TAHA BURAK TOPRAK
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES / Department of Psychology
taha.toprak@ihu.edu.tr
Short Biography
Taha Burak Toprak is a Doctor of Clinical Psychology and a Psychotherapist. He studied Sociology and Psychology at Istanbul University for their undergraduate education and completed the Sociology Master's Program at the same university as a TUBITAK Domestic Master's Scholarship recipient. Subsequently, he completed the Master's Program in Clinical Psychology at Okan University and the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at Hasan Kalyoncu University in 2022.
Between 2010 and 2019, he worked as a clinical psychologist-psychotherapist at the Psychology Unit of the Department of Mental Health and Diseases at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty. From 2018 to 2023, he taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Psychology departments at Hasan Kalyoncu University, Sabahattin Zaim University, and Ibn Haldun University. Currently, he is a faculty member in the Psychology Department at Ibn Haldun University and serves as the Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology. Additionally, he serves as the director of the Islam and Psychology Center located at the Süleymaniye Darüşşifa.
In the field of psychotherapy, he has received training in Psychoanalysis, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Existential Therapy, Family Therapy, and Group Therapy both domestically and internationally. He is certified as a Cognitive Therapist by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT) and is a member of the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT).
Dr. Toprak continues his studies on the philosophical foundations of psychology and psychotherapy, the relationship between the theoretical and practical sources of the Islamic intellectual tradition and modern psychology and psychotherapy, and the original explanatory and intervention models developed within this framework. He conducts research and publishes on topics such as family and couple therapies, OCD, trauma, psychotherapy, ethics, and moral issues. Within the scope of these studies, he continues to serve as the founding president of the Association for Psychology and Psychotherapy Research, which he co-founded with his colleagues in 2020.