Uzm. Psk. Yaprak Zararsız

"Leaf Harmless, Specialist Psychologist, accredited cognitive-behavioral therapist from the European Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Association, Couple and Family Therapist.

She is a lecturer at Bahçeşehir University Family Counseling Master's Program. He is a Board Member of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies Association.

She continues her studies at Saya Psychology, which she founded in 2012. She works with adults, couples and families. She gives training, supervision and professional seminars to her colleagues. She works with short-term dynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and systemic therapy approaches. She has national and international academic studies.

She started to work as a founding member of Bilgi University Women's Studies Club between 2005-2007 and actively participated in reading groups and congresses to raise awareness about violence against women.

During her studentship in 2005-2007, Assoc. Dr. She worked with Hasan Bahçekapılı on the translation of the book “WhyScienceMatters” from English to Turkish.

In 2007, at the Day Hospital unit affiliated to Bakırköy Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases Hospital, Dr. She completed her field internship as an observer in group therapies for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder under the leadership of Ayla Yazıcı.

She worked voluntarily at Tarlabaşı Community Center and İmece Women's Solidarity Association between 2007-2008.

Between 2007 and 2009, she carried out educational studies for children with mental retardation and autism who showed different development in a private rehabilitation center.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapies trainings, which she started in 2009, were accredited by the European Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (EABCT) in 2016. (KDTD, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Zihni Sungur.) She received the title of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapist.

In 2009, Assist she received Clinical First Interview in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy from . Assoc. Dr. Aslı Akdaş Mitrani.

She worked as a psychologist in private psychological counseling centers between 2009-2012.

She worked as a research assistant in the Department of Psychology at Arel University between 2009-2011.

Between 2010-2011, she worked as a professor at Arel University, Department of Psychology. Dr. She was the assistant of Ali Gitmez.

She received training on Rorschach and Projective Tests between 2010-2012 (RPTD, Assoc. Dr. Tevkifa İkiz Tunaboylu.)

Between 2011 and 2012, she worked as a psychologist at the Ağaçlı Child and Youth Center affiliated to the Ministry of Family and Social Policies.

She completed the Family Counseling Training approved by the Ministry of Family and Social Policies in 2012.

She has been providing psychological counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals and families at the Istanbul Family Counseling Center, which has its own office and operates under the Governorship of Istanbul since 2012.

She completed the Couple and Family Therapy training given by the Institute of Relationship Psychotherapies, which she started in 2013-2018 and is a member of IFTA and EFTA. She is an IFTA certified Couple and Family Therapist.

Since 2015, she has been providing voluntary psychotherapy services to the relatives of those who lost their lives in the bomb attack in Ankara and to trauma victims staying in the Child and Youth Center affiliated to the Ministry of Family and Social Policies.

She provided voluntary psychotherapy services to Airport employees who were traumatized in the bomb attack at Atatürk Airport in 2016, using the EMDR method.

She received Acceptance and CommitmentTherapy Module 1 and Module 2 training from Joe Oliver in 2018.
She is a member of the Board of the Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Studies Association, which was founded in 2018.

Turkish Psychological Association (TPD), Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Association (KDTD) (Board Member - General Secretary), Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Studies Association (PEP) Board Member, Couple and Family Therapies Association (ÇATED), EMDR Trauma Recovery group and He is a member of the EMDR association.

She won the Department of Psychology at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2002. In the same year, she studied English at Bilgi University.
She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Psychology in 2007.
In 2015, she received her master's degree from Arel University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, writing her thesis on "Comparison of Married and Divorced People in terms of depression, subjective well-being and looking to the future with hope" and received the title of "expert psychologist".

She attended psychoanalysis meetings given by Talat Parman, Levent Kayaalp and Tevfika İkiz Tunaboylu at Yapı Kredi Cultural Center between 2004-2007. In addition, he participated in many symposiums organized by the Istanbul Psychoanalysis Association.

She received DENVER II practitioner certificate from the Turkish Psychological Association in 2008.

She completed EMDR Level I Training (DBE) in 2014.

Between 2014-2016 Prof. Dr. She received training on Psychodynamic Therapies and Personality Disorders given by Doğan Şahin.

She received R-TEP Recent Trauma Study Training in 2015 (DBE)

She received training in Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (KDTD) given by Paul Salkovskis in 2015.

She received the Case Formulation Approach in Cognitive Behavior Therapies training given by Jacqueline Persons in 2015 (KDTD)

In 2016, she received the training titled “Innovative Cognitive Behavioral Strategies in Anxiety Disorders: Working with Resistant Anxiety and Involuntary, Compulsive Thoughts, Images and Memories” given by Prof. Dr.David Clark.

In 2016, she received the training titled "Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Its Treatment" given by Prof. Dr.Arthur Freeman.

In 2017, she received training on Metacognitive Therapy for Rumination and Depression from CostasPapageorgiou.

In 2017, she received a training named Cognitive Behavioral Therapy of SocialAnxietyDisorder from Stefan Hofmann.

In 2017, she received Enhancing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Homework with Collaborative Empiricism and Socratic Dialogue: A Practical Workshop from Nikolaos Kazantzis.

In 2017, she received a training called TheWillpower Workshop: Innovative CBT Applied to Addiction from Frank Ryan.

In 2017, she received a training named Treating Anxiety Disorders from Stefan Hofmann.