Institutions Providing Free Psychological Support for Earthquake Victims

Many lives and property are lost in the destructions left behind by natural disasters. In the earthquake that took place in the past days, this rate increased considerably and the loss of life exceeded tens of thousands. In the earthquake in question, the authorities and volunteers physical safety of earthquake victims first attempted to be achieved. They evacuated some of what they could reach to different cities, and they settled some of them in tent cities.

These persons, whose physical security can be ensured, by psychologically expert teams needs to be supported. There are volunteer teams going to the region for this. For example, volunteers of the Turkish Psychological Association. However, there are also institutions that provide free online or face-to-face psychological support from their provinces. We have listed the ones we can reach for you below.

Institutions that provide free online psychological support to everyone affected by the earthquake:

1. We are with you: Appointment contact information: Appointments can be made on the site.
2. I’m not alone: Appointment contact information: Free help is provided on the site with the code “Yalnizegilsin”.
3. Thetra Psychology: Appointment contact information: 0 533 495 56 65
4. Therapy: Appointment contact information: You can make an appointment on the website.
5. Online Psychologist: Appointment contact information: You can make a call via WhatsApp with the code obtained from the site.
6. Peace Therapist: It provides free therapy support in English, Arabic and Turkish to everyone affected by the earthquake. Appointment contact information: 0 505 854 40 88
7. Psychologbul.io: Anyone affected by the earthquake can choose a city and receive free support from registered psychologists. Appointment contact information: Appointments can be made on the site.
8. Orenda Psychology: Appointment contact information: 0 541 439 33 32
9. Masterson Institute: Appointment contact information: 0 542 504 22 42
10. Kidologist: Appointment contact information: 0 850 840 11 39
11. Corto Psychology: Appointment contact information: 0 212 247 07 70
12. My Psychologist: Appointment contact information: Site appointment

Other institutions and contact information that provide online therapy support only to a certain target audience:

1. Bilgi University PDB / PDM: University students, staff, alumni and their relatives affected by the earthquake (also helping outside the university); supports teams working in the disaster area. Appointment contact information: 0 212 311 76 74 / 0 212 311 76 76 / 0 212 311 76 72 / [email protected] / [email protected]
2. Hand in Hand for Birth Association: It provides therapy support for pregnant and postpartum mothers/families living in the earthquake zone or coming to other provinces from the earthquake zone. Appointment contact information: [email protected]
3. Freud-Lacan Psychoanalytic Society: It provides free therapy support to health studies and volunteer teams working in the disaster area. Appointment contact information: [email protected]
4. Gonullupsikolog.org: Everyone affected by the earthquake, especially those first affected by the earthquake, provides free therapy support. Appointment contact information: Site appointment
5. Psychologist London Therapy Platform: Support is given to earthquake victims and their families. Appointment contact information: (+)44 7761 931518 (WhatsApp)
6. Psychotherapy-IST Training and Counseling: Free psychological support is provided to earthquake victims and their first family members. Appointment contact information: 0 545 977 60 58 (IST) 0 544 448 87 74 (ANT), [email protected]
7. TED University COPES: The university, which was affected by the earthquake, provides free psychological support for students, staff and their relatives (they also help out of school). Appointment contact information: 0 537 953 34 50 / 0 530 257 11 30 / [email protected]
8. Near East University: Free psychological support is provided to all students affected by the earthquake. Appointment contact information: [email protected]

Institutions in Istanbul that provide free psychological support to earthquake victims:

1. Bakırköy Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases Hospital – Disaster Polyclinic

• Target group: Anyone who comes to Istanbul from the disaster area can apply without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: 0212 409 15 15 – 2003/2017/2013/2000 (domestic line)

2. BİLGİ University PDB / PDM

• Target group: University students, staff, alumni and their relatives affected by the earthquake (they also help outside the university); Teams working in the disaster area can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 212 311 76 74 / 0 212 311 76 76 / 0 212 311 76 72/ [email protected] / [email protected]

3. CAPA Mental Health

• Target group: Children and adolescents affected by the earthquake and brought to Istanbul can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 212 414 24 24

4. Erenköy Mental and Neurological Diseases Hospital – Disaster Polyclinic

• Target group: Anyone who comes to Istanbul from the disaster area can apply for support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

5. Goztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital Psychiatry Trauma/Disaster Outpatient Clinic

• Target group: Earthquake survivor adults can apply for support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

6. Hasan Kalyoncu University

• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can apply for support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Polyclinic

7. Korto Psychology

• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 212 247 07 70

8. Academy of Psychology

• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: [email protected]

9. Commentary Psychotherapy

• Target group: The earthquake victims who come to Istanbul and everyone in the earthquake area can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 533 551 76 64

Institutions providing free psychological support for earthquake victims in Ankara:

1. Ankara Child Psychiatry

• Target group: Children and families affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 312 466 38 00 / 0 542 466 38 88

2. Ankara University Department of Mental Health and Diseases

• Target group: All disaster survivors affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 551 976 77 98 / [email protected]

3. Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disaster and Trauma Polyclinic

• Target group: Children and adolescents brought to Ankara can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 312 595 66 30 / 0 312 595 87 28 / 0 312 595 78 38

4. Think Psychology

• Target group: Earthquake victims and their first family members can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 535 109 09 09

5. kidologist

• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 850 840 11 39

6. Papillon Academy

• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 552 316 30 24

7. TED University COPES

• Target group: Applications can be made to receive support from outside the university, especially university students, staff and their relatives who were affected by the earthquake.
• Appointment contact information: 0 537 953 34 50 / 0 530 257 11 30

8. Ufuk University Mental Health Polyclinic

• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can receive support at the disaster polyclinic without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

There are also institutions in other provinces that provide free psychological support for earthquake victims:

1. Akdeniz University Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Trauma Outpatient Clinic

• City: Antalya
• Target group: Children affected by the earthquake can apply for support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

2. Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Medicine Child and Adolescent Mental Health Polyclinic

• City: Bursa
• Target group: Children and young people affected by the earthquake and coming to Bursa can apply without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

3. ChildUs

• City: Izmir
• Target group: Free support is provided in the form of playgroups for earthquake-affected children who come to Izmir.
• Appointment contact information: 0 552 714 90 04 / [email protected]

4. Denizli Municipality

• City: Denizli
• Target group: All earthquake victims and their relatives who came to Denizli from the earthquake area can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 (258) 280 25 34/35/36

5. Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty Hospital Mental Health and Diseases Disaster Outpatient Clinic

• City: Izmir
• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake and working in the field can apply for support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: 0 232 412 41 80

6. Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital Disaster Psychosocial Support Unit

• City: Diyarbakir
• Target group: Earthquake victims can apply without an appointment to receive medical, psychological and social support.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

7. Kocaeli University Disaster Polyclinics

• City: Kocaeli
• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can apply for support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: 0 (262) 303 10 43 / [email protected] / [email protected]

8. Blue Butterflies Special Education

• City: Kayseri
• Target group: Children with special needs and all other earthquake victims affected by the earthquake can apply for support.
• Appointment contact information: 0 553 093 10 89 / 0 507 860 34 90 / 0 352 230 31 32

9. Mersin University Faculty of Medicine Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disaster Polyclinic

• City: Myrtle
• Target group: Children and adolescents affected by the earthquake
• Appointment contact information: 0 324 241 00 00 – 22160(extension number)

10. Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disaster Polyclinic

• City: Konya
• Target group: Children and young people affected by the earthquake can receive support without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Policlinic

11. Psychology Balat

• City: Bursa
• Target group: Those affected by the earthquake can receive support primarily.
• Appointment contact information: 0 546 432 16 16 / [email protected]

12. Sakarya University Hospital

• City: Sakarya
• Target group: Anyone affected by the earthquake can receive support from the central polyclinic without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: Central polyclinic of the hospital

13. Yellow Psychology

• City: Istanbul, Eskisehir, Nevsehir, Cyprus, Kayseri, Usak, Azerbaijan
• Target group: All victims
• Appointment contact information: 0 544 798 20 18, [email protected]

14. Süleyman Demirel University Child and Adolescent Mental Health Disaster Polyclinic

• City: Isparta
• Target group: Children and young people affected by the earthquake can apply without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: 0 246 211 91 72

15. Near East University

• City: Nicosia
• Target group: All students affected by the earthquake (I am not sure if it is only within the university)
• Appointment contact information: [email protected]

16. Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine Psychiatry Polyclinic

• City: Konya
• Target group: Adults affected by the earthquake can apply without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: 0 332 244 40 47

17. Selcuk University Faculty of Medicine Child and Adolescent Mental Health Polyclinic

• City: Konya
• Target group: Children and adolescents affected by the earthquake can apply without an appointment.
• Appointment contact information: 0 332 224 50 82

Note: If there are institutions that are not mentioned in the list, but that you are sure to provide free psychological support, you can share them with us with your comments along with the city, target audience and appointment contact information.