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Psy. Cagla APAYDIN

Clinical Psychologist

University

Istanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology (Full Scholarship – Honor Student)

Expertise

Arel University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology Specialization
Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship Between Attachment and Self-Disclosure and Difficult Patient Descriptions in Psychotherapists

Department

Adult Mental Health

Interested Age Range

18-65

Branch

Ankara – Center Kavaklidere

Biyografi

She completed her undergraduate education as an honor student at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2014. She did her internship at the boarding psychiatry service of Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital between January 2015 and February 2015. She started the Bahçeşehir University Clinical Psychology graduate program in 2015 and conducted individual psychotherapy interviews with the psychodynamic psychotherapy supervision  received from Hakan Kızıltan. During her compulsory internship at Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital between September 2016 and June 2017, she worked in the polyclinic, boarding psychiatry service and mental health departments. While continuing her graduate education, she took part in the TUBITAK project “Early Detection and Guidance of Neurodevelopmental Disorders”. Between 2017-2019, she worked as a clinical psychologist in a foundation within the scope of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) psychosocial support project for asylum seekers and refugees. During this time, she conducted individual psychotherapy sessions and group work with disadvantaged groups such as women who have been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, LGBTIs, unaccompanied and separated children. She is a member of the Turkish Psychological Association. She has an advanced level of English.

Education:

  • High School: Üsküdar Çağrı Bey Anatolian High School
  • Undergraduate: İstanbul Bilgi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Psychology (100% ÖSYM Scholarship- Honor Student)
  • M.Sc.: Bahçeşehir University, Institute of Social Sciences, Clinical Psychology Master’s Program with Thesis
  • Master’s Thesis: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Strategies in the Relationship between Attachment and Self-Disclosure and Difficult Patient Definitions in Psychotherapists

Certificates and Trainings

  • Theory, Clinic, Technique in Dynamic Psychotherapy, Hakan Kızıltan, October 2021- June 2022
  • TAT (Thematic Perception Test) Training, Dr. Nursen Oral, 6-7, 13-14 March 2022
  • Approach to Addiction Education Addiction Academy, Prof. Dr. Kültegin Ögel, 16-19 November 2020
  • Cognitive Therapy Workshop Certificate Program CBTİSTANBUL, Dr. Emel Stroup, September 2014- February 2015 (4 Weeks)
  • Mental Health and Psycho-social Support Trainer Training, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), December 2019
  • Child Best Interest Procedures and Child Protection Case Management Training, UNHCR, July 2019 (Contributor)
  • LGBTI Refugee Education, UNHCR-ORAM, December 2017
  • Education on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, UNHCR, August, 2017
  • English Language School- Lewis School of English/Southampton, July, 2011

Seminars

  • Lacanian Character Analysis Seminars, Fikirbil Academy, March 2018
  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives 11 “To Go or Stay? / Psychoanalysis and Migration”, Psikeist, December 2017
  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives 9 “The Violence Within, The Violence We Live In”,Psikeist, December 2015
  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives 7 “Sisters and Psychoanalysis”, Psikeist, December 2013
  • Psychoanalytic Perspectives 6 “Gender, Gender Identity and Sexuality”, December 2012
  • Psychoanalysis and Creativity Symposium on “Stranger/Strangeness and Creativity”, Psikeist, September 2012
  • Sexuality and Sexual Education Congress, ÇETAD-TAPV, December 2011

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