Psy. Nefise DEMIRBOZAN ZENGIN

Clinical Psychologist Nefise Demirbozan Zengin completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Istanbul Aydın University on a scholarship in 2015. Between 2017–2019, she earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology with her thesis “The Relationship Between Digital Game Addiction, Parental Attitudes, and Self-Esteem.”

During her undergraduate and graduate education, she completed internships at Istanbul Courthouse and NP Istanbul Brain Hospital. She then worked for 7 years at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Community and Mental Health Center in the psychometry and adult psychotherapy units. Afterwards, she gained further experience at Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital and in several private clinics.

She is a member of the Turkish Psychological Association and the Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Psychodrama Association. She regularly receives supervision and continues her own personal analysis process.

Certifications & Additional Training

• Completed Basic Stage Psychodrama Training (450 hours) at Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Psychodrama Association; collaborated with various psychodramatists at congresses. Currently continuing advanced-level psychodrama training.
• Couple and Family Therapy Training (700 hours) approved by the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA), instructed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Dokur.
• Completed a 2-year Birth Preparation Educator and Birth Psychology Training program at Istanbul Birth Academy with internships; submitted thesis “The Right Brain Dominates in Psychotherapy.”
• EMDR Training – Levels 1 & 2 (DBE).
• Basic Existential Analysis Training (2 years) at Existential Academy, with Ferhat Jak İçöz.
• Dynamic Psychotherapy and Transference-Focused Therapy, with Doğan Şahin.
• International Schema Therapy Training, with Alp Karaosmanoğlu.
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training, with Hakan Türkçapar.
• Solution-Focused Therapy Training, with Nevin Dölek.
• Pregnancy and EMDR Training, with Önder Kavakçı.
• Seminars on Winnicott at Istanbul Psychoanalysis Association.
• Rorschach and TAT Tests, with Tevfika İkiz.
• WISC-IV Intelligence Test (Turkish Psychological Association).
• Neuropsychological Tests (Turkish Psychological Association).
• MMPI – Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Turkish Psychological Association).
• Experienced in administering developmental and psychometric assessments including Denver Developmental Test, Bender-Gestalt, Benton, Burdon, D2, Frankfurter Attention Test, Gessell, Goodenough-Harris, AGTE, Peabody, Porteus Maze, Cattell 2A–3A and others.