Kezban Ekiz

Expert Therapist

About the therapist

Specialist Psychologist Kezban Ekiz successfully graduated from Üsküdar University, Department of Psychology. In order to increase her professional competence, she received a master's degree with a thesis in the field of Clinical Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England. She completed her master's degree with her thesis study "How Early Life Traumas Affect Personality in Adulthood". In Istanbul, she completed her internships in various institutions such as NPISTANBUL Brain Hospital, Moodist Hospital, Kartal Anatolian Court of Justice Family Court, Validebağ Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School guidance department, Validebağ Mustafa Necati Bey Teachers' Nursing Home. She worked as a psychologist specialized in the fields of children, adolescents, and adults at the Garden Counseling Center. During this period, she worked as a volunteer psychologist in the psychological support groups created for the Izmir earthquake and the COVID-19 epidemic. Then, during her time as a Clinical Psychologist in the Turkish Red Crescent Izmir Community Center Mental Health Strengthening Project, she worked with children, adolescents, and adults from both immigrants and local people, dealing with PTSD, stuttering, discrimination, bullying, incontinence, depression, and anxiety. She has created cognitive-behavioral, client-centered treatment plans in which art and play are included in therapies, both individually and as a group. She contributed to the development of the "Coaching Project for Increasing Global Skills for Disadvantaged Women's Employment and Social Inclusion" supported by the Istanbul governorship and the European Union. She continues online and face-to-face therapies and works voluntarily with local people and immigrants as a Clinical Psychologist at Imra Association.

Education

2019 - Klinik Psikoloji Cambridge-Anglia Ruskin University

2016 - Psikoloji Üsküdar Üniversitesi

Certificates

2024 - datem - BDT Yeme Bozukluğu

2023 - DATEM - Bilişsel ve Davranışsal Terapilerde 'Mindfulnes' Uygulamaları

2022 - Walk of Life - Öz Şefkatli Farkındalık Temel Beceri Eğitimleri

2022 - Dr. Susan Pollak - Ebeveynler için Öz Şefkat

2022 - Neo İletişim Psikoloji.-Dr. Alp Karaosmanoğlu - Şema Terapi

2021 - Türk Kızılay - Çocuklarda İhmal ve İstismar

2021 - Lena Psikoloji - Filial Oyun Terapisi

2021 - ACT Türkiye - Travmada Kabul ve Adanmışlık Müdahaleleri

2021 - Walk of life - Şefkat Odaklı Terapi

2021 - Lena Psikoloji - Oyun Terapisi Eğitimi

2020 - Aktüel Psikolojik Araştırmalar Merkezi - Objektif Testler

2020 - Olgu Psikolojik Danışma Merkezi - Sanat Terapisi

2020 - Apamer - Kısa süreli çözüm odaklı danışmanlık

Specialties