Child Psychologists in Istanbul

Therapy with children follows how children communicate. That is more often through play than through explaining.

Parents bring children about worry, low mood, or behaviour at home or school. Other children come after a family change, or after something frightening.

It is not a school assessment, and it is not a report on parenting.

Everyone on this page is listed under the professional title psychologist. Psychologists apply the study of the mind and behaviour to assist people through difficulty. Clinical psychologists work with people of all ages, with families, carers, teams and communities.

Assessment belongs to a psychologist's training, and sits alongside therapy. Clinical, counselling and educational psychology are different training routes. Each route emphasises different work.

Which titles are registered varies by country. Where the title is registered, the register says what it covers. Ask a psychologist which route they trained through, and what they work with most.

Yeşilay Danışmanlık Merkezi (YEDAM) - Istanbul centres. Phone 115. YEDAM says its counselling and addiction treatment services are free. People affected by addiction and their families can call for an appointment. YEDAM runs several centres in Istanbul.

• İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi Çocuk ve Ergen Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı in Istanbul offers outpatient and inpatient assessment, treatment and psychotherapy for children and adolescents.¹

Practitioners see very young children too, in a different form. Play is a natural way for children to communicate their thoughts, feelings, experiences and trauma. The practitioner picks the method to fit the child, not the other way round. Say your child's age at first contact and ask what a practitioner would do.

Not all of it, and the arrangement is set before the work starts. Parents are treated as partners in the work rather than kept outside it². What is shared and what is held differs with the child's age and with local law. Ask a practitioner to set out their arrangement at the first meeting.

Often a practitioner meets the parents first, or the parents and child together. Play, drawing and games are the way in rather than a break from the work. Ask how parents or carers will be involved in the work. Ask before you book.

No. This filter lists practitioners who work with children therapeutically. Educational assessments, reports for schools and reports for courts are separate pieces of work, and not every practitioner does them. If a school has asked for a report, say so at first contact and ask whether a practitioner provides one.

The title you will see is Klinik Psikolog (Clinical Psychologist).

In Turkey the plain title psychologist carries no state licence and no government register; only clinical psychology has a statutory recognition.

See the Turkey page.