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15/09/2025

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) has become a widely popular trauma intervention. But as psychoanalysts, we must ask:
Is symptom relief always healing?

What happens when trauma is “processed” without being symbolically worked through?

A recent case series (Kapusta et al., 2024) explores EMDR-induced psychotic episodes in PTSD patients, revealing how rapid trauma exposure without sufficient containment may trigger severe dissociative or psychotic reactions in vulnerable individuals.

While EMDR may offer relief for some, we must remain cautious of quick fixes that bypass the psychic work of mourning, meaning-making, and symbolization.

Healing is not about deleting pain,
it’s about giving it meaning.

Reference:
Kapusta, N. D., Roessler, K., Beran, H., et al. (2024). EMDR-associated psychotic episodes in patients with PTSD: A case series. Psychiatry Research Case Reports. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyrcr.2024.100220

19/07/2025

I spoke about something deeply close to my heart: how social media is quietly rewriting the emotional map of childhood.

Bit by bit, the milestones of connection, speech, and symbolic thinking are being replaced by the flicker of a screen. My talk at the World Psychotherapy Congress sparked a deeply thoughtful conversation and I’m truly grateful for the questions and discussion that followed.

I know this subject is unsettling. But if we don’t face it, we risk losing the very essence of what childhood is meant to be.

Thank you for listening 🕊️

12/06/2025

Not lazy.
Not broken.
Just protecting something tender inside.

In psychoanalysis, procrastination isn’t a weakness to fix, it’s a doorway to explore.

What feels threatening?
What might happen if you succeed?
What part of you is afraid of being seen?

10/06/2025

“Ölümden korkarız”, deriz.
Ama çoğu zaman, içten içe korktuğumuz şey:
Yaşanmamış bir hayattır.

Dile getirilememiş arzular…
Ertelenmiş hayaller…
Hep “güvende” kalmak uğruna susturulmuş bir benlik…

Psikanaliz bize sadece çocukluk travmalarını değil,
yaşamı erteleme biçimimizi de gösterir.

Gerçek yaşam, daha çok şey yapmak değil,
hissetmeyi göze almak demektir.

05/06/2025

We speak of fear of death.
But for many of us, what we fear more is the unlived life.

The quiet longing, the untaken risks, the truths we never voiced.

Psychoanalysis is not just about healing wounds.
it’s about remembering our desire.

Living fully is not about doing everything.
It’s about feeling deeply.
And saying yes, while we’re still here.

01/06/2025

ENG:
We often think social pressure comes from outside.
But the deepest pressure is the one that settles within.
A quiet voice that says:
“You should be more.”
“You’re falling behind.”
“You don’t deserve to rest.”

But whose voice is it, really?

Sometimes healing begins not with doing more, but by asking:

“Is this truly my desire or someone else’s idea of who I should be?”

TR:
Toplum baskısının dışarıdan geldiğini sanırız.
Ama en derin baskı, içimize yerleşen sessiz komutlardır.

Şöyle der:

“Daha fazlası olmalısın.”
“Geri kalıyorsun.”
“Dinlenmeyi hak etmiyorsun.”

Ama bu ses gerçekten kimin sesi?

Bazen iyileşme süreci, daha fazlasını yaparak değil;
şunu sorarak başlar:
“Bu gerçekten benim isteğim mi, yoksa başkasının beni olmamı istediği kişi mi?”

26/05/2025

— Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1916)

This means:

Desire will express itself,
even if we try to repress, deny, or control it.

25/05/2025

Sometimes, constant busyness isn’t ambition, it’s avoidance.
Many people feel restless when nothing is scheduled.
This discomfort may be a signal: a hidden fear of facing difficult emotions.
Busyness can protect a fragile sense of self-worth, or maintain the illusion of control.

But real healing begins the moment we allow ourselves to pause.
And listen to what surfaces in the silence.

Maybe today is a good day to pause.🌱

20/05/2025

“Character is frozen history.”
— Wilhelm Reich

In psychoanalysis, habits are not just behaviors.
They are strategies, shaped by early relationships, to manage emotional pain, fear, or unmet needs.

Some people smile too quickly.
Some never ask for help.
Some keep everything under control.

Reich called this character armor: subtle muscular and behavioral patterns that defend against feeling too much, or too deeply.

In therapy, we don’t just ask what are you doing?
We ask: what does this habit protect you from?

19/05/2025

In psychoanalytic child therapy, we often find that one child in a family unconsciously takes on the emotional conflicts of the entire system.

They carry the unsaid grief, the unresolved trauma, the hidden shame.
Not because they choose to, but because children are attuned to what adults try to hide.

These children are not “difficult.” They are often the most connected to the emotional truth of the environment.

In therapy, we don’t try to “fix” them. We listen to what they carry.

18/05/2025

Thrilled to share that I will be speaking at the World Psychotherapy Congress 2025 in Vienna this July.
My lecture, “Bit by Bit: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry into the Erosion of Youth Potential in the Age of Social Media,” will explore how digital platforms subtly reorganize our psychic structures and what that means for identity, development, and real-world connection.
As a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist working at the intersection of migration, psychosomatics, and the digital psyche, this topic feels more urgent than ever.
Looking forward to sharing this space with colleagues from around the world.

Date: July 19, 2025
Time: 17:30–18:00
Location: Lecture Hall D, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna

26/11/2024

Done and dusted.
Fachspezifikum passed! 🙏🏻🥹

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