Burcu Bahtiyar Akgök

BURCU BAHTİYAR AKGÖK

Individual & Couples Therapist, Psychodrama co-therapist, Sexuality Counselor, Pregnancy and Birth Therapist, Birth with No Regret & Hypnobirthing Educator

After completing her degree at İstanbul University in 2002, psychological counselor Burcu Bahtiyar Akgök has worked with adoloscents and their parents at private education institutions for six years. She has completed her master’s degree in Psychological Counselling and Guidance at Marmara University in 2008.

After her graduation from the Master’s program, she started focusing on individual and group therapy. In 2010, she completed her Psychodrama Group Therapy education at Zerka Moreno Psychodrama Institute and acquired the title of co-therapist, along with continuing her specialized training. She has worked with many psychodramatists both from Turkey and abroad during her trainings in “Individual Psychodrama”, “Mother & Baby Psychodrama” and “Child Psychodrama”.

After her training in marriage counselling and couples therapy in 2010, she received training in Sexual Counselling from CETAD between 2015 and 2016.

After beginning her yoga journey in 2009, Burcu Bahtiyar Akgök has received educator trainings in “Shadow Yoga” by Defne Suman in 2010, “Fundamentals of Yoga” by Zeynep Aksoy in 2012, and “Prenatal Yoga” by Nefes Yoga in 2014.

After her pregnancy in 2012, she proceeded to receive trainings regarding childbirth. In 2013, she became a certified Active Birth Educator following her training by Janet Balaskas. In the same year, she got trainings in “Doula & Childbirth Preparation Education” and “Childbirth Psychotherapy” from İstanbul Birth Academy. After completing a training about communicating with the baby during the prenatal phase by June-Elleni Laine, Akgök became a Certified International HypnoBirthing Practitioner following her training at the HypnoBirthing Institute.

In her practice of individual psychotherapy, she adopts the approaches of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychodrama. In addition to her other counselling and therapy services; she also works in the fields of sexual counselling, couples therapy, family and relationship issues, infertility, psychology of pregnancy and postpartum depression.   

Since 2014, she has been offering psychological and physical services to couples in prenatal, childbirth, and postpartum phases in İstanbul Birth Academy that she cofounded with the titles of adult, couples, pregnancy and childbirth counselor.