Resume

Murat Paker graduated from İstanbul University – School of Medicine in 1985 and worked as a physician for seven years while also completing his MA in clinical psychology at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He went to New York in 1992 to do his PhD in clinical psychology at the New School for Social Research. He completed his PhD and post-doc work in 2000. Till 2005, he worked as a psychotherapist and clinical director at Safe Horizon / New York, a large NGO which provides psycho-social support to trauma (including war-torture) survivors. He relocated back to Istanbul in 2005 and founded the graduate program in clinical psychology at Istanbul Bilgi University. Until February 2019, he worked as a full-time faculty at the Psychology Department of the same university; was the director of the graduate program in clinical psychology; taught clinical graduate courses; and provided clinical supervision. He also runs a private psychotherapy practice. He is the founding-general-editor of the book series, Psychoanalysis/Psychology, of the Istanbul Bilgi University Press. His main interest areas are psychoanalysis, psychotraumatology, psychotherapy, and their intersection with politics. Dr. Paker has published extensively on the psychology of torture survivors, psychotraumatlogy, trauma therapy, human rights, and psycho-politics. His published books include: Psiko-politik Yüzleşmeler [Psycho-political Confrontations] (2007, Birikim Press); Üniversitelerde Psikolojik Danışmanlık [Psychological Counseling at Universities] (Ed. With Filiz Yurtseven, 2015, İst. Bilgi University Press); Türkiye Debelenirken [Turkey Floundering] (2016, İst. Bilgi University Press).

Education

New School for Social Research, New York

Post-doc in clinical psychology, 9/98-7/00

New York University Psychoanalytic Institute
Fellowship in Psychoanalysis, 9/99-6/00

New School for Social Research, New York
Ph.D. in clinical psychology, 9/92-12/99

Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
M.A. in clinical psychology, 9/88-8/92

Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
M.D., 9/79-4/86

Certificates of Professional Competence

New York State Psychologist License
4/03 – current

Employment

Private Practice, Istanbul & New York
Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Supervisor, part-time, 4/05-current

Istanbul Bilgi University, Psychology Department
Asst. Prof., Founding Director, Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, full-time, 4/05-2/19

Private Practice, New York
Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, part-time, 7/00-2/05

Safe horizon/Solace, New York
(A Psycho-Social Program for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma)
Clinical Director, 5/02 – 3/05

Metro Area Support for Survivors of Torture (MASST) Consortium, New York
Program Evaluator, 1/01-6/04

Safe Horizon Counseling Center, New York
Clinical psychologist, Senior Counselor, 7/00-5/02

Brooklyn Center for Psychotherapy, NEW YORK
Clinical Psychologist (part-time), 5/00-8/00

New School University, Department of Psychology, New York
Post-doctoral research fellow, 7/98-6/00

Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center/New York State Psychiatric Institute
Clinical Psychology Intern, 7/98-6/99