Pelin Ulutasli, M.A.

About Me

Hello! I'm an Istanbul-based, English-speaking psychotherapist providing face-to-face and online psychotherapy services to children, adolescents, families, couples and adults. I mainly work with a psychodynamic approach with couples and adults, and use an integration of psychodynamic and systemic perspectives while working with children and families. In my work with children and adolescents, I usually incorporate parents and other family members into therapy and work with the whole family system. Also, as an EMDRIA-accredited EMDR therapist, I occasionally use EMDR therapy while working with trauma. Apart from psychotherapy, I also provide short-term counseling and psycho-educational services to parents to support them throughout their child-rearing journeys.

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I graduated with a B.A. degree in Psychology from Koc University in Istanbul, an M.A. degree in Early Childhood Studies from the University of Roehampton in London, and another M.A. degree in the Clinical Psychology program at Istanbul Bilgi University. ​I've been working in the field since 2012, and have been providing psychotherapy services in English and Turkish in my private practice since 2015.

As a psychotherapist that is trained to work with children, adults, and couples, I work with a holistic perspective, integrating psychodynamic, systemic, play-based and bodily-focused approaches into my work. Overall, I work with a humanistic and eclectic framework, valuing a personalized service that is tailor-made to meet my clients' needs.

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Professional Trainings:

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• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice, Center for Psychodynamic Therapies (cont.)

• Projective Assessments of Children's Drawings, Association for Rorschach and Projective Tests (cont.)

• Adult Rorschach and TAT Projective Assessments, Association for Rorschach and Projective Tests (cont.)

• Practicing Psychoanalytic Thought: Advanced Clinical Techniques, Istanbul Bilgi University

• Introduction to Psychoanalysis Seminar Series, Istanbul Psychoanalytic Association

• Embodied Interactional Skills for Psychotherapists, Istanbul Bilgi University

• Working with the Child in Family Therapy, Istanbul Bilgi University

• Advanced Psychopathology: Psychodynamic Models, Istanbul Bilgi University

• Advanced Psychopathology: DSM and Psychopharmacology, Istanbul Bilgi University

• Psychoanalytical Couples Therapy, Istanbul Bilgi University

• Working with Parts in Dissociative Disorders, Inspired Therapy 

• Working with Complex Trauma, EMDR Association

• EMDR and Ego-State Interventions, EMDR Solutions

• Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociation Using EMDR, Inspired Therapy

• EMDR with Children and Adolescents Level 1 & 2, Child Trauma Therapy Center London

• EMDR Level 2, EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)

• EMDR Level 1, DBE

• Psychobiological Approaches in Trauma Therapy, Somatic Experiencing Turkey

• Introduction to Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Experiencing Turkey

• Expressive Play Therapy, Association for Play Therapy (A4PT)

• Trauma-Focused Play Therapy, Association for Play Therapy (A4PT)

• Theraplay and Marschak Parent-Child Interactional Model, The Theraplay Institute

• Group Theraplay, The Theraplay Institute

• Child-Centered Play Therapy, Association for Play Therapy (A4PT)

• Filial Therapy, Association for Play Therapy (A4PT)