Psy. Gamze UNAL

She graduated from Doğuş University, Department of Psychology in English, and then completed her MSc in Clinical Psychology with Thesis. She wrote her thesis on “Childhood Traumas and the Relationship between Self-Compassion Level and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation”. She was entitled to study at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland with the scholarship provided by the school during the 6-month period of her master’s degree. She completed her family counseling training at Marmara University with 300 hours of theory, 120 hours of practice and 30 hours of supervision.

During her undergraduate education, sh e completed her internship at Humanite Medicine and Psychiatry Center under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Sedat Özkan. Also during her undergraduate course, While working as Dr. Engin Arık’s research assistant, she completed another internship at Istanbul University Capa Faculty of Medicine for one year, accompanied by leading psychiatrists in the field.

She has been interested in music since her childhood. She played the violin in different orchestras and took part in many concerts in Turkey and abroad. She participated in the “BridgingRhythms” program organized in Germany as part of the Turkey – Germany Exchange Program by playing the violin.

Since her internship years, she has worked as a psychologist in various institutions including international kindergartens (Pingus English International Kindergarten, My Gym Preschool, World Children’s Academy Kindergartens).

While working with children and families in these institutions, she prepared monthly bulletins in Turkish and English. She conducted various studies with children, applied tests and followed their progress according to the test results.

Then, she worked as a clinical psychologist at RubiHealth Medical Center. She conducted sessions with her clients under individual supervision.

She organized seminars for parents and teachers in the institutions she worked for. Some of the subjects she taught; positive discipline practices are in the form of borderline, filial therapy, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder in children.

She continues to carry out psychotherapy studies with children and young adults, parents.

Education

• University: Doğuş University, Department of Psychology in English
• MSc: Istanbul Gelisim University, Clinical Psychology (with Thesis)Nicolaus Copernicus University, Faculty of Social Sciences (100% success scholarship)

Seminars and Training Documents

• Family Counseling Education- Marmara University
• EMDR Therapy Level 1 Education – Institute of Behavioral Sciences
• EMDR Therapy Level 2 Education – Institute of Behavioral Sciences
• EMDR Therapy with Children and Adolescents 1st Level Education- Prof. Dr. Umran Korkmazlar
• Child-Centered Play Therapy- Exp. Ps. Hale Kahyaoglu
• Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy – Assoc. Dr. Sevcan Karakoç Demirkaya
• Filial Therapy – Prof. Dr. Ayten Erdogan
• Combined Use of Guided and Non-directed Techniques in Play Therapy – Prof. Dr. Ayten Erdogan
• Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Hakan Turkcapar
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques for Children and Adolescents, Humanite Psychiatry
• Being an Acting Parent- Lawrence Cohen, Nilüfer Devecigil
• Supervision – Causes and treatment methods of eating disorders, causes and treatment of bedwetting, oppositional defiant disorder – Play Therapies Institute
• Mindful Awareness Practices with Children – Play Therapies Institute
• WISC-4 Intelligence Scale for Children Training and Certification – Turkish Psychological Association
• DENVER II Developmental Screening Test Certification – Developmental Child Neurology Association
• Objective Child Assessment and Attention Tests- D2, Burdon, Frankfurther Attention Test, Metropolitan School Readiness Test, Frostig Visual Perception Test
• Projective Tests – Test of Perception (CAT) for Children, LuisaDüssPsychoanalytic History Test
• MOXO Attention Test Practitioner Certificate