Mehmet Güney Ziyalan, Psychologist

Mehmet Güney Ziyalan is a psychologist with more than 21 years of experience. He works in the Psychiatry & Psychology unit at Acibadem Kent Hospital (Izmir) in İzmir, Türkiye, having joined Acibadem Health Group in 2020. The areas of expertise listed on this profile are psychological assessment, psychotherapy and psychological counseling.

His training took place at Haliç University. After finishing Izmir Private Tevfik Fikret High School in 2005, he studied at Haliç University Social Sciences from 2005 to 2009 and was at the Haliç University Department of Psychology in 2009 on a scholarship. In 2019 he completed the Applied Psychology Master’s Program at Haliç University Institute of Social Sciences. His early clinical exposure came through internships at the Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital Acliye -Indoor- Service (2005–2006), Yedikule Psychiatric Center (2007–2008) and Haliç Psychology Practices (2010–2011). He then worked at Flora Special Education and Rehabilitation Center from 2009 to 2011, at Balance Medical Center from 2011 to 2012, at the TSK, Guidance and Counseling Center from 2012 to 2013, and again at Balance Medical Center from 2014 to 2019.

Clinical focus

Mehmet Güney Ziyalan’s work centers on three listed areas. Psychological assessment involves structured interviews and, where appropriate, standardized instruments to describe a patient’s current difficulties and functioning; the findings are used to inform the next steps and are interpreted within the wider clinical picture. Psychotherapy is a planned, talking-based form of treatment carried out over a series of sessions, with goals agreed between the psychologist and the patient. Psychological counseling is a more time-limited form of support that focuses on a specific concern, decision or period of stress.

Whether assessment, psychotherapy or counseling is suitable, and which approach is used, depends on the individual situation and is discussed with the patient. Psychological care of this kind is often delivered alongside psychiatric care within the same unit. General information on conditions in which psychological treatment may form part of care, such as depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder, is available on this site; it is not a substitute for an individual evaluation.

How Mehmet Güney Ziyalan works with international patients

Mehmet Güney Ziyalan speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who use other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports, such as previous psychological or psychiatric assessments, discharge summaries, laboratory results and any relevant imaging reports, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current symptoms, a review of earlier evaluations and treatments, a clinical interview and a discussion of the options that may be appropriate. He is also available for video consultation, which allows an international patient to speak with him before deciding whether to travel; any recommendations made at that stage are provisional and may be revised after an in-person assessment.