Gelisim News

Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) method training, which destroys unwanted memories by penetrating into the depths of the human mind and newly heard in our country, has been organized. The field professionals attended the 6-day training held at Istanbul Gelisim University Continuous Education Center. Practitioner certificates were given to those who were successful in the written and practical exams after the training.

“PERMANENT RECOVERY FROM DISTRESSFUL THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS”

Giving a speech about EMDR training, a Faculty Member of Istanbul Gelisim University, Mental Health and Diseases Specialist Dr. Onur Okan Demirci said: “EMDR is a method of psychotherapy that is implemented by using eye movements or different stimuli. It is used especially in the field of post-traumatic stress disorder, but now, it is also used in phobias, anxiety disorders, panic attacks, obsessions, depression, encountering distressing events or remembering continuously. The aim of using EMDR technique is to permanently put people out of distressing thoughts and feelings. With EMDR, the person who gets rid of these thoughts and feelings can continue her / his life with different perspectives, more willing and more confident about the future.”

Underlining that EMDR trainings have a very important place in psychology and psychotherapy and it is a very effective method for psychotherapy techniques, Dr. Onur Okan Demirci said: “The training does not involve unreal practices such as demonstration or role play, but involves actual practices in which participants can take part in the process personally. Since advancing with superficial theoretical knowledge in the trainings cannot provide a solution, it includes the neurobiological basis of EMDR technique and the disorders it is applied to. In this way, the participants can create a much clearer idea what, to what and how they apply in their minds.”

Having a speech about the education on mental health, Istanbul Gelisim University Continuous Education Center Director Faculty Member Dr. Fuat Fatih Tuncer said "That EMDR trainings which held at our university for the first time in Turkey are successfully completed is a very proud situation on behalf of us. In this process, seeing the happy expressions on the faces of the participants makes us happier than them.”