Ayten Bengisu Cansever, Research Assistant at Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Department of Communication and Design, completed the Marmara University Family Counseling Certificate Program, which lasted for six months and totaled 450 hours, and received the title of Family Counselor, Ministry of Family and Social Policies of the Republic of Turkey. entitled to the powers conferred by him. In the six-month program, Res. Asst. Ayten Bengisu Cansever, Psychology History and Theories for Family Counseling; Classical and Postmodern Theories in Family Counseling; Cognitive Behavior Theory and Practices in Family Counseling; Basic Counseling Skills in Family Counseling, Family and Marriage Processes; Family in the Context of Culture, Spirituality and Education; Family Health and Sexuality; Family Counseling Process and Skills; Field Application; He received a total of 450 hours of training, including supervision. At the end of the theoretical training, he performed the first client practice, which lasted for 5 sessions, under the supervision of Associate Professor Durmuş Ümmet and was entitled to receive the certificate.
Research Assistant Bengisu Cansever expressed her feelings and thoughts about completing her Family Counseling Certificate Training and gaining the title of "Family Counselor" as follows:
“Family counseling in its most general sense; It is a therapeutic approach in which the family of the individual is included in the therapy process carried out with the individual. This situation may change according to the cultural structure of the individual and the social environment. In family and couple therapy, a wide range of issues such as alcohol problems, communication problems, pre-relationship counseling, post-divorce traumas, bereavement and loss, individual problems, sexual problems, depression, obesity, difficulties faced by children and adolescents, peer bullying, difficulties with special children. consultancy service can be obtained. At this point, I would like to emphasize again that while family counseling is a very limited thought in the minds of individuals, it is actually a very broad notion. It is possible to say that while continuing my academic studies, especially in the area where communication and sociology intersect, I gained much different perspectives both in theory and in practice with family counseling. When we read about the society we live in and of course the individual experiences in that society, together with their family of origin or their bilateral relations, I wanted to help them at some point.”
We congratulate Res. Asst. Ayten Bengisu Cansever and wish her continued success
