Organized annually by Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Arts and Sciences Faculty, Psychology Department in collaboration with EMU Psychology Students Club operating under the Social and Cultural Activities Directorate the 12th EMU Psychology Days took place in March this year. 7 valuable speakers from the country and abroad featured in the event which commenced with the opening speeches of EMU Vice Rector for Student Affairs Prof. Dr. Sonuç Zorlu Oğurlu and Department of Psychology Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Bayraktar. The 12th EMU Psychology Days event took place over two days and attracted great interest from students of Turkish universities invited to EMU as exchange students, academicians, psychologists and students from the TRNC.
Valuable Presentations
The two-day event featured presentations from experts in English as well as Turkish. The presentations that took place during the event are as follows: Integrating of Psychotherapy inSports – Galatasray Sports Club Psychologist Mustafa Aydın, What Do Cognitive Psychologists and Cognitive Neuropsychologists Do? Have Are These Careers Achieved? -Middlesex University academic staff member Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlhan Raman, LGBTI+ The Diversity of Colors – Queer Cyprus Association Expert Psychologist Ziba Sertbay, New Developments in Adult Clinical Psychology: Process-Based CBT and Importance of Evidence Based Interventions – Koç University Senior Lecturer Dr. Ayşe Altan, Who Is A Forensic Psychologist? – İstanbul Gedik University academic staff member Asst. Prof. Dr. Dilek Çelik, Clinical Psychology: Dreams and Reality – YDY Education, Research and Consulting, Inc. Clinical Psychologist Ceyda Dedeoğlu, More Than a Dream: Recognition of Developmental Psychology in Cyprus – Bahceşehir Cyprus University academic staff member Prof. Dr. Biran Mertan. A movie screening of the film “Inside Out” also took place under the moderation of Dr. Deniz Atalar and Asst. Prof. Dr. Burcu Kaya Kızılöz. The 12th EMU Psychology Days came to an end with a cocktail that took place in the ASA Garden.