Psychologist Gül Babacan completed her high school education in Antalya and earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Çankaya University in Ankara, where the language of instruction was English. During her academic years, she actively participated in volunteer projects, gaining experience working with diverse communities. She also received training in neuropsychological testing and personality assessment tools, which helped shape her clinical evaluation skills.
After beginning her professional career in 2016, she worked for several years as a psychologist in non governmental organizations that were implementing partners in projects supported by UNHCR, UNFPA, and the European Union. Within this scope, she worked with psychologically vulnerable individuals and at risk groups across different regions of Turkey, conducting psychological counseling, individual sessions, psychosocial support programs, group work, workshops, field studies, and inter institutional coordination. She specialized in gender and gender based violence, developing both individual and group based interventions. Her intercultural work experience and intensive trauma focused field practice provided her with extensive expertise in psychological processes related to disasters, war, violence, migration, and other challenging life events.
Over the years, Gül Babacan has worked with clients from both Turkey and abroad. In addition to various in service trainings, she completed professional education programs in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR Therapy, Family Counseling, Sexual Therapy, and Trauma Interventions, further strengthening her professional competence.
After returning to Antalya in 2023, she worked for a period at a private psychology center with adult and adolescent clients. She currently continues to see clients at South Psychology and Family Counseling Center. She provides services in both Turkish and English, working with adults, couples and families, and adolescents through face to face and online sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Individual Psychological Counseling
Sexual Therapy
Couples and Family Counseling
Psychosocial Interventions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Level 2 – Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Association
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Level 1 – Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Association, Mehmet Z. Sungur
EMDR Therapy Level 2 – Behavioral Sciences Institute and EMDR Association
EMDR Therapy Level 1 – Behavioral Sciences Institute and EMDR Association
R TEP Protocol, Working with Children and Intervention, Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis in Trauma Related Disorders, Acute Trauma Intervention, Somatic Experiencing and Regulation – Behavioral Sciences Institute, EMDR Association Trauma Recovery Group
Family Counseling – Marmara University
Therapeutic Cards Practitioner Training – Marmara University
Sexuality and Sexual Dysfunction Basic Training – Sexual Education Treatment and Research Association
Sexual Therapy Practitioner Training – Biruni University and Marmara Psychology, Prof. Dr. Sultan Doğan
Understanding PTSD and Cognitive Behavioral Approaches in Treatment – Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Association
Approach to Disaster and Trauma in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy – Viktor Frankl Logotherapy Institute
Psychoanalysis Workshop – French Association of Psychoanalysts and Psychologists
Uzun süre güvenebileceğim bir uzman bulmakta zorlanıyordum. Araştırmalarım sonucunda Gül Hanım’la görüşmeye karar verdim ve gerçekten doğru bir karar olduğunu gördüm. Başlarda çekincelerim vardı ama yaklaşımı sayesinde hızla rahatladım. Süreci özenle yöneten, güven veren bir uzman. Antalya’da psikolog arayanlara gönül rahatlığıyla tavsiye ederim.