Staff

Gökçe Özkarar Gradwohl
Clinical Psychologist, PhD
Hamburg/Istanbul


After graduating from Bosphorus University Psychology Department , she completed her M.A. İn Clinical Psychology at the same university (2001). She did her voluntary undergraduate internships at Bakırköy Mental Hospital’s 3rd Psychiatry Service and at Marmara University Hospital. During her graduate education, she completed her Clinical Psychology internship under supervision at the Psychiatry Clinics of Marmara University Hospital. She completed her PhD in Bangor University, Wales, UK, with her thesis deduced from her own theory titled "Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience". She has been working with adults and couples since 2001.

Being a member of Turkish Psychologists Association, Neuropsychology Society and International Society for Neuropsychoanalysis, Gökçe Özkarar Gradwohl worked also as an instructor at Bosphorus University Tourism Administration Department, teaching «Interpersonal Communication» between 2004-2007. She worked in various projects at Bosphorus University Center for Disaster Management, in collaboration with World Bank, Columbia University (New York) and INSEAD (Paris). She gives seminars on several difeerent topics at Bosphorus University Lifelong EducationCenter, several non-profit associations / foundations, public houses and high schools, and she provides institutional trainings to companies. As a result of her curiosity on Mind-Body Relations, she became a member of International Society for Neuropsychoanalysis (Npsa) in 2003 and in relation to this society, she founded the Istanbul Npsa Study Group in 2006 . In 2008, she was invited by the  Italian Npsa Study Group to Trieste University Burlo Garofolo Children Hospital, to work as the co-ordinator.

Her interest in the analysis of the emotional world of humans motivated her to found «Circle of Affective Neuroscience», underneath  Istanbul Npsa Study Group, in 2011. Under the supervision of Prof. Jaak Panksepp, the founder of the Affective Neuroscience theory, she is carrying out and publishing national and international researches. As still  being the organizer of İstanbul Npsa Seminars, Gökçe Özkarar Gradwohl is also on the editorial board of the Journal of «Frontiers in Psychoanalysis and Neuropsychoanalysis» At the end of 2013, the İstanbul Npsa Study Group- of which she has been the representative for seven years- has been designated as the the «Turkish Neuropsychoanalysis Study Group» by the International Society for Npsa.

* She is able to provide services in English and Italian.
E-mail: ozkarar-gradwohl@cinardanisman.com

Congress Presentations:

Özkarar-Gradwohl, G. (2018). Kültürlerarası Afektif Sinirbilim, 2. Nörobilim Kongresi, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Özkarar-Gradwohl, G. (2017). Cross-cultural Comparison of Japan, Turkey, Germany on Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales, Big Five Factors and Self Construals. 18th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, London, UK.   
Özkarar-Gradwohl, G. (2017). Cross-cultural Comparison of Japan, Turkey, Germany on Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales, Big Five Factors and Self Construals. Invited Talk at University of Ulm Psychology Department, Ulm, Germany. 
Özkarar-Gradwohl, G. (2016). Nöropsikanaliz ve Kültürlerarası Sinirbilim. Türkiye Psikiyatri Derneği İstanbul Seminerleri, İstanbul, Türkiye. 
Özkarar-Gradwohl, G. (2015). Nöropsikanaliz: Zihin ve Beden Barışabilir mi? 12. Uluslarası Kognitif Sinirbilim Kongresi, Istanbul, Türkiye. 
Özkarar-Gradwohl, F.G. Scherler, H.N., İçöz, F.J. & Köksal, F. (2014). Cross-Cultural Prospects for Personality Researches: The Relation of Interdependent and Independent Self-Construals to ANP Traits and Big Five Personality Traits. 15th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, New York, United States.İçöz, F.J., 
Özkarar-Gradwohl, F.G. Scherler, H.N. & Köksal, F. (2014).Affective Colours of Attachment and Awareness: The Relationship of ANP Subscales with Adult Attachment Styles and Mindful Awareness.15th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, New York, United States.
Özkarar-Gradwohl, F.G. Scherler, H.N., Içöz, F.J., Köksal, F., Çetinkaya, H. & Panksepp, J. (2013).Turkish Standardization of Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale (ANPS): Prospects for Cross-cultural ANPS Comparisons along Collectivism-Individualism Spectrum. Turkish-German Psychiatry Congress, Izmir, Turkey.
Özkarar-Gradwohl, F.G. (2013).Neuropsychoanalysis: The Unity of Mind-Body Poles. 1st Neuropsychophilosophy Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey.
Özkarar-Gradwohl, F.G. (2013). Neuropsychoanalysis: The Wholeness of the Poles of Mindand Body, 49th National Psychiatry Congress, İzmir, Turkey. İçöz, F. J., 
Özkarar-Gradwohl, F.G., Scherler, H.N., & Köksal, F. (2013). Affective Portraits of Attachment Styles: The Relationship Between Affective Neuroscience Personality Subscales and Adult Attachment Styles. 14th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Cape Town, South Africa.
Özkarar, G. (2013). Neuropsychoanalysis: The Wholeness of the Poles of Mind and Body. 18th National Psychology Students Congress, İzmir, Turkey.
Özkarar, G. (2013). Cross-cultural Affective Neuroscience: Turkish Example. 10th International Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.
Özkarar, G. (2013). Neuropsychoanalysis: The Wholeness of the Poles of Mind and Body. 6^thNeuropsychiatry Days, İstanbul, Turkey.
Özkarar, G., Scherler, H.N., Köksal, F., Çetinkaya, H. & İçöz, F.J. (2012). Turkish Standardization of Affective Neuroscience Personality Scale: Comparison of Turkish and American Norms. 17^th National Psychology Congress. Istanbul, Turkey.
Özkarar, F.G., Scherler, H.N., Köksal, F. and Çetinkaya, H. (2011). Basic Affective Systems’ Relation to Spirituality: A comparison of Turkish and American Norms. 12th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Berlin, Germany.
Köksal, F., Scherler, H.N., Oguz, M.E., and Özkarar, G. (2008). Universal Consciousness and Awareness and Their Relation to Psychological Well-being. 16^th National Psychology Congress. Istanbul, Turkey. 
Özkarar G., Bartoli F., Guaschino S., Bembich S., Demarini S., Vecchiet C. and Clarici A. (2008).Antidepressant Effects of Oxytocin: A Meta-analysis. 9^th Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Montreal, Canada. 
Özkarar, G. (2007). The Utilization of the Emotional Stroop Test to Analyze Self-Object Representations in Depression. 8^th Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Vienna, Austria.
Özkarar, G. (2007). Neuro-psychoanalysis: A Call for Peace of Body-Mind Dualism, Turkish Psychological Association Panels, Istanbul, Turkey.Özkarar, G. (2007). The Gestalt Spirit in Neuro-psychoanalysis. Gestalt-Ist Life Activities Seminaries, Istanbul.
Özkarar, G (2006). Neuropsychoanalysis and Schizophrenia. 16^th National Psychology Congress, Ankara, Turkey.
Özkarar, G (2005). Symptoms of Schizophrenia: A Cluster of Signs or A Composition of Schism and Defenses?. 6^th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
Özkarar, G (2004). Ego Fails To Repress: The Role of Left Frontal Lobe Hypoactivation in Associative Memory Impairment in Schizophrenia. 5^th International Neuropsychoanalysis Congress, Rome, Italy.
Müderrisoğlu, S., Fişek, G., Yeniçeri, N., & Özkarar, G. (2004).Qualitative analysis of the impact of the 1999 Marmara earthquake on Istanbul residents. XIV. IFTA World Family Therapy Congress, İstanbul.
Fişek, G., Müderrisoğlu, S., Yeniçeri, N., & Özkarar, G. (2004). Impact of the 1999 Marmara earthquake on Istanbul residents: the effects of vicarious traumatization. XIV. IFTA World Family Therapy Congress, İstanbul.
Fişek, G., Müderrisoğlu, S., Yeniçeri, N., & Özkarar, G. (2003). Informed Ownership, Training, Organization: Ingredients of Effective Public Disaster Preparedness. World Bank Meeting on Disaster Preparedness, İstanbul.
Yeniçeri, N., Müderrisoğlu, S., Fişek, G.O., & Özkarar, G. (2002). Psychological Predictors of Attitudes and Expectations Related to Future Earthquakes. XII. National Psychology Congress, Ankara.
Fişek, G., Yeniçeri, N., Müderrisoğlu, S.& Özkarar, G. (2002).Risk perception and attitudes toward mitigation. IIASA-DPRI Meeting presentation, Laxenburg, Austria.
Turçak, H., İnelmen, K., Özkarar, G., Aydoğdu, M., Komut, T. (2002). A Disaster Resillient İstanbul.Columbia University, New York, USA.
Fişek, G.O., Müderrisoğlu, S., Yeniçeri, N. & Özkarar, G. (2002). Disaster Preparedness: Psychological factors that influence willingness to engage in mitigation activities and responsiveness to education efforts. Paper presented at workshop on “Disaster Management and Emergency Preparedness in the Aegean: A Collaborative Workshop Between Greece and Turkey”, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul.
Fişek, G.O., Müderrisoğlu, S., Yeniçeri, N. & Özkarar, G. (2001). Disaster Preparedness: Psychological factors that influence willingness to engage in mitigation activities and responsiveness to education efforts.Paper presented at workshop on “Urban Risk Management for Natural Disasters”, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul.
Yıldız, G., Aksoy, A., Yılmaz, A., Çelen, Z., Tataroğlu, Ö., Özkarar, G. and Canbeyli, R. (1999). Time-dependent behavioral effect of ketamine administration in Wistar rats. 5^th IBRO (International Brain Research Organization) Congress, Jerusalem, Israel.
Aksoy, A., Canbeyli, R., Schulz, D., Tataroğlu, Ö., Yıldız, G., Özkarar, G., Celen, Z. and Engeler, A. (1999).Seasonal changes in forced swim test performance of female Wistar rats. 6^th European Congress of Psychology, Rome.
Aksoy, A., Canbeyli, R., Schulz, D., Tataroğlu, Ö., Yıldız, G., Özkarar, G., Celen, Z. and Engeler, A. (1999).Effects of monaurally delivered tones on performing the Stroop test. 6^th European Congress of Psychology, Rome. 
Elal, G., Akhondzadeh, M., Altan, A., Arıkan, Ö., Dedeoğlu, C., Dönmez, Ç., Duran C., Mutaf, Y., Özkarar, G., Pehlivanoğlu, P., Şahin, S., Tanyaş, B. (1999). Sexual Abuse and University Students in Turkey. 5^th National Congress of Psychology Students, Mersin.