PROGRAM CONTENT AND CALENDAR
Basic Level | ||
Date | Workshop | Instructor |
Sunday, October 18, 2026, 20:00 (TRT) | Orientation Meeting | ITSCP Team |
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 1. Working with Trauma: Secondary Traumatization, Burnout, Psychological Health and Resilience | Dr. Serap Altekin (PhD) |
1. Ethical Principles and Psychological First Aid in Crisis and Trauma Interventions | Assoc. Prof. Münevver Hacıoğlu Yıldırım (MD) | |
Wednesday, October 22, 2026, 19:00-20:30 (TRT) | 2. Cultural and Collective Memory: Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Its Resolution | Dr. Zeynep Şeker (PhD) |
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 3. Collective Trauma, Collective Healing: Enhancing Community Resilience After Disasters (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Jack Saul (PhD) |
Saturday, October 31, 2026, 19:00-20:030 (TRT) | 2. Cultural and Collective Memory: Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma and Its Resolution | Dr. Azad Günderci (MD) |
Wednesday, November 11, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 4. Sexual Abuse Trauma: Causes, Effects, Severity, and Trauma-Prevention Interventions | Dr. Hivren Özkol Cop (PhD) |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 5. Forensic Process Management in Traumatic Events (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Prof. Dr. Ümit Biçer (MD) |
Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 6. Effects of Traumas on Families and Children: Working Trauma-Informed | Prof. Dr. Ilgın Gökler Danışman (PhD) |
Sunday, November 29, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 7. Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss: Trauma and Resilience (Q&A) (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Tai Mendenhall |
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 8. Sexual Identity Diversity and Discrimination: Health Impacts and Appropriate Approaches (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Seven Kaptan (MD) |
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 9. Working with Natural Disaster Trauma (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Assoc. Prof. Sedat Işıklı (PhD) |
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 10. PM+, A Psychosocial Intervention Tool for Adversity (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Assoc. Prof. Ersin Uygun (MD) |
Thursday, December 17, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 11. Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Nancy Baron (PhD) |
Sunday, January 31, 2027, 19:00 (TRT) |
Closing Meeting
| ITSCP Team |
Clinical Level | ||
Date | Workshop | Instructor |
Sunday, October 18, 2026, 20:00 (TRT) | Orientation Meeting | ITSCP Team |
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 1. Working with Complex and Traumatic Loss: Fostering Healing and Resilience | Dr. Froma Walsh (PhD) |
Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 2. Collective Trauma, Collective Healing: Enhancing Community Resilience After Disasters (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Jack Saul (PhD) |
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 3. Psychological Trauma from Neurobiology to Clinical Practice: History-Taking Techniques and Diagnostic Assesments in Trauma | Prof. Dr. Ejder Yıldırım (PhD, MD) |
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 4. Approach to Trauma in Children and Adolescents | Prof. Dr. Işık KARAKAYA (MD) |
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 5. Psychodynamic Approach to Trauma | Prof. Dr. Cem Kaptanoğlu (MD) |
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 6. Managing Dissociative Symptoms in Trauma Work (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Prof. Dr. Ümit Biçer (MD) |
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 7. Coping with Dissociative Symptoms While Working with Trauma | Prof. Dr. Önder Kavakçı (MD) |
Sunday, November 29, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 8. Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss: Trauma and Resilience (Q&A) (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Tai Mendenhall |
Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 9. Sexual Identity Diversity and Discrimination: Health Effects and Appropriate Approach (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Seven Kaptan (MD) |
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 10. Forensic Approach to Domestic Violence and Clinical Process | Psychotherapist Pınar İlkkaracan |
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 11. Working with Natural Disaster Trauma (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Assoc. Prof. Sedat Işıklı (PhD) |
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 12. PM+, A Psychosocial Intervention Tool for Adversity (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Assoc. Prof. Ersin Uygun (MD) |
Thursday, December 17, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 13. Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (Basic & Clinical Level Joint Workshop) | Dr. Nancy Baron (PhD) |
Thursday, December 24, 2026, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 14. Post-Trauma Control-Focused Behavior Therapy and Its Principles | Prof. Dr. Tamer Aker (MD) |
Tuesday, January 5, 2027, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | 15. Working with Trauma Related to Sexual Violence | Prof. Dr. Ayten Zara (PhD) |
Sunday, January 31, 2027, 19:00 (TRT) | Closing Meeting | ITSCP Team |
Supervision Sessions | ||
Date | Workshop | Instructors |
Thursday, January 7, 2027, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 1) | Prof. Dr. Önder Kavakçı (MD) & Dr. Seven Kaptan(MD) |
Tuesday, January 12, 2027, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 2) | Dr. Mia Medina (PhD) & Assoc. Prof. Sedat Işıklı (PhD) |
Thursday, January 14, 2027, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 3) | Dr. Hivren Özkol Cop (PhD) & Prof. Dr. Tamer Aker (MD) |
Tuesday, January 19, 2027, 19:00-20:30 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 4) | Psychotherapist Pınar İlkkaracan |
Wednesday, January 20, 2027, 19:00-20:30 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 5) | Prof. Dr. Ilgın Gökler Danışman |
Thursday, January 21, 2027, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 6) | Prof. Dr. Ümit Biçer (MD) & Prof. Dr. Ayten Zara (PhD) |
Tuesday, January 26, 2027, 19:00-22:00 (TRT) | Supervision (Session 7) | Assoc. Prof. Ersin Uygun (MD) & Assoc. Prof. Münevver Hacıoğlu Yıldırım (MD) |