Deniz Mısra Gürol is a Clinical Psychologist and Doctoral Researcher. She graduated from VKV Koç High School and completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Koç University. During her undergraduate years, she contributed to research in the Child and Family Studies Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ayşe Bilge Selçuk. In this period, she gained clinical experience through internships at various mental health clinics, and after graduation, she worked at Prof. Dr. Yankı Yazgan - Güzel Günler Clinic and contributed to a project with the Sabancı Foundation for a year. Her academic journey includes being a Visiting Researcher at the University of Cambridge under the Junior Researcher Programme, and continuing her work in global projects under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Kai Ruggeri from Columbia University. Her works have been published in journals such as Nature Scientific Reports and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

​

After completing her undergraduate studies, she completed her Master's in Clinical Psychology at Bahçeşehir University with the thesis titled “The Relationship Between Psychological Violence in Romantic Relationshps and Self-Efficacy Through Self-Compassion’’. During this period, she began providing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)-based psychotherapy services to adults at Bahçeşehir University’s Psychological Counseling Unit, and completed internships in Clinical Psychology and Art Therapy at the French Lape Hospital. In addition, she worked as a full-time Research Assistant in the Psychology (English) Department at İstanbul Gelişim University from August 2023 to October 2025. Among her academic contributions, she authored chapters in books such as "The Invisible Face of Intimate Partner Violence: Psychological Abuse" in Gender and Violence and "Abraham Maslow and the Theory of Self-Actualization" in Personality Theories: Historical Developments, Theoretical Foundations, and Clinical Perspectives. Additionally, her co-authored article "The Relationship Between Emotional Eating Disorders and Problematic Internet Use in University Students: The Mediating Role of Mukbang Behavior" was published in the Journal of the Brazilian Medical Association.

​

She has been accepted into the PhD program in Clinical Sciences at Koç University with a full scholarship, where she continues her research on couples and close relationships. In addition to her academic work, she serves as a Graduate Advocate on the Executive Board of the APS (Association for Psychological Science) Student Caucus and served as the President of the Tarabya Rotaract Club for the 2023-2024 term. She is also a member of the Turkish Psychological Association (TPD).

​

Therapy sessions can be conducted in both Turkish and English.