The 5th Psychological Counseling and Guidance Summit was hosted by Istanbul Aydın University
The 5th PDR Summit, organized in partnership with our University and the Turkish PDR Association and featuring academics from many universities as speakers, attracted great interest. Held over two days under the main theme “Current Approaches in Psychological Counseling Practices: From Tradition to the Future,” the summit was hosted by our university, where current studies were shared and discussed.
The 5th PDR Summit, organized between June 3–4 in cooperation with Istanbul Aydın University and the Turkish PDR Association, attracted great interest from academics and students. As a first in its field, the PDR Summit was organized with the participation of scientists from many universities to share and discuss current studies by guests and speakers in the field of psychological counseling and guidance.
At the summit hosted by our university under the main theme “Current Approaches in Psychological Counseling Practices: From Tradition to the Future,” presentations began following the opening speeches. In the morning session, Prof. Dr. Metin Pişkin first gave a presentation on “Peer Bullying: Prevention and Coping Strategies,” followed by Prof. Dr. Ayşe Esra Aslan, who informed participants about “The Use of Schema Therapy in Psychological Counseling,” and Prof. Dr. Zümra Atalay, who presented on “The Therapeutic Power of Mindfulness.” In the afternoon, presentations were delivered by Specialist Dr. Tahir Özakkaş on “Current Relational Approaches in PDR from Tradition to the Future,” Prof. Dr. Tayfun Doğan on “Hope as an Active Commitment,” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Müge Akbağ on “The Unbearable Cost of Being: Psychological Games We Play from the Perspective of Transactional Analysis,” and Lecturer Dilek Özyürek on “The Use of Sociometric Games in Psychoeducational Practices.”
On the second day of the summit, during the morning session, Prof. Dr. Azize Nilgün Canel presented on “Healing Through Writing: Therapeutic Writing,” Prof. Dr. Seval Erden Çınar on “Psychological Resilience in the Context of Postmodern Approaches,” and Prof. Dr. Taşkın Yıldırım on “Dynamic-Oriented Short-Term Intensive Emergency Psychotherapy.” In the afternoon session, presentations were delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan Kırdök on “Positive Career Development at School,” Dr. Faculty Member Onur Okan Demirci on “I Am Trauma,” Specialist Dr. Murat Dokur on “The Current State of Family Therapies,” Assoc. Prof. Dr. İsmail Sanberk on “Human Beings in the Grip of Inner Experiences,” and finally Dr. Faculty Member Beyza Naz Deniz on “The Cyber Dimension of Sexual Abuse.”
Closing speeches were delivered by our Dean of the Faculty of Education, Prof. Dr. Elif Yeşim Üstün, our Head of the Department of Educational Sciences YÖKSİS, Prof. Dr. Ragıp Özyürek, and the President of the PDR Association, Mesut Yıldırım. Within the scope of the PDR Summit, in addition to presentations by distinguished academics and scientists, workshops were also held. The PDR Summits, which have become a tradition, provide opportunities for students from different universities and colleagues and academics from different institutions to come together.
