Neşenur Akkaya

Neşenur Akkaya is a fourth-year Psychology student at Nişantaşı University. She has a strong interest in clinical psychology and aims to work with adolescents and adults in the future. She has received training in various areas, including Emotion-Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory), Art Therapy, Storytelling and Play Therapy, and Child Assessment Tests. She is also interested in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, and psychoanalytic theory. In her writings within the field of psychology, she aims to address topics such as personality structures, attachment styles, the impact of childhood trauma on adulthood, family structures and relationships, the function of emotions, and relational patterns. She particularly plans to produce articles focusing on borderline, histrionic, and narcissistic personality traits, substance use disorders, and psychotic disorders. The primary goal of her writing is to raise awareness in the field of mental health, inform readers, and present psychological processes in an accessible and understandable language for everyone. She gained clinical observation experience through an internship at a hospital’s psychiatry department and also completed a field internship in social services. Through the trainings she has received and her internship experiences, she has had the opportunity to reinforce her theoretical knowledge with practical observations and support her professional development in a multidimensional way. She is currently receiving an accredited CBT training provided by Dr. Hakan Türkçapar through the Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Association.