Mrs Elif Banu Uçar

Licensed Clinical Psychologists

“A clinical psychologist and ISST accredited schema therapist who has been actively working in the field since 2018.”

About Me

As a clinical psychologist, I specialise in schema therapy to help you understand deep-rooted patterns. We can explore how past experiences shape your current reactions, offering fresh ways to respond. I create a collaborative space where we gently unravel core beliefs. This approach is ideal for those feeling stuck in recurring difficulties and seeking lasting change.

Approach

Having worked in the field since 2018, I pay close attention to how early relationship templates quietly guide choices and reactions today, and I help you notice those moments between sessions as well as in them. Sessions are paced to suit your readiness—sometimes reflective and slow, sometimes focused on practical experiments between meetings—and we track small shifts in thinking, feeling and behaviour together. I offer appointments in Istanbul and online, in Turkish or English; this way of working often suits people seeking steady, practical change.

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Basic Information

Istanbul, Turkey

Services

Services Offered:

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Advocacy
Services that help individuals navigate healthcare, education, or social systems to ensure their mental health needs are recognised and met.
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Counseling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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Psych & Diagnostic Assessment
Formal psychological testing to identify conditions, understand cognitive and emotional functioning, and guide treatment planning.
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Therapy
Professional treatment for mental health concerns, providing a structured space for insight, emotional processing, and behavioural change.
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Works With:

•Adolescents
•Adults
•Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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Behaviour or Conduct Issues
Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.
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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
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Mood Disorder
A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Trauma
The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
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Professional Title:

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Licensed Clinical Psychologists
A psychologist licensed to independently assess, diagnose, and treat mental health conditions.

Qualifications

İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi

Üsküdar Üniversitesi

Registrations

Yüksek Öğretim Kurulu (YÖK)

Clinical Psychologist

Service Area

Roza Psikoloji

In-person & Online

Istanbul, Istanbul

Turkey