Our Team

Dr. Sena Cüre Acer

E-mail: sena.cureacer@eas.bau.edu.tr

Office Phone: +90 212 381 04 38

Sena Cüre Acer is a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. She completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Psychology at Koç University, her master's degree in the Clinical Psychology Master's Program at Bahçeşehir University, and her PhD in the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at Hacettepe University. Her research areas include parenting attitudes, psychological resilience, mentalization and complex trauma. Her work investigates the effects of these topics on psychopathology while also focusing on intergenerational transmission.

 

Psychologist Ebrar Yıldırım

E-mail: ebraryildirim@icloud.com

Ebrar Yıldırım is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University, a master's student in Clinical Psychology at Yeditepe University, and an undergraduate student in Child Development at Istanbul University AUZEF. During her undergraduate studies, she worked as a student assistant in the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. Her areas of interest are parenting attitudes and their effects on personality.

 

Psychologist Asrın Yenihayat

E-mail: yenihayatasrin@gmail.com

Asrın Yenihayat is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University and a master's student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Bergamo. He has worked as a research assistant at John Moores University and as a student assistant in the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. His areas of interest include theory of mind, emotion regulation, primary and secondary trauma, attachment, parenting attitudes, emerging adulthood and identity exploration among LGBTQ+ individuals.

 

Psychologist Ece Nahide Akseven

E-mail: ecenahide.akseven@bahcesehir.edu.tr

Ece Nahide Akseven is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University and works as a psychologist assistant at the kindergarten level of a foundation school. Her areas of interest are the effects of the quality of communication between couples on parenting attitudes and the effects of family communication on an individual's attachment patterns.

 

Psychologist Yağmur Karaca

E-mail: yagmur.karaca@bahcesehir.edu.tr

Yağmur Karaca is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. Her areas of interest include parenting attitudes, personality disorders, anxiety disorders and mentalization.

 

Psychologist Mustafa Yıldız

E-mail: mustafayildiz-13@outlook.com

Mustafa Yıldız is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University and an active member of the Bahçeşehir Brain and Cognition Research Laboratory. His research focuses on the neural correlates of higher-order memory processes and the pathological associations of the N400 ERP component. His areas of interest are the effects of parenting attitudes on psychopathology and the effects of family communication and parenting roles on attachment.

 

Psychologist Melike Lal Ustalar

E-mail: melikelal.ustalar@bahcesehir.edu.tr 

Melike Lâl Ustalar is a graduate of the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University and is pursuing a master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the same university. She is currently conducting her thesis study titled "Young Women's Attitudes Toward Premarital Sexuality and the Depression-Shame Relationship: An Intergenerational Perspective" and sees clients within the psychodynamic approach under supervision.

 

Elif Sabuncuoğlu

E-mail: elifsbncgl@gmail.com 

Elif Sabuncuoğlu is a third-year student in the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. She is the Chair of the Executive Board of the Bahçeşehir University Psychology Club for the 2021/22 academic year. She works as a research assistant at the Social Cognition Laboratory of Koç University. She is also a content writer for Yakın İlişkiler ve Yakın Ebeveynlik (Close Relationships and Close Parenting). Her research interests include attachment styles, emotion regulation skills, parenting attitudes, socio-emotional development, and interpersonal and romantic relationships.

 

Simay Günay

E-mail: simaygunay1@gmail.com 

Simay Günay is a third-year student in the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. She has also been a member of the Executive Board of the Bahçeşehir University Psychology Club since 2019. In addition, she is continuing her internship at a private psychotherapy center. Her research interests include childhood trauma, the effects of attachment styles on adult relationships, anxiety disorders and parenting attitudes.

 

Merve Şahin

E-mail: merve.sahin1@bahcesehir.edu.tr

Merve Şahin is a fourth-year student in the Department of Psychology and a minor student in Public Relations at Bahçeşehir University. She has taken an active role in the Bahçeşehir University Psychology Club since 2018 and served as Chair of the club's Executive Board in the 2020-2021 academic year. She is currently continuing her internships at two different clinics. Her research interests include parenting attitudes, attachment in children, children's social-emotional development and parental goals, childhood trauma and its reflections in adolescence, and attachment theories.

 

Zeynep Özlem Altınok

E-mail: zeynepozlem.altinok@bahcesehir.edu.tr

Zeynep Özlem Altınok is a senior student in the Department of Psychology at Bahçeşehir University. She is currently continuing her clinical internship at a private counseling center, working with children and adolescents. Her research interests include early childhood trauma, intergenerational transmission of trauma, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and the effects of parenting attitudes on children's personality development.