Speakers - PAWC2025

Biography

Ayça Gürsoy completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Bilkent University. During this time, she interned at the French Lape Psychiatric Hospital, gaining early clinical experience. She went on to earn her master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Middle East Technical University (METU), where she worked as a supervised psychologist at the Ayna Clinical Psychology Support Unit. Her master’s thesis focused on the psychoanalytic interpretation of marijuana addiction in young adults. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at METU, while working as supervisor. Her clinical practice and academic research are grounded in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory.