Clinical Psychologist Psychotherapist
Pınar Kaya Kurtman, PhD
I completed my bachelor’s degree in psychology department of Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2010. I had my Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology at the same university in 2017. The most prominent part of my Ph.D. was the practice part of the education. Therefore, I gained many experience on psychotherapy and clinical supervision during Ph.D years.
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In addition to official education, I participated many vocational trainings including Group Psychotherapy Training and Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunctions Training. In addition, I have taken part in many psychology related symposiums and congresses such as 5th European Congress of Psychology in Amsterdam, and Group Analytic Society International Symposium in 2020.
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Between 2014 and 2019 years, I had worked in private practice as a psychotherapist and I delivered around 1000 hours psychotherapy in that period. In the meantime, I worked as a clinical psychologist in BoÄŸaziçi University Student Help Unit (BÜSÖD) between years of 2015-2017 and continued to work there voluntarily until the end of 2018.
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Beside the psychotherapy practices, I have lectured at different psychology departments in private universities (Arel University, Maltepe University, and Acıbadem University) in İstanbul since 2015. In last two years, I have supervised clinical psychology master students and psychologists who are currently practising psychotherapy.
I moved to Prague at the beginning of 2019. I have delivered online individual adult psychotherapy sessions and clinical supervision since then. Now I continue my individual and group practices in my office in Prague.