Dr. Salih Murat Paker works as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor (New York, Istanbul, and online).
His professional background:
- Clinical Psychologist (Ph.D.) (since 1992)
- Psychotherapist (since 1992)
- Medical doctor (M.D.) (between 1986-92; has not been working as an active physician since 1992)
Blog
- April 20, 2022
- February 19, 2022
What is Trauma?
Dr. Salih Murat Paker – Clinical Psychologist – Psychotherapist – December 2021 Traumatic Event and Traumatization What we generally call “traumatic events” are events that overwhelm the physical and mental integrity, balance, and coping capacity of the person in a sudden and harsh way. These...... - January 10, 2022
Psychology of Migration
Dr. Salih Murat Paker – Clinical Psychologist – Psychotherapist – January 2022 In our age, migration movements have accelerated almost all over the world. Millions of people move every year, sometimes voluntarily for a better life, education, job, but in most cases to escape war,...... - December 7, 2021
How has the COVID Pandemic Affected our Mental Health?
Dr. Salih Murat Paker – Clinical Psychologist – Psychotherapist – December 2021 COVID is a huge epidemic that shook the whole world. It has been going on for two years. Although it has been brought under some control thanks to vaccines, the danger has not...... - November 30, 2021
ONLINE PSYCHOTHERAPY: HOW?
Dr. Salih Murat Paker – Clinical Psychologist – Psychotherapist – November 2021 During the pandemic, the use of online psychotherapy has increased unprecedently. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the differences between online therapy and in-office therapy and the main features of online therapy. Let...... - November 29, 2021
Online Psychotherapy: What is it and why?
What is online psychotherapy? Why is it becoming more and more popular? Is it good for everybody? Does it work?... - November 20, 2021
What kind of a psychotherapist am I?
I am a licensed clinical psychologist (Ph.D.), also with a medical background, working as a psychotherapist since 1991. In these almost 30 years, I have mostly worked around the issues of depression, anxiety, panic, stress, phobias, dissociation; trauma, violence, abuse (psychotraumatology); personality-related difficulties; relational difficulties;...... - November 15, 2021
What Services Do I Provide?
PSYCHOTHERAPY Individual Psychotherapy (in office or online). Couples Therapy. Group Therapy. Short- & Long-term Psychotherapy. I offer psychotherapeutic and other clinical services under the term Mutual Psychotherapy. Why “Mutual”? For two reasons: The psychotherapy method which I was taught, and myself teach and practice,...... - September 2, 2018
Core Competencies of Relational Psychoanalysis
Excerpted from Barsness, R.E. (Ed.) (2017). Core Competencies of Relational Psychoanalysis: A Guide to Practice, Study and Research (Relational Perspectives Book Series). New York: Routledge. Therapeutic Intent 1.1. An analytic treatment is first established by a clear understanding of the intent or...... - October 8, 2015
In Turkey, the wall of denial of the Armenian Genocide is becoming cracked
[This interview was originally published in REPAIR, an Armeno-Turkish web platform on October 8, 2015. Link] In this article, Murat Paker comes back on the notion of trauma, including the one called “social trauma” that is suited to the armenian victims of the Genocide in...... - July 21, 2008
Psycho-political knots of the Turkish-Armenian conflict
Presentation made at the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, July 21, 2008. . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *... - October 15, 2004
The Case of Multi-layered Dissociation: Dominant Political Culture in Turkey – A Psycho-political Analysis
A paper presented at the APCS 2004 Annual Conference “Psychoanalysis and Democracy” Columbia University. October 15 – 17, 2004 Video of the presentation...