BA. Irfan Darcan

Areas of expertise

• Individual psychological counselling for adults
  
• Couples counselling for adults
• Helping people deal with problems such as anxiety, stress management, anger management, childhood traumas, self-soothing and any relationship based issue. (Be it relationship between parent-children, siblings or even interpersonal relationships.)
• Emotion Coaching
  
  
• I’m a couples therapist with more than 7 years of experience. I started my couples journey back in 2013 when I graduated, with training in the first level of Gottman Couples Therapy. Nowadays, I’ve completed all three levels and on my certification step to become a certified Gottman Therapist. In my eyes, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is not just a movie title, it is also the perfect summary of what you can expect in any given couples session. In addition, I’ve started my journey on PACT Therapy, (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy) and as it is apparent by now, I find emotions fascinating as a subject matter. All the trainings I received about couples translate very well into individual therapy, as emotions are a universal concept, and most daily problems can be traced to the source, our emotions. For example, anxiety is a fear response, and anger management therapy already names the culprit in its definition.

Education and experience

• Working as a self-employed psychotherapist since December 2016
  
• I trust in my abilities as a psychotherapist in helping my clients regulate, validate and recognize their own emotions. No such thing as being afraid of triggers in my book.
  
• On an individual therapy level, I can say that stress management and dealing with childhood traumas are my strongest suits, and I can remove anxiety’s grip over my clients with ease.
  
• 2013 – Graduated from Koç University
  
• 2014 - Gottman Couples Therapy, Level 1 Training.
• 2015 - IMAGO Couples Therapy, Level 1 Training.
• 2016 - Family Counsellor Certification, in accordance with EFTA-TIC (European Family Therapists Association, Training Institutes Chamber)
• 2016 - Gottman Couples Therapy, Level 2 Training.
• 2022 – Partner Violence Workshop by John & Julie Gottman, Carrie & Don Cole, Gökhan Oral, Duygu Bağa, Ceren Küpeli, Filiz Kaya Ataklı, Özge Altan Aytun.
• 2022 – Treating Affairs and Trauma: Helping Couples Heal and Rebuild Trust by John and Julie Gottman.
• 2023 – Gottman Couples Therapy, Level 3 Training
• 2023 – Emotion Coaching Training
• 2023- PACT Level 1 Training by Eda Arduman, MA.