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“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul.”

C.G. Jung

She believes that humans can mature and exist within the relationship they establish with humans and nature.

On the other hand, she tries to understand human behavior with the rich repertoire of training she received in the fields of Neuroscience, Neuropsychology and Psychoanalysis.

She started her journey in the field of Neuroscience and continued with the Cognitive Neuroscience field at the University of Trento and the Advanced Neurological Sciences, Neuroscience doctoral program at Istanbul University.

During this period, she gave lectures in Turkish and English in the Psychology and Neuroscience departments of universities and conducted research as a module writer and trainer in projects supported by TUBITAK and the Ministry of Youth and Sports for children and adolescents.

She continues her academic journey as a researcher at the Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Maribor. Se continues with the Infant2adut project, which examines "the intrinsic functional connectivity of structural and functional changes in the brain's regulatory systems and specific networks (Default Mode Network and Salient Network) from early childhood (newborn, infantile) to adulthood."

Her areas of interest include Neuropsychoanalysis, Cultural Neuroscience, Social and Affective Neuroscience, Cinema, Visual Arts, Jazz & Cultural Music, and Gardening, where she is intertwined with nature.

Clinical training

Psychoanalytic Clinical Practice, Individual Supervision - Continued
Dr. Gülgün Alptekin, Education Analyst, IPA,
Istanbul Psychoanalysis Education, Research and Development Association.

Dynamic, Transference-Oriented Clinical Practice, Group Supervision - Continued
Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin, Istanbul University

Neuropsychoanalytic Clinical Practice, Case Seminars - Continued
Dr. Mark Solms, Neuropsychoanalysis Society NPSA

Work experience

  • Researcher

    Social and Afective Neuroscience, University of Maribor / Slovenia

  • Lecturer

    Marmara University (Şehir University) Psychology / Istanbul

  • Lecturer

    Üsküdar University Psychology / Neuroscience / Istanbul

  • Researcher

    CIMEC (Center for Mind and Brain Sciences) / Italy

  • Psychotherapist

    Terra-pia Counseling Center/ Istanbul

  • Psychologist

    Sixth Sense Youth Special Education and Rehabilitation Center / Istanbul

  • Intern

    Bakırköy Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research. Hospital/ Istanbul

  • Intern

    Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan Training and Research Hospital/ Istanbul

Membership

Neuropsychoanalysis Society (NPSA)

Turkish Neuropsychology Association

Turkish Psychologists Association

British Psychological Society (BPS) (2010-2013)

Certificates & Seminars

Introduction to Psychoanalysis Seminars, Istanbul Psychoanalysis Education Research and Development Association

Personality, Personality Disorders, Dynamic and Transference Focused Psychotherapy Training I, Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin

Personality, Personality Disorders, Dynamic and Transference Focused Psychotherapy Training II, Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin

Dream Interpretation Training (Freudian and Object Relations), Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin

Dynamically Oriented Sexual Therapy, Prof. Dr. Doğan Şahin

Sexuality, Sexual Dysfunctions and Psychoanalytic Sexual Therapies Training, Sexual Education Treatment and Research Association (CETAD)

MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory), Assoc. Prof. Nihan Tezer Yörük, Turkish Psychological Association

Rorschach and Projective Tests - continued; Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan Training and Research Hospital Psychiatry Polyclinic

EMDR for Posttraumatic Stress Disorders, Roy Kiessling Lisw, University of Kentucky

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Prof.Dr. Hakan Türkçapar

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Personality Disorders, Beck Institute, Judith Beck

Integrating Mindfulness into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Beck Institute, Judith Beck

Behavioral Activation in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dr. David Ekers; University of Leeds

Foundations of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Beck Institute, Judith Beck

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression; Beck Institute, Judith Beck

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders; Beck Institute, Judith Beck

Neuropsychological Assessment (NPT); Prof. Dr. Öget Öktem, Dr. Şükriye Tutkun, Dr. Çiğdem Yıldırım

She has participated in seminars in the field of Neuroscience, Neuropsychoanalysis and Psychoanalysis organized by many reputable societies in Turkey and abroad for many years and still continues this desire with readings in the company of esteemed analysts.

Publication

Book - Chapter:

Neurophotonics and Brain Mapping, EEG Biomarkers in Depression. Tarhan Nevzat, Keskin Krzan Fatma Zehra, Çebi Merve,Ekmen Şehadet,Ergüzel Türker,Özekes Serhat,Ünsalver Baris and Taş Cumhur. Edited By Yu Chen, Babak Kateb. Taylor & Francis Group, Press 2016, pp, 513– 524.

Articles:

Metin, B., Tas, C., Keskin Krzan, F., Ozcimen, B., Tarhan, N. The relationship between social and monetary rewards and ADHD symptoms (EEG). Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2018 Oct; 18 (5): 857-868.   Sutcubaşı, B., Metin, B., Keskin Krzan, F., Tas, C.

The N170 Response to Face and Face-Like Objects: Associations with Social Behavior and Social Cognition (EEG), June 2018, Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience 18(3).  Brown, EC., Keskin Krzan, F., Eskikurt G., Tas, C.

Social reward in action: Reward magnitude and valence  effects on the EEG mu rhythm. The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences, JNBS. 2018, 5(3), p: 140-149. 

Taş, C. & Keskin Krzan F. Use of Electroencephalography in Psychiatry. Current Approaches in Psychiatry. Current Approaches in Psychiatry. 2015, pISSN: 1309-0658 

Keskin Krzan, F. Attentional guidance by the contents of the working memory and the N2PC component (EEG/ERP), The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences, JNBS. 2015; 2 (1): 21-28.

Keskin Krzan, F. Is detecting early onset of Alzheimer's disease is gaining a “new identity”? Olfactory dysfunction as an ERP Biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. The Journal of Neurobehavioral Sciences,  JNBS. 2014, 2 (1): 8-12.

Keskin Krzan F., Cebi, M., Baker, N., Turan, SB., Kabasakal, H., Metin, B., Barsade, S., Lonely and  Invisible: Behavioral Judgments About and Neural Responses (fMRI) to Lonely Employees. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. (In press)

Working areas

Face-to-face and online individual psychotherapy with adolescents and adults in Turkish and English, as well as on-demand assessment interviews with children, families and couples.

  • Personality Disorders
  • Functional Neurologic Disorder

  • Mood Disorders
  • Somatoform Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity
  • Acute and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Depression
  • Grief
  • Anger Management
  • Phobias
  • Panic Attack