Duru Belsan

Provided direct support to clients with mental health issues, ensured their physical and emotional well-being. Monitor and report changes in clients' conditions, behaviours, and progress to the supervising clinician or care coordinator. Promote client independence and empowerment through skill development and advocacy.

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER - Red Jacket Specialist Care - Salisbury, UK

(2026-02)

• Provided direct support to clients with mental health issues, ensured their physical and emotional well-being.
• Monitor and report changes in clients' conditions, behaviours, and progress to the supervising clinician or care coordinator.
• Promote client independence and empowerment through skill development and advocacy.

INTERN - PRIVATE FRENCH LAPE HOSPITAL - Istanbul, Türkiye

(2024-06 - 2024-07)

• Attended trainings given by the doctors and psychologists at the hospital to gain theoretical knowledge.
• Observed the patients at the service and interacted with them in a sensitive manner to understand the fundamentals of therapeutic relationship.
• Attended in doctor visits, art therapy sessions and electroconvulsive therapy sessions (ECT) of patients.

INTERN - TEMAS PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING AND TRAINING CENTRE - Istanbul, Türkiye

(2023-07 - 2023-08)

• Greeted patients to learn how to communicate with clients and handled their document processes in the boundaries of ethics.

TUTOR - Istanbul, Türkiye

(2023-01 - 2023-03)

• Identified areas for improvement in student and demonstrated an ability to create a systematic study plan to fill these gaps.
• Helped the student with his homework.
• Informed the student's parents regarding his academic improvement.

INTERN - NUH'UN GEMISI KIDS WITH AUTISM FAMILY COUNSELLING CENTRE - Istanbul, Türkiye

(2022-07 - 2022-08)

• Observed the children's behavior and took careful notes to inform their parents further.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse and prepare reports of the daily documents of children to be sent to the ministry.
• Interacted with the children in their spare time.

MASTER'S DEGREE - FOUNDATIONS OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY - University of Southampton (2025-09)

BACHELOR'S DEGREE - PSYCHOLOGY - Ozyegin University (2020-07-26 - 2025-06-28)