Nesya Küçük, Sainte Pulcherie Fransız Lisesi’ni bitirdikten sonra, 2009 yılında Koç Üniversitesi’nde Psikoloji eğitimine başladı. Koç Üniversitesi’ndeki eğitim sürecinde, Dil ve İletişim Laboratuarı direktörü Prof. Dr. Aylin Küntay’a asistanlık yaptı. Sekiz ay ve üzeri çocukların ebeveynleriyle iletişimini inceleyen çalışmalara katkıda bulundu. Eğitim süresi boyunca edindiği teorik bilgilerini Ekip Norma Razon Çocuk, Gençlik ve Aile Danışmanlığı Merkezi, Süper Çocuk Evi, Yankı Yazgan Güzel Günler Kliniği, Nova Özel Eğitim Merkezi ve Nadis Danışmanlık’da yaptığı stajlarla destekledi.

2013 yılında İngiltere’deki Sussex Üniversitesi’nde Klinik Psikoloji yüksek lisans programını tamamlayarak uzmanlığını aldı. Tezini ebeveynden çocuğa anksiyete geçişine sebep olan mekanizmalar üzerine yazdı. 2014 senesinin yazında Türkiye’ye dönüş yaparak, Günışığı Çocuk Merkezi ekibine katıldı.

Katıldığı Eğitim ve Seminerlerden bazıları:

•  Ankara Gelişimsel Tarama Envanteri (AGTE) (TPD)
•  Bender Gestalt Görsel Motor Algılama Testi (TPD)
•  Peabody Resim Kelime Testi (TPD)
•  Theraplay Oyun Terapisi (Marlo Winstead from Theraplay Institute)
•  Group Theraplay (Marlo Winstead from Theraplay Institute)
•  DIR® Floortime Başlangıç Düzeyi Kursu

Education

•  2013-2014 University of Sussex Department of Psychology, MSc in Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
• 2009-2013 Koç University, College of Social Science & Humanities
• Department of Psychology GPA: 3.77
• 2003-2008 Sainte Pulcherie French School

Experiences

September 2014 – Günışığı Çocuk Merkezi
February – June 2013 Nadis Education and Counseling

•  Observed play therapy sessions
•  Joined in group therapies
•  Made researches
•  Joined in weekly intern trainings July – August 2012 Nova Private Education
•  Joined in sixty lessons performed in order to give special education
•  Observed children with autism, mental retardation, and down syndrome
•  Filled out forms about each lesson’s details June – July 2012 Yankı Yazgan Güzel Günler Health Services
•  Observed the neuropsychological tests such as Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Verbal Memory Test, Visual Memory Test, Finger Tapping Test, Stroop Test, Symbol Digit Coding, Shifting Attention Test and Continuous Performance Test
•  Calculated and analyzed the results of many psychological tests
•  Made clinical observations of children with autism in Marmara University School of Medicine
•  Observed children with autism and obtained opportunity to differentiate the “normal” and “abnormal” August-September 2011 Süper Çocuk Evi
•  Obtained opportunity to compare development of different age groups of pre-school children
•  Engaged in playing with kids in playground
•  Made the kids satisfy their some primary needs (to eat, to sleep, to dress etc.) June – July 2011 Surp Pırgiç Armanian Hospital – Istanbul Institute of Psychiatry
•  Joined in group therapies performed with in-patients each morning and afternoon
•  Observed visits made to patients’ rooms by psychiatrists
•  Participated in several short visits made in policlinic in each day
•  Observed sessions in which personality tests took place
•  Took part in training carried out by psychiatrists at the end of the days May- June 2010 Ekip Norma Razon – Children, Youth and Family Counseling
•  Contacted children in one-to-one basis
•  Observed the skills they are capable of while engaging in playing sessions with them
•  Joined in counseling sessions performed for parents of kids Research Experience

Spring 2014 Assisted to Anxiety Symptoms Prevention Investigation (ASPI) Project – University of Sussex
Spring 2012 Assisted to Prof. Dr. Aylin Küntay, Director of Language and

Communication Lab at Koç University

•  Assisted to many experiments performed with children above 8 Months and their mother
•  Observed development of “normal” children
•  Became competent user of CHAT and CLAN program

Certifications

February 2015 DIR®/ FLOORTİME™ (201) TEMEL DÜZEY, 01.02.2015- 05.04.2015, İstanbul, Çiğdem ERGÜL, M.S
February 2015 CBT – Implementation of cognitive therapy in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders (Başak Demiriz)
September 2014 DIR® Floortime Introductory Course

April 2014 – Level One Theraplay and Marschak Interaction Method
– Group Theraplay
March 2013 Certificate for Children Assessment
Ankara Developmental Screening Inventory (AGTE), Peabody
Picture Vocabulary, Drawing Test, Bender Gestalt Test of Visual Motor Perception, Sentence Completion Test, Emotional and Behavioral Rating Scales

Awards/Scholarship

Spring 2010 Vehbi Koç Scholar
Spring 2010- Fall 2010 Vehbi Koç Scholar
Spring 2011- Fall 2011 Vehbi Koç Scholar

2010 Fall Scholarship for academic achievement (100%)
2011 Spring Scholarship for academic achievement (100%)
2011 Fall Scholarship for academic achievement (100%)

Skills

Language English (Proficient, Fluent) (IELTS: 8) French (Intermediate) Spanish (Beginner)
Computer Competent user of MS Office application; World, Excel, Power Point Competent user of SPSS Competent user of CLAN
Interests Photography, books, tennis