Kln. Psk. Merve TÜRKKOL TÜZÜN

She graduated with honors from the English-language Psychology program at Maltepe University. She completed her clinical specialization through the Clinical Psychology Master’s program at Üsküdar University with a thesis titled “Metacognition in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Subsequently, she was simultaneously admitted to the Master’s program in Cognitive Neuropsychology at Bahçeşehir University and earned the title of Specialist Neuropsychologist with her experimental thesis project titled “The Effects of Physiological Arousal on the Inhibition of Low- and High-Intensity Negative Information in Highly Anxious Individuals.”

While providing services at an adult psychotherapy clinic, she continued her professional training, completing basic and advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for personality disorders under Prof. Dr. Ebru Şalcıoğlu. After receiving supervision, she earned the right to obtain a psychotherapist certification approved by the European Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Subsequently, as part of her professional specialization training, she completed Basic and Advanced Dynamic Psychotherapy training under Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin. In addition, she completed two years of training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy with Dr. Pervin Sevda Bıkmaz and Prof. Dr. Otto F. Kernberg. She conducted her supervision work with Psychoanalyst Prof. Dr. Ülkü Gürışık, one of the training analysts at the Psike Ankara Association. She currently continues her supervision work with Prof. Dr. Uğur Suzan Girginer.

She has worked as a psychoanalytically oriented adult psychotherapist at a private psychotherapy clinic. In 2022, she began working as a Specialist Neuropsychologist in the Department of Neurology at the Istanbul Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Sancaktepe Training and Research Hospital.

She is currently working as a Specialist Clinical Neuropsychologist at NPİSTANBUL Hospital.

She has published scientific articles in both domestic and international journals.

Her areas of interest include Axis II Personality Disorders and Mood Disorders, Demyelinating Diseases, Dementia, Movement Disorders, Neurophysiology, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies.

Neuropsychological Assessment and Test Battery

(Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine & Turkish Neuropsychology Association)

Maltepe University, Department of Psychology (English Program) (High Honors Student)

Üsküdar University, Department of Clinical Psychology

Bahçeşehir University, Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology (English Program)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training (Otto F. Kernberg)

Basic Training in Dynamic Psychotherapy (Dr. Pervin Sevda Bıkmaz)

Advanced Training in Dynamic Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Ülkü Gürışık)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Supervision (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yeşim Can, Prof. Dr. Ülkü Gürışık)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Supervision (Clinical Psychologist Suzan Uğur Girginer)

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Training, ongoing (Clinical Psychologist Suzan Uğur Girginer)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Basic Training Program, 6 Modules (Prof. Dr. Ebru Şalcıoğlu)

Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – Personality Disorders Program, 2 Modules (Prof. Dr. Ebru Şalcıoğlu)

Crisis, Trauma, and Grief Training (Dr. Nevin Dölek)

NPİSTANBUL Hospital – Clinical Neuropsychologist (2024 – Present)

1. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS

A. Articles published in international peer-reviewed journals:

1. M. Türkkol, E. Hatun Uludaşdemir, D. Çetinkaya Tezer, İ. Güngör Doğan, S. Demir. Treatment Satisfaction of Patients Using Dimethyl Fumarate for Multiple Sclerosis: A Survey Study. Journal of Multiple Sclerosis Research, JMSR-2024-7-3/R1.

2. Ö Totuk, M Turkkol. Reviewing Delusional Misidentification Syndromes with Examples. Duzce Med J, 2024;X(X):X (Scopus, Tr-Dizin)

B. Papers presented at international scientific conferences and published in the conference proceedings:

1. O Uyanık, M Turkkol, F Yadi, Ö Totuk, Ş Şahin, S Demir. The Impact of Radiological Features on Predominant Cognitive Clinical Syndromes of Lewy Body Dementia. XXIX World Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorders, IAPRD 2024: 75

C. Papers presented at national scientific conferences and published in the proceedings:

1. O Totuk, MB Ünsal, E Arslan, M Türkkol, Ş Şahin. A Detailed Analysis of the Relationship Between Malnutrition and Falls in Patients with Dementia. 13th National Alzheimer’s Congress, 2023.

D. Papers presented at national scientific conferences and published in conference proceedings:

1. Ö Totuk, M Turkkol, EN Sancar, S Demir, S. Sahin. Assessment of Social Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis. 13th Alzheimer’s Congress, Bodrum; BP-S2; 2023.

2. Ö Totuk, M Baykan Unsal, E Arslan, M Turkkol, S Sahin. A Detailed Analysis of the Relationship Between Malnutrition and Falls in Patients with Dementia. 13th Alzheimer’s Congress, Bodrum; Oral Presentation; 2023.

3. Ö Totuk, M Turkkol, D Karacak, EN Sancar, S Sahin. Cognitive Effects of COVID-19 in Patients with Alzheimer’s and Frontotemporal Dementia. 13th Alzheimer’s Congress, Bodrum; BP-S3; 2023.

4. Ö Totuk, M Turkkol, SA Emre, S Sahin. Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy—“LATE”—Clues for Clinical Differential Diagnosis. 13th Alzheimer’s Congress, BP-S4; 2023.

5. Ö Totuk, Sancar EN, M Turkkol, Yadi F, SA Emre, S Sahin. The Effect of Polypharmacy on Falls in Patients with Dementia. 59th National Neurology Congress, Antalya, Abstract Book, EP-55:2023.

6. Ö Totuk, M Turkkol, F Yadi, EN Sancar, S Sahin. The Role of Calcium and Albumin in Identifying Malnutrition in Patients with Dementia. 59th National Neurology Congress, Antalya, Abstract Book, EP-285:2023.

7. Ö Totuk, M Turkkol, EN Sancar, F Yadi, SA Emre, S Sahin. Loss of the Ability to Use a Telephone in Patients with Dementia. 59th National Neurology Congress, Antalya, Abstract Book, TEP-6:2023.

8. R Kahraman, SA Emre, F Yadi, M Turkkol, Ö Totuk. Multisystem Atrophy as a Rare Disease: Two Case Reports. 59th National Neurology Congress, Antalya, Abstract Book, EP-623:2023.

9. M Turkkol, Ö Totuk, İ Güngör Doğan, Çetinkaya Tezer D, S Sahin, S Demir. Assessment of Navigational Skills in Multiple Sclerosis. 59th National Neurology Congress, Antalya, Abstract Book, TEP –25:2023.

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