Art Therapy Experiential Group

Art Psychotherapy Experience Group on 23 October at Çadem…

Our workshop series, consisting of 8 sessions, is open to anyone aged 21 and over who wishes to become aware of themselves, explore their inner world, observe their experiences, and undergo the resulting transformation in consciousness.

Insights Gained Through the Art Psychotherapy Experience Group;

✓ The realisation that, throughout the workshop sessions, your insight into your relationships and the roles you play within them has deepened – through the medium of art,

✓ The realisation that you can express emotions and thoughts you struggle to convey through new forms of expression, utilising the creative power of art,

✓ The realisation of the importance of listening to our bodies—which, despite being the closest observers of our lives, we often overlook—and the role and impact of body awareness on our spiritual journey,

✓ The awareness of how the boundaries we draw around ourselves out of a protective instinct affect our ability to move, and the importance of recognising these boundaries,

✓ The awareness that our unspoken past experiences, which hinder the exploration of our emotional side, can be brought to light through our inner ‘ability to cope with trauma’, thereby activating our emotional power,

✓ Art Psychotherapy offers the conscious awareness that there is not just one ‘you’ to be discovered within, but many different ‘you’s, and that a transparent veil lies before each of them.

What the Workshop Entails

Throughout the workshop, participants will move between modules such as painting, writing, poetry and movement; each session will be structured around a different theme.

Workshop Session Dates and Times

Session 1: 23 October 2018, 19:00–20:30

Session 2: 30 October 2018, 19:00–20:30

Session 3: 6 November 2018, 19:00–20:30

Session 4: 13 November 2018, 19:00–20:30

Session 5: 20 November 2018 19:00–20:30

Session 6: 27 November 2018 19:00–20:30

Session 7: 4 December 2018 19:00–20:30

Session 8: 18 December 2018 19:00–20:30 (Closing/Review Session)

Workshop Facilitators:

Clinical Psychologist Ceren GÜMÜŞ YAŞA

Social Worker Zeynep ÇUKADAR

Workshop Participation Fee:

The fee has been set at 2,000 TL; participants who have paid the pre-registration fee may settle the remaining balance during the first session.

Clinical Psychologist Ceren GÜMÜŞ YAŞA

In 2009, she was admitted to the Psychology Department at Haliç University on a 50% scholarship and completed her undergraduate studies with distinction in 2013. In 2015, she successfully completed the Master’s programme in Clinical Psychology (Thesis-Based) at Haliç University with an Outstanding Achievement Scholarship, with a thesis titled ‘An examination of attachment patterns and separation anxiety in adults whose parents have divorced, in terms of various variables’. Taking her first career step as a TÜBİTAK-funded psychologist between 2014 and 2015, Ceren Gümüş worked as a child and adolescent psychologist and EMDR psychotherapist at the Psychother Psychological Education and Counselling Centre. She has been working at the Ministry of Family and Social Policies since October 2016 and has been seeing clients at Çadem Psychology since February 2017. In addition, Clinical Psychologist Ceren YAŞA led a workshop titled ‘An Examination of Social Media (Technology) Addiction in Children and Adolescents from the Perspective of Family Dynamics’ at the PDR Days event held at Yıldız Technical University in 2018.

During her undergraduate studies, she participated in client consultations alongside psychiatrists at the Social Psychiatry Unit of the Department of Adult Psychiatry at Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Hospital, whilst simultaneously attending art psychotherapy groups and receiving supervision. In addition to the placements undertaken at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Medicine, I observed the administration of the WISC-R, Denver, and MMPI tests at the Psychology Laboratory of Istanbul Training and Research Hospital. I also have placement experience in various institutions and organisations, including nurseries, rehabilitation centres, and care homes.

Areas of expertise: Art Psychotherapy, Play Therapy for Children, Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Children and Adolescents, Nail-biting and Bedwetting in Children and Adolescents, Family and Relationship Problems in Children and Adolescents, Anxiety Problems in Children and Adolescents, Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents, School Phobia and Exam Anxiety in Children and Adolescents, Administration of the Rorschach Projective Test, Application of EMDR for Basic-Level Traumatic Experiences in Adults, Administration and Interpretation of the Rorschach Projective Test for Adults, and the administration and interpretation of developmental tests to assess children’s development.

Social Work Specialist Zeynep ÇUKADAR ÖZCAN

Zeynep ÇUKADAR ÖZCAN, who was admitted to the Department of Social Work at Hacettepe University in 2003 as the top-ranked candidate, completed her undergraduate studies in 2008. In 2012, she began a Master’s degree in Human Rights at Bilgi University on a 50% scholarship and prepared her thesis in the field of criminality, focusing on “the role of social workers and psychologists as expert witnesses in criminal courts during the assessment of the crime of homicide committed by women under the framework of self-defence”. She has conducted research in the field of women’s issues and has voluntarily facilitated therapy processes with women who have experienced violence in various women’s organisations. Zeynep ÇUKADAR ÖZCAN, who worked on issues of poverty and broken families at the Ministry of Family and Social Policies in 2008, has, since 2010, been working at Turkey’s largest Protection, Care and Rehabilitation Centre, which is affiliated with the same ministry, with children who have suffered sexual abuse and been drawn into crime. She has managed the children’s psychiatric and legal processes and has also conducted individual and group sessions.In 2012, she began working with female prisoners at Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison and managed their psychiatric and psychological care. During this period, she conducted dance workshops with the women in prison using art therapy methods. From 2014 to 2017, she also conducted therapy sessions at the Metris Correctional Institution with individuals who were not in a state of mental health crisis but were otherwise of sound mind. Since 2017, she has continued to see clients at a private counselling centre.Zeynep ÇUKADAR ÖZCAN, who completed her internship at the Gazi Community Centre, worked as a co-therapist in a group therapy process conducted using the Gestalt therapy method. She completed the Women’s Human Rights Educator training programme to become an educator and has led group sessions with women. Throughout her professional career, she has participated in client sessions alongside psychiatrists, whilst simultaneously attending Art Psychotherapy groups and receiving supervision. She has also served as a lecturer at a private university and taught courses on communication and mental health for municipal employees at Marmara University.

Training: 

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Level 2 Psychotherapy Training: Institute of Behavioural Sciences (7 supervision sessions remaining to qualify as a European EMDR Therapist). Between 2016 and 2018, he completed the “Psychodynamic Approach to Personality Disorders Therapy Training” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin, Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Istanbul University’s Çapa Faculty of Medicine. She is currently continuing the supervision component of the training. She has completed the “Ethical Dilemmas” training with Prof. LINK, “Addiction Therapy Training” from Prof. Dr. İlhan YARGIÇ and Jale Kerim, the foundational 100-hour Family Counselling training, Solution-Focused Family Therapy training, and “Anger Management Training” from Prof. Dr. Kültigin ÖĞER. She is currently continuing the “Art Therapy” training programme with Dr Nurhan EREN at Istanbul University’s Çapa Faculty of Medicine.

Areas of Practice: Art Psychotherapy, Guilt, Poverty, Women, Children and Adolescents, EMDR therapy for all trauma-related issues, Family Therapy, Psychodynamic therapy for Personality Disorders, Relationship Problems, EMDR for Anxiety and Stress, and has conducted work with children and all disadvantaged groups.