Psy. Merve KUNDUZ

She completed her undergraduate education in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in the USA. During the training, she worked as a research assistant in an active laboratory founded by Prof. Dr.  Dorothy Espelage, which conducts research on children and adolescents who have been exposed to peer bullying and provides social support.

She graduated from Işık University in the field of Clinical Psychology with her thesis on “Awareness, Knowledge Level and Evaluation of Psychopathology in Relatives of Patients Diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer”. She also presented her master’s thesis as a poster presentation at the 54th National Psychiatry Congress held in Izmir.

During her education at Işık University, she did an internship at Erenköy and Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospitals. In the last year of her graduate education, she provided psychological counseling services to adults who applied to Işık University Psychological Counseling Center within the scope of supervision training.

In 2015, within the Turkish Psychologists Association, She received Neuropsychological Assessment Tests Training given by Specialist Psychologist Şükriye Akça Kalem. After the theoretical training, she made her evaluations by applying neuropsychological tests to the patients during her compulsory internship in the ÇAPA-Neurology Department.

She worked as a Clinical Psychologist at Bezmialem Vakıf University Hospital between 2017-2021. She worked for a very diverse and wide audience by serving in inpatient services and outpatient clinics. During his 4-year working life here, individual therapies, group therapies, psychological assessment and evaluation tests were applied intensively.

In addition, she can provide psychotherapy in English for foreign clients.

Education

• BS: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (USA, Chicago)
• MSc: FMV Işık University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Clinical Psychology (with Thesis)

Certificates and Other Trainings:

• European Family Therapy Association (EFTA)- Certified by the European Family Therapy Association Training Unit, Couple and Family Therapist Training (700 hours) Asst. Assoc. Dr. Murat Dokur, 2017/Continued
• IFTI Psychotherapy VIII. Educational Event- Matteo Selvini Workshop, 2018
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Theory and Practice Training, Prof. Dr. Hakan Turkcapar, 2016
• Neuropsychology Assessment Tests Training: Applied in ÇAPA Neurology Department, Turkish Psychological Association, 2015
• EMDR Symposium, Bezmialem Vakif University, 3-4 December 2016
• Rorschach Ink Smear Test: FMV Işık University
• Minnesota Multidimensional Personality Inventory (MMPI): FMV Işık University
• WAIS Intelligence Test (Adult): FMV Işık University
• MOXO Attention Test Practitioner Certification, 2016
• Espelage’s Against Bullying Lab Program Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Prof. Dr. Dorothy Espelage

Academic studies:

• Yılmaz O, Mırçık AB, Kunduz M, Çombaş M, Öztürk A, Deveci E, Kırpınar, İ. Does psychotherapy improve alexithymia? A comparison study among patients with mild or moderate depression. Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo), 46(6), 156-164. Epub November 28, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-60830000000217.
• Yılmaz O, Mırçık AB, Kunduz M, Çombaş M, Öztürk A, Deveci E, Kırpınar İ. Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential Psychotherapy and Supportive Counseling on Facial Emotion Recognition Among Patients with Mild or Moderate Depression. Psychiatry Investig. 2019 Jul;16(7):491-503. doi: 10.30773/pi.2019.03.14. Epub 2019 Jul 25. PMID: 31352731; PMCID: PMC6664217.
• National Psychiatry Congress- Poster presentation of my study titled “Assessment of Awareness, Knowledge and Psychopathology in Relatives of Colorectal Cancer Patients”, 2-6 October 2018