Elif Gökçe Pérez Sánchez

LOCATION: Istanbul

FORMAT: In-person / Online

LANGUAGES: English (Advanced) / Spanish (Advanced)

With her training in clinical psychology in Spain and international field experience, she is qualified to work with clients from diverse cultural backgrounds. She offers therapy services in Turkish, English, and Spanish.

APPROACH:

- Psychodynamic psychotherapy

- Trauma-focused therapy approaches

EXPERIENCE:

- Has been conducting psychodynamic psychotherapy with adults since 2019.

- She served as a clinical psychologist at the Maya Foundation’s Balat Field Office, where she conducted trauma-focused individual psychotherapy and psycho-social support group sessions with children aged 5–12 and their families.

- During her master’s degree in clinical psychology in Spain, she conducted individual therapy sessions under supervision and worked with various age groups at different institutions:

• La Fortuna Women’s Center

• Villalba Senior Center

• Alcala de Meco Prison

• Carpe Diem Elementary School

• Nueva Vida Vocational Rehabilitation Center

- Has experience in individual and group therapy, as well as psychosocial support work, with diverse socio-cultural groups.

- Trauma and trauma-focused psychotherapy

- Adult psychotherapy

- Child and family therapy

- Psychosocial support programs

- Cross-cultural counseling

- Boğaziçi University – Psychology (Bachelor’s, 2015)

- Universidad Complutense de Madrid – Clinical Psychology (Master’s, 2017)

- Boğaziçi University – Psychology (Bachelor’s, 2015)

- Universidad Complutense de Madrid – Clinical Psychology (Master’s, 2017)