Psk. Dr. Yıldız BURKOVİK

She was born in Istanbul in 1962. She completed her elementary school education at Osmangazi Elementary School from 1968 to 1972, and her middle school and high school education at Kadıköy Kız Lisesi from 1972 to 1978. She graduated from the Department of Psychology at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Letters in 1984.

From 1985 to 1988, she received training in psychological testing at the Psychology Laboratory of the Çapa Faculty of Medicine at Istanbul University. From 1986 to 1988, she worked as a psychologist at the Çekirdek Children’s Home and the Dialysis Center at Tepebaşı Vatan Hospital, where she conducted individual psychotherapy under supervision.

From 1988 to 1998, she worked as a psychologist at the Psychiatry Clinic of GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, where she established the psychology laboratory and provided training to trainee psychologists. During this period, in addition to conducting individual psychotherapy sessions, she led group sessions and began her training in psychodrama.

Beginning in 1990, she received psychodrama training at the Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Institute of Psychodrama; following a training process that spanned many years, she completed her thesis and earned the title of “Psychodrama Therapist.”

Between 1997 and 2000, she completed her master’s degree at the Department of Social Sciences, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul University, and prepared a thesis titled “Evaluation of WISC-R Test Results for Runaway Children Living on the Streets.”

Starting in 1998, she served as the Head of the Clinical Psychology Unit at Memory Center, where she conducted work in the areas of stress management, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and social phobia. She received training in and implemented various techniques, including Neuro-Biofeedback, Rehacom, EFT, and therapeutic cards.

From 2004 to 2009, she hosted the “Psikoyorum” program, which aired on SkyTürk TV.

Since the 2012–2013 academic year, she has been teaching “Group Psychotherapies” to undergraduate students, “Advanced Group Therapies” to master’s students in clinical psychology, and “Psychodrama” to master’s students in occupational therapy at Üsküdar University.

As part of the “New Youth Project,” carried out in collaboration between Üsküdar University and the Ministry of Family and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey, she served as an instructor for the “Perseverance” module.

In 2021, she completed the Doctoral Program in Psychology at the Institute of Social Sciences at Üsküdar University and presented her dissertation titled “The Effect of Respiratory Biofeedback on Disease Severity and

quantitative electroencephalogram parameters” in 2021.

She is the author of three books: “Social Phobia,” “What’s There to Be Afraid Of,” and “What’s There to Worry About.”

Since 2012, she has served as the General Coordinator of Psychotherapy Services at NPİSTANBUL Hospital and continues to provide individual and group therapy.

2021: Üsküdar University Institute of Social Sciences – Psychology (Ph.D.)

2011: Dr. Abdülkadir Özbek Institute – Psychodrama Therapist (Advanced Level)

2000: Istanbul University Institute of Forensic Medicine – Social Sciences (Master’s Degree)

1984: Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters – Psychology (Bachelor’s Degree)

1978: Kadıköy Girls’ High School

2012 – Present: NPİSTANBUL Hospital – Clinical Psychologist

2012 – Present: NPİSTANBUL Hospital – General Coordinator of Psychotherapy Services

1998 – 2012: Memory Center – Head of the Clinical Psychology Unit

1988 – 1998: GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital Psychiatry Clinic – Clinical Psychologist

1986 – 1988: Tepebaşı Vatan Hospital Dialysis Center / Çekirdek Children’s Home – Psychologist

1985 – 1988: Istanbul University Çapa Faculty of Medicine Psychology Laboratory – Psychological Testing Training

2012 – Present: Üsküdar University – Master’s Program in Clinical and Applied Psychology – Instructor

2013 – 2014: New Youth Project (Individual Rehabilitation Model) – Module Studies

Social Anxiety

Stress Management

Anxiety Disorders

Panic Disorder

Fears

2019: EFT 1-2 Association Practitioner Certificate (Dr. İnci Erkin – issued by AAMET)

2013: Psychodrama Therapist Certification (Abdülkadir Özbek Institute of Psychodrama)

2012: “Schizophrenia and OCD: When Do We Draw the Line and What Are the Therapeutic Consequences?” Workshop (Prof. Joseph Zohar, MD)

2012: Therapeutic Cards Training (Yehuda Shacham & Shulamit Niv)

2009: Dialectical Behavior Therapies Working Group for Patients with Treatment-Resistant Conditions and Suicidal Tendencies (Kelly Koerner)

1998: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Workshop (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Uzunöz)

1997: Psychodrama Assistant Diploma (Abdülkadir Özbek Institute of Psychodrama)

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