2011)
- Fear of Compassion: 7th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (2011)
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: 7th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (2011)
- 7th Annual Cardiff Summer School in Brain Disorder Research: Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (2016)
- 31st ECNP Congress: Barcelona, Spain (2018)
- 26th International “Stress and Behaviour” Neuroscience and Biopsychiatry Conference: St Petersburg, Russia (2019)
- CETAD Basic Training in Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions — Part 1 (2019)
Clinical Interests
- Bipolar Disorder
- Major Depressive Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Eating Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunctions
- Schizophrenia
Professional Memberships
- Psychiatric Association of Türkiye
- Turkish Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
- Bipolar Disorders Association
- International Society for Bipolar Disorders
- Turkish-German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Health
