Psy. Saime Begum DINC

She completed her undergraduate education in Izmir University, Department of Psychology in 2015 with a High Honor Degree.She completed her undergraduate internships at Ege University Applied Plus Special Education and Rehabilitation Center, Dokuz Eylül University Psychiatry Department, İzmir Governorship Narlıdere Nursing Home Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center and various private kindergartens. In addition, during her undergraduate education, she worked as a volunteer psychologist at the Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG) for three years and took part in social responsibility projects. She gave key trainings and Social Skills trainings.

In 2016, she worked as a Corporate Psychologist and Deputy Director at Kids Academy Kindergartens, and conducted counseling and family interviews.

She started her graduate education at Başkent University Clinical Psychology Master’s Program in 2017 and completed it in 2020. She worked as a School Psychologist at two different private high schools during her Clinical Psychology Master’s education and completed her graduate internship at Gülhane Training and Research Hospital (GATA) Department of Psychiatry. During her internship, she had the opportunity to apply the Minnesota Multidimensional Personality Inventory (MMPI), Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories, and Neuropsychological tests, and conducted cognitive assessment interviews, patient follow-up, and case formulations.

During her master’s education, she received Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) training and received regular client follow-up and supervision. In addition, she continued to improve herself by participating in presentations about other therapy schools and by doing research and readings.

Education;

• High School: Lieutenant Ali Rıza Akıncı Anatolian High School (İzmir)
• BS: İzmir University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology (High Honor Degree)
• M.Sc.: Baskent University, Institute of Social Sciences, MSc in Clinical Psychology
• Master Thesis: The Road to Social Media Addiction: Cognitive Distortions and the Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulty

Biography

• Minnesota Multidimensional Personality Inventory (MMPI)
• Weschler Intelligence Test for Children (WISC-R)
• Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory (AGTE)
• Beck Depression Inventory
• Beck Anxiety Inventory
• Therapy Training Certificates:
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training and Supervision- Prof. Dr. Okan Cem Çırakoğlu/ Dr. Instructor Member Esra Güven, Başkent University
• Family and Couple Therapist Training and Mediation Certificate – Katip Çelebi University / Psychoactive Education Institution
• Professional Activity Participation Certificates
• Psychology Days (Gediz University Psychology Society), Gediz University
• Working as a Volunteer Psychologist with Trauma Groups, İzmir University of Economics
• 18th National Psychology Students Congress, Izmir University of Economics

Academic studies:

• A Continuation Study with Diabetes Patients within the Scope of Health Psychology in Collaboration with Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine (article in publication- co-author) Psychopathological Evaluation of Emotion Regulation in Terms of Interpersonal Neurobiology
• İzmir University Experimental Psychology Laboratory (unpublished article- experimental study): A Study on Associative Memory and Misrecognition
• Psychopathological Evaluation of Emotion Regulation in Terms of Interpersonal Neurobiology/ A Psychopathological Review of Emotion Regulation in terms of Interpersonal Neurobiology, (co-author), Başkent University
• The Road to Social Media Addiction: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Distortions and Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Baskent University Clinical Psychology Master’s Thesis