Clin. Psych. İhsan Öztekin

Clinical psychologist İhsan Öztekin has been with NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital since 2007, where he works with individuals, families and couples.

Education and training

Born in Balıkesir in 1963, he finished Haydarpaşa High School in 1980 and earned a psychology degree from Istanbul University in 1984, later adding a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology. His internship in the Psychiatry Department of GATA Haydarpaşa Training Hospital included training in psychological testing.

Through the Projective Tests Association, of which he is a member, he trained for two years in the Rorschach Test and for one year in the TAT (Thematic Apperception Test), and holds certificates in both. His other qualifications include:

• Hypnosis – Institute of Psychotherapy
• Family therapy – Institute of Behavioral Sciences
• EMDR – Institute of Behavioral Sciences
• Energy therapy, practised under names such as Reiki and bioenergy – training with various experts

Professional experience

Early in his career he helped university students with psychological difficulties in the Psychosocial Services Department of the Istanbul Regional Directorate of the Higher Education Credit and Dormitories Institution. After the 1999 earthquake he took an active role in psychological support for survivors in Avcılar, Istanbul, and in the tent cities of Adapazarı. He also taught on the SÜDGE driver behaviour improvement programme for motorists whose licences had been withdrawn by the Traffic Department because of alcohol use.

From 2003 to 2007 he was a clinical psychologist at Bakırköy Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders, working intensively with both inpatients and outpatients and teaching psychological testing to psychology students on placement. He left Bakırköy in 2007 to join NPİSTANBUL.

Therapeutic approach

In his hospital practice he continues to use hypnotherapy, incorporates EMDR into the psychotherapy process and, as a family and couples therapist, treats family issues and relationship problems. He also draws on energy therapy for its supportive and strengthening qualities. Away from work, he has tried horseback riding, rafting and skydiving, and has an interest in photography.