Kln. Psk. Çiğdem DEMİRSOY

She was born in Istanbul in 1963. She graduated from Istanbul Girls' High School in 1980 and from the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University, in 1984. Between 1984 and 1985, while working as a volunteer psychologist at the Psychiatry Clinic of Istanbul University’s Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, she received training in psychometric testing at the psychology laboratory.

From 1985 to 1997, she worked as a clinical psychologist in various units of the Department of Psychiatry at Istanbul University’s Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, continuing her training in psychological testing and psychotherapy during this period. In 1996, she completed her master’s degree at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at Istanbul University with a thesis titled “Investigation of Factors Influencing Crime Among Users of Psychoactive Substances.”

Between 1997 and 2000, she worked as a psychologist at the KASDAV Health Center, affiliated with the Kadıköy Municipality Department of Health Services, and at municipal daycare centers. During this period, she completed training in “Total Quality Management” and served as the total quality secretary for quality initiatives at the daycare centers; she also conducted parent education seminars on “parent-child communication and child-rearing.” In 2001, she voluntarily resigned from public service.

During the 2001–2002 academic year, she worked as a school psychologist at the Private Marmara Elementary School. She began working for NP Group that same year. In her clinical practice, she applies cognitive-behavioral therapies to treat conditions such as depression, panic attacks, OCD, and other anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, and psychoses in adults; she also conducts therapy for marital, family, and sexual issues. During this time, she received neurobiofeedback training from Kamran Fallahpour and uses this method for stress management and the treatment of anxiety disorders.

She has been working within the NP Group since 2001 and has served as a Clinical Psychologist and Coordinator of Psychotherapy Services at NP Istanbul Hospital since 2014.

1996: Istanbul University Institute of Forensic Sciences / Master’s Degree

1984: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters / Psychology

1980: Istanbul Girls’ High School

2014–Present: NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital / Clinical Psychologist / Coordinator of Psychotherapy Services

2001–2014: NPSUAM Feneryolu Outpatient Clinic

2001–2002: Marmara Private Elementary School / School Psychologist

1997–2000: KASDAV Health Center / Psychologist

1985–1997: Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine / Department of Psychiatry / Clinical Psychologist

1984–1985: Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry – Psychologist

Depression

Panic Attacks

Anxiety Disorders Such as OCD

Bipolar Disorder

Psychoses

Marital and Family Relationship Problems

Sexual Problems

Neurobiofeedback Training (Dr. Kamran Fallahpour)

Total Quality Management Training

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