Merve Umay CANDAŞ DEMİR

Merve Umay CANDAŞ DEMİR

Expert Clinical Psychologist

She was born in 1990 in Istanbul. In 2013 and 2014, she completed her undergraduate education at Maltepe University with a scholarship in Psychology and half-scholarship in Philosophy departments, graduating first in Philosophy in the Double Major Program. In January 2017, she graduated from the Clinical Psychology Master's Program with Thesis at Işık University and received her specialization. During her undergraduate education, she completed her internships at Istanbul Çağlayan Courthouse Family Courts, French Lape Hospital and Çapa Medical Faculty Neuropsychology Laboratory under Prof. Dr. Öget Öktem Tanör in MS and Myelin Diseases Polyclinic, and during her graduate education, she completed her internships at Bakırköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital (Psychosis Service) and Erenköy Mental and Nervous Diseases Hospital (AMATEM, Psychosis Service). After her undergraduate education, she worked as a school psychologist in a private institution, and after her master's degree, she worked as an expert psychologist at Private Yedikule Neuropsychiatry Medical Center and Istanbul University Çapa Medical Faculty MS and Myelin Diseases Polyclinic. Within the scope of her master's degree, she continued her psychotherapy sessions at Işık University Psychological Counseling Center for one year and received supervision from Assoc. Prof. Dr. İrem Akduman. She successfully completed her master's thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Feryal Çam Çelikel at Çapa Medical Faculty MS and Myelin Diseases Outpatient Clinic under the leadership of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Kürtüncü on "Evaluation of Cognitive Functions in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Receiving Treatment", which was the first study in Turkey.

She has been working as an expert clinical psychologist at NPISTANBUL Hospital since January 2018.

Trainings, Seminars, Congresses;

2013 - Izmir University of Economics - 18th National Psychology Students Congress

2014 - Okan University - 3rd Reherlik Summit

2015 - Üsküdar University - 12th International Cognitive Neuroscience Congress

2015- Rational Emotive & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in School Age Children - Albert Ellis Institute

2016- Rorschach Personality Test - Prof. Dr. Tevfika Tunaboylu İkiz

2016 - 9th Neuropsychiatry Days

2016 - PTSD and CBT in the Context of Cognitive Model - Prof. Dr. M. Sungur - Bakırköy Barilem

2016 - Perfectionism and Psychopathology - Prof. Dr. Şebnem Pırıldar - Bakırköy Barilem

2016- Neuropsychological Tests Training - Turkish Psychological Association

2016- Neuropsychological Tests Supervision - Çapa Medical Faculty Neuropsychology Lab, Uzm. Ps. Şükriye Akça Kalem

2016- Psychological First Aid and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Training- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mert Akcanbaş

2017- Short Term Solution Focused Therapy - Assist. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Itır Tarı Cömert

2017- WISC-IV Training - Turkish Psychological Association

2018 - Application of Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Anxiety - Dr. Emel Stroup, ABPP, ACT

2018 - Application of Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of OCD - Dr. Emel Stroup, ABPP, ACT

2018 - Application of ERP (Exposure Response Prevention) in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Dr. Emel Stroup, ABPP, ACT"

2018 - Application of Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Depression - Dr. Emel Stroup, ABPP, ACT

2018- Beck Oriented Cognitive Therapy Skills and Clinical First Interview - Dr. Emel Stroup, ABPP, ACT"

2019-.... Cognitive Therapy Supervision training by Dr. Emel Stroup continues

Graduate School of Social Sciences Adult-Focused Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program

2019-EMDR Training- Clinical Supervisor Roy Kiessling- EMDR and Psychotherapies Association

Academic Studies;

Candaş Demir, M.U., Çam Çelikel, F., Kürtüncü, M. (2016). The Effect of Dalfampridine on Cognitive Functions. 53rd National Neurology Congress, E-Poster Presentation.

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