The Mindful Lab Instructors

She graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance. She completed her PhD with a thesis on mindfulness and self-compassion. She is an MBSR and MBCT trainer. She has participated in many international projects (Erasmus+) and attended many mindfulness-themed trainings and workshops in countries such as England, Wales, Estonia, Spain and Portugal. She is still continuing her academic studies on third generation approaches in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (Mindfulness, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, ACT).

Aysel Karaca received her doctorate degree in psychiatric nursing at Marmara University in 2011. Since 2001, she has been working as a faculty member at Düzce University, Faculty of Health Sciences. She is also the founder of a counseling company within Düzce University Technopark and continues to work as a psychotherapist. She has been implementing stress reduction programs specific to infertile women for about 10 years.

After graduating from METU Psychology Department, she completed her master's degree in “Industrial and Organizational Psychology” at Middle East Technical University. After working as a research assistant at the same university for a while, she worked in different functions of Human Resources and still continues her professional career in an international company. For many years, she has been continuing her journey of self-improvement with trainings such as psychology, development, transactional analysis, leadership, coaching, mindfulness- mindful awareness.  She is a professional coach, provides trainings to students and adults of different age groups and is a certified MBSR Trainer.

After graduating from Ankara University Faculty of Pharmacy, she completed her MBA (Master of Business Administration) in Management Sciences at Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration. She then completed her master's degree in Psychology at Ufuk University. She chose her specialty as “Mindfulness”, which she has been working on personally for many years and deepened with her expertise in psychology. She is an MBSR Trainer and a founding member of MINDED (Mindfulness Trainers Association). He has two published books.

She is a board member of Mindfulness Trainers Association of Turkey (MINDED). She completed her undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics and Master of Business Administration at Winston Salem State University. She continues her undergraduate education in Child Development. Since 2016, she has been taking Mindfulness Based Trainings and trainings. She is a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living, Mindfulness for Children and Adolescents trainer. She has also completed Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), SIY (Search Inside Yourself) trainings and many seminars on mindfulness and compassion.

She graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations. She is actively working as a coach and yin yoga instructor and also conducts MBSR and MBCL programs.

Having specialized in customer management in corporate structures for 20 years of his professional career, Demir enriched his knowledge in the automotive, insurance and advertising sectors. Demir, who is a Mindfulness trainer, works to adapt Mindfulness to the needs of organizations. In this context, he completed Google's internal training Search Inside Yourself (SIY Global) program in 2020.
Eda is an ICF Accredited coach and holds accredited documents and certificates in many different fields.

After completing her undergraduate education as a Designer at Izmir D.E.Ü. Faculty of Fine Arts, she completed the Child Development Associate Degree program. She is an MBSR Trainer, Mindful Yoga Instructor and Functional Medicine Health Coach. She organizes mindfulness and breathing workshops. In her individual and group work, she guides the participant to bring and maintain their physical health to the optimum level with functional medicine approach and mindfulness practices.

Resigning from 15 years of corporate business life, she took a step towards self-discovery. During the process, she completed Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program Trainer, Mindfulness Trainer for Children and Adolescents. In addition to these, she is an Expert Yoga Instructor and International Certified (ICF) Life and Education Coach.

In 2018, after attending the MBSR program at the Mindfulness Institute, she completed the MBSR Trainer Training organized by MI in 2019 in order to share the values that mindfulness has added to her life with her surroundings and to deepen even more. Afterwards, she completed Advayta Yoga Specialization Program, Mindful Leader Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator Program and Breathing Mind Mind Mindfulness Coaching Program. Handan, who continues to work as a manager in the corporate world, also continues to work as a Mindfulness Coach, Trainer and finally Mindful Lab Practitioner.

She is authorized to deliver Oxford University's international programs MBCT-L (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - Mindfulness for Life), Introducing Mindfulness (IM) and Finding Peace in a Frantic World (M-FP). She completed the Mindfulness: Teaching in the Workplace Program at the Oxford Mindfulness Foundation. Dharma student. She reads, practices, experiences, attends retreats, learns and teaches from a mindfulness and compassion base.

After completing her BA in Psychology at Izmir University of Economics, she completed her MA in Behavioral Sciences and Clinical Psychology. She conducts face-to-face/online sessions with adults and adolescents. She completed MBSR trainer training at Mindfulness Institute. She organizes various workshops on mindfulness and art therapy.

After graduating with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, she has been working in the field of adolescent and adult individual psychotherapy for more than 10 years. She teaches Supervision courses focused on Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies at Acıbadem University Clinical Psychology Master's Program. In 2020, she received her MBSR Trainer Certification and has been organizing Mindfulness workshops and MBSR groups.

After graduating from Istanbul University, Department of Psychology in 1993, I completed my master's degree courses at Istanbul University, Department of Organizational Behavior. Between 1995 and 2022, I worked as a senior manager and board consultant in Human Resources in leading national/international companies in their sectors. I completed Cognitive Behavioral Coaching, Co-Active Coaching, MBSR and Individual Mindfulness trainer training and I am the Vice Chairman of the Minded Association. After CETAD Sexual Counseling training, I am still continuing Murat Dokur Family and Couple Therapy training.

After graduating from Yaşar University Psychology Department in 2019, she completed her master's degree with Ege University Family Counseling program. She is the trainer of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindful Yoga programs. Between 2021-2023, she worked as the Education Coordinator at Mindfulness Institute.

After graduating from Marmara University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, she completed her master's degree in International Relations at the University of Warwick. She worked as a manager in different positions in the finance sector for many years and in 2016, she left corporate life and started a new journey as a Mindfulness trainer. In this journey, she has received different trainings on psychology, coaching and mindfulness. She is a student of Dharma. Since 2019, she has been a Jungian coach and since 2020 she has been an MBSR trainer. She continues to provide coaching and counseling services to individuals and group trainings to groups and corporate companies.

She graduated from Galatasaray High School, Boğaziçi University, Department of International Relations and ITU Music Advanced Research Center/Sound Engineering and Sound Design Department. She completed MBSR instructor training at Mindfulness Institute. She completed the “Music Therapy” program at Bahçeşehir University and continued an advanced training on Sound Meditation/Sound Healing. She works with both children and adults on personal well-being and with corporate companies on business-oriented Mindfulness and Sound Baths for employees.

She graduated from Istanbul University Business Management MBA Master's Degree and Atatürk University Child Development Associate Degree programs. She is a MEB approved Creative Drama Trainer. She teaches as a lecturer at Okan University. She completed Mindfulness Institute MBSR Trainer training. She is a Breathing Mind, ICF Mindfulness Coach. She works on emotional intelligence, social emotional learning, mindfulness and self-compassion. She has two published book chapters. She is the founder of Çekirdek Academy, which focuses on compassion and provides volunteer trainings.

She is a Board Member of Mindfulness Trainers Association of Turkey (MINDED).  She provides consultancy and trainings for teams, leaders, public institutions and universities. Since 2016, she has been organizing individual and group trainings with children, youth and adults. She is an MBSR, MBCL, Mindful Yoga and Mindfulness for Children and Adolescents (Eline Snel Method) Trainer. She has also completed Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), SIY (Search Inside Yourself), Mindful Eating and various Mindfulness Based workshops at Mindfulness Institute.

Graduated from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, specialized in Bakırköy Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases Hospital, Turkish Psychiatric Association certified cognitive behavioral therapist and EMDR practitioner. MBSR trainer.

She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Uludağ University Psychology Department and graduated from Istanbul Commerce University Applied Psychology Master's Program. Afterwards, she completed her specialization training at Nişantaşı University Clinical Psychology Program. Mindfulness is a subject that she both practices in her own life and works professionally. She is an international trainer of MBSR and MBCT programs. She has podcasts on mindfulness. 

After completing her bachelor's degree in preschool teaching, she completed her master's degree with thesis in Psychology. She is a psychology undergraduate student and MBSR trainer. She combines her training from many schools of therapy with mindfulness and works with individuals, couples, children and adolescents. 

Perihan, who is trained in psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy, conducts individual studies on the effect of mindfulness approach on therapy in areas such as chronic stress, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder.

I graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Business Administration in English. After working as a banker for 9 years, I became a mother.
During my pregnancy coinciding with the pandemic, I met Mindfulness while trying to catch my inner balance. My goal on this path is to distill all the bitter-sweet experiences in my life and present the essence of the Mindfulness principle to the participants. I am interested in psychology and philosophy. I love doing yoga, traveling and taking photos.

She completed her bachelor's degree in psychology with honors at Özyeğin University and continues her master's degree in Clinical Psychology at Medipol University. During her undergraduate education, she did many volunteer internships and during her graduate education, she received training in various therapy schools such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy. Kadayıfci continues her research on topics such as Mindfulness, Self-compassion, Resilience, Romantic Relationships, and is actively involved in Resilience Lab research and is an MBSR trainer.

He graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Department of International Relations. He worked for 10 years as a manager in a corporate company. In 2021, after attending the MBSR Training, she decided to become a Mindfulness Trainer and ended her corporate life. Currently, she continues her career as a Mindfulness Trainer with the motivation of touching people's lives and learning. She is also a member of MINDED (Mindfulness trainers association).

After completing her undergraduate education in the Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling at Ankara University, she completed her master's and doctoral education in the field of Measurement and Evaluation at the same university. Since 2020, she has completed MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program), MBCT (Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy), MBCL (Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living) and SIY (Search Inside Yourself) programs.  She has also completed Mindfulness trainer trainings for children and adolescents. For more than 20 years, she has been working with children and adolescents and has been giving MBSR trainings to university students and children of different ages. She is a certified MBSR trainer and continues her career as Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Trabzon University, Faculty of Educational Sciences.