Dr. İpek Güzide Pur is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and supervisor who conducts her clinical work from a psychodynamic orientation. She currently sees clients at her office in Göztepe / Kadıköy, Istanbul.
She graduated from the Department of Psychology at Middle East Technical University (METU) and completed both her master’s and doctoral degrees in the Clinical Psychology Program at METU. She also completed a minor in Sociology at METU.
In the postdoctoral period, she continued her professional development in the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic field through clinical seminars, supervision, and her own psychoanalytic process. In her current practice, she works primarily from a psychodynamic psychotherapy approach.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a depth-oriented form of psychotherapy that approaches psychological difficulties not only through present-day symptoms, but also within the broader context of a person’s life story, early relationships, attachment experiences, recurring relational patterns, and unconscious conflicts.
Anxiety, depression, difficulties in relationships, feelings of worthlessness, a sense of emptiness, or repetitive life patterns may sometimes be understood not merely as “problems to be solved,” but as meaningful traces that offer access to one’s inner world.
Who Might Benefit?
Psychodynamic psychotherapy may be suitable for individuals who:
- are seeking not only quick relief, but a deeper and more lasting inner process
- experience recurring difficulties in relationships
- struggle with anxiety, inner restlessness, or a sense of emotional constriction
- often find themselves caught in similar emotional patterns
- feel burdened by worthlessness, guilt, inadequacy, or emptiness
- experience a loss of meaning or a sense of directionlessness in life
- wish to understand how past experiences may be shaping their present relationships
Areas Commonly Explored in Therapy
Although the focus of psychotherapy differs from person to person, common areas of work may include:
- anxiety and inner unrest
- recurring relational patterns and attachment difficulties
- separation, loss, and grief processes
- self-worth difficulties
- feelings of guilt and shame
- emotional fluctuations
- loneliness, emptiness, and a sense of meaninglessness
- life transitions
- the impact of childhood experiences on adult relationships
- the psychological traces of traumatic experiences
- the need for self-understanding and deeper insight
Psychotherapy is not only a form of support sought in moments of crisis; it can also be a process that creates space for deeper self-understanding and for making sense of recurring patterns in one’s life.
Session Framework
- Sessions are 45 minutes in length.
- Appointments may be scheduled once weekly or, when clinically indicated, twice weekly.
- Sessions are conducted in person.
Contact
Phone: +905437484207
Email: pskdripekpur@gmail.com
Office: Goztepe, Tepegoz Sk. 40/2 Kadıkoy/Istanbul