Neslihan Turan

Psychologist Neslihan Turan was born in Artvin. After completing her high school education at Ataşehir Anatolian High School, she began studying Psychology at Okan University in 2008.

She graduated from university in 2013, completing her undergraduate studies half a semester early. During her undergraduate education, she participated in various projects and promotional activities. Every year, she actively took part in university open days, providing guidance and counseling services. She also took elective courses in “Psychodrama” between 2011 and 2013. She completed her undergraduate internships at Erenköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital, Bakırköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital, Bahriye Üçok Children’s Home, and NP Istanbul Neuropsychiatry Hospital.

In 2013, she periodically worked with children experiencing developmental problems at a special education and rehabilitation center and provided counseling to their families.

Between 2014 and 2016, she worked at a private Psychological Counseling Center, conducting assessment sessions for typically developing and differently developing children and adolescents, assisting in the creation of educational programs, facilitating the integration of autistic children into preschool/primary school, enhancing their social skills, and organizing special education programs for children and families.

She received training in WISC-R, Child Development Tests (Bender-Gestalt Visual Motor Test, AGTE, DENVER, FROSTIG, Goodenough Intelligence Test, GESELL, Burdon Attention Test, Metropolitan School Readiness Test, PEABODY, Porteus Mazes, CATELL TEST), and MMPI tests. She is also receiving Rorschach training from the Rorschach and Projective Tests Association.

Following her master’s thesis on depression and chronic anxiety, she has been working at Private Moodist Hospital since 2016, using cognitive behavioral therapy and schema therapy .