Re-thinking Life Workshops for undergraduate students of psychology and counseling and guidance were organized. During the workshops held between December 5 and May 14, the workshop titled Our Understanding of “Maturation” was conducted by clinical psychologist Hatice Rümeysa Işık, “Universe” by clinical psychologist Beyza Karakan, “Faith” by psychological counselor Şuheda Ece Kaya, “Information Sources” by clinical psychologist Nurşin Çetiner, “Life […]
II. Symposium of Psychology in Islamic Thought The second IDP & IGP symposium was held in Istanbul on July 1-3. Participants working in various sub-fields of psychology had the opportunity to present their work, which is an integrative research proposal with Islamic thought. The presentations aimed to combine the heritage of modern psychology and Islamic thought by offering new perspectives […]
Professional discussions were organized with the presentation of Dr. Taha Burak Toprak to bring together students and professionals in mental health, aiming to provide a space for sharing and discussing the dilemmas and challenges they face in balancing their values with their professional practices. During these discussions, topics like “Fundamental Questions and Problems” and “Practical Issues in Psychotherapy: Boundaries, Barriers, […]
Youth IDP meetings were held between July 2021 and May 2022 for our willing friends who were studying in psychology, psychological counseling and guidance, and social work departments but could not meet the necessary class level requirements to attend İDP seminars.In these meetings, lessons on the history of psychology, psychotherapy theories, and the philosophy of science were taught within the […]
M. Furkan Cinisli, a member of our team, delivered a speech titled “Multidimensional Conceptions of Human Beings in the Islamic Thought Tradition” at an event organized by the International Students of Islamic Psychology. In this speech, he addressed the multidimensional structure of conceptions of human beings in the Islamic thought tradition from various perspectives. In the presentation, he attempted to […]
IDP Center Opening We hosted professor Mehmet Dinç in our first opening lecture. We had the opportunity to listen to his academic and scientific recommendations and anecdotes about willpower training. “No work is more valuable than each other’s sake, our greatest strength is in our unity.” We had a pleasant conversation emphasizing the importance of unity and integrity. Ramadan Talks […]
Dr. Taha Burak Toprak, introduces his studies on the Psycho-Ontological Model, Cognitive Model, Impulse and Consciousness Models conducted within the framework of OCD treatment to scientists at various national and international platforms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFYGktQvio
The first IDP&IGP Symposium, held between October 30 and November 1, 2020, enabled many students and mental health professionals from the field to present their work with the theme of “identifying the bottlenecks in modern psychology and offering solutions to this blockage by taking into account the Islamic intellectual heritage”. The collaborative work of the IDP team at the symposium […]
Clinical Psychologist Taha Burak Toprak conducted an interview titled “Covid-19 in the Context of Challenges, Consequences and Possibilities: Pursuing a Meaningful Life, Not Perfect Cleanliness” with Merve Akbaş for Nihayet Journal. Toprak’s statements that form the main idea of the interview were as follows: “There is no perfect, flawless cleaning/purification. No measure can completely eliminate the risk of contamination and […]
In her article published in Muhit Journal, Fatima Şule Demirtaş talked about the book “Psychology and Psychotherapy in Islamic Thought: Solid Foundations and New Horizons. Demirtaş expressed the purpose of this book as follows: “This book wants to address the relationship between Islam, psychology and psychotherapy with a courage and clarity specific to its own civilizational sources; it wants to […]
