Korto Psychology Şaşkınbakkal

Aysel has a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Koçanoglu Middle East Technical University, and a master's degree from the same university in Psychological Counseling. During each graduate training, she worked as a research assistant at the Middle East Technical University, Department of Psychological Counseling. Each master's thesis focused on death anxiety and fear of death. After all graduate studies, she worked as a psychologist and a counselor at an urban university's health center. She provided student counseling and therapy services to many clients. She also worked as a part-time faculty at Yeditepe University and taught undergraduate and graduate courses.

Including many psychotherapy trainings completed Koçanoglu Aysel Schema Therapy, Cognitive Therapy, and Family Counseling. Considerable She has supervised clinical experience for about 10 years. She is practicing integrative family therapy as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy. She is currently working with adult clients who had issues such as depression, stress, anxiety and fears (especially death anxiety and social anxiety), interpersonal problems, and self-esteem.

Amber Dalmaz Urfali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Hacettepe University, and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the same university. During her graduate training, she was specialized in stress experiences of children with chronic diseases and their families. Since 2001, she is a Gestalt Therapy trainee who receives intensive supervision and clinical training in Gestalt approach and techniques. She has been practicing as a child and family psychologist for many years. She provided counseling and therapy services to children, adolescents, and families in different centers in Turkey including Madalyon Psychiarty Center, Bilted Psychiatry Center, and Rota Preschool. She also counseled university students at Baskent University Counseling Center. She has completed many training programs such as post-traumatic stress disorder and intervention, child assessment inventories, WISC-R, use of projective drawing procedures with children.

At Korto, Amber Dalmaz Urfali provides psychotherapeutic services to children, adolescents, and families. Coping with chronic illnesses, adjustment problems, bed wetting, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, social anxiety, depression, and problems at school are some of the areas she is specialized in working with children and families.

Dr. Ferhat Yarar had received his B.S. Degree in Psychology from Middle East Technical University in 2007. He had received his Masters and PhD Degrees in Clinical Psychology from the same university in 2010, and 2015 respectively. During his masters level studies, he had studied cognitive interpersonal differences and traumatic stress; whereas his PhD research was an extensive investigation of positive human experiences and strengths within positive clinical psychology paradigm.

As a practicing clinical psychologist, Dr. Ferhat Yarar had been affiliated with Ihsan Dogramaci Bilkent University Psychological Counselling Center, Diskapi Child Hospital Mental Health Clinic, Ankara Numune Hospital Adult Psychiatry Clinic, Boylam Psychiatric Hospital, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Child Mental Health Department, and Adult Mental Health Department. During his doctoral studies, he carried out supervised clinical practice in Ayna Clinical Psychology Unit at Middle East Technical University.

Recently, Dr. Ferhat Yarar has a full time affiliation as an assistant professor at Istanbul Medipol University, Department of Psychology. In Korto Psikoloji, he provides counseling and therapy services for adults and couples. Dr. Ferhat Yarar provides mental health care for English speaking clients.