{"id":2463,"date":"2016-08-03T08:01:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nihankaya.com\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T04:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T04:07:32","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nihankaya.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2460&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author of fourteen books in Turkish, Nihan Kaya organizes various seminars in the fields of literature, art and psychology, and also teaches <em>Psychoanalysis and Literature I <\/em>&#8211; <em>II<\/em> courses at MEF University Psychology Department.<\/p>\n<p>Instagram @<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nihanka7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nihanka7<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/NihanKayaOfficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NihanKayaOfficial<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sevmek Sevilmek Cinsellik,\u00a0 <\/strong><em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, 2026<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beni Zorla Sa\u011fma, B\u0131rak Ben Emzireyim Seni<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, 2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bebekler Okulu<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, 2024<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erteleme: Nedenleri ve \u00c7\u00f6z\u00fcmleri<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, September 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saks\u0131da Ya\u015fayan Kalp<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mor Canavar<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Azman Bebek<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, March 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teneff\u00fcsleri Seven \u00c7ocuk<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, January 2023<\/li>\n<li><strong>Y\u00fczmek, Ya\u015famak ve Olma Arzusu<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2022<\/li>\n<li><strong>K\u0131rm\u0131z\u0131 \u00c7izmeleri Annesi Zanneden Kaz<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, November 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sinderella Elbise Tasar\u0131mc\u0131s\u0131 Oluyor<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, November 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mafin Bug\u00fcn Mutsuz Olmak \u0130stiyor<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asi Koyun Melo<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seni Feda Etmeyece\u011fim<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, April 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prenses A Uyan\u0131yor<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, March 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sahiku \u00c7ocuklarla Arkada\u015f Olmak \u0130stiyor<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, March 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ada Annesiyle Duvarlar\u0131 Boyuyor<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Otob\u00fcs\u00fc Ka\u00e7\u0131ran \u015eof\u00f6r<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, July 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thresholds and Pathways between Jung and Lacan: On the Blazing Sublime<\/strong>, Chapter 15, March 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>B\u00fct\u00fcn \u00c7ocuklar \u0130yidir<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, September 2019<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0130yi Toplum Yoktur<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, March 2019<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0130yi Aile Yoktur<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, September 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>K\u0131rg\u0131nl\u0131k<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, September 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kar ve \u0130nci<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, June 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yazma Cesareti<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, September 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ama Sizden De\u011filim<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, May 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fildi\u015fi Kuyu<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, November 2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dispar\u00f6ni<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, October 2008<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dreaming the Myth Onwards: Revisioning Jungian Therapy and Thought<\/strong>, Chapter 1, January 2008<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bu\u011fu<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, October 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00c7at\u0131 Kat\u0131<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, October 2004<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gizli \u00d6zne<\/strong> <em>(Original Title in Turkish)<\/em>, September 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Papers Presented at International Academic Conferences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cReading the Text and Reading the Patient\u201d, 42. Uluslararas\u0131 Psikoloji ve Sanat Konferans\u0131 (International Conference on Psychology and the Arts), Essex \u00dcniversitesi, \u0130ngiltere, 23-26 Haziran, 2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cReclaiming Childhood: Freedom, Movement, and Emotional Safety in Therapeutic and Educational Spaces\u201d, 26 Kas\u0131m 2025, psikoterapist Kate Beckwith ile birlikte, Essex \u00dcniversitesi, \u0130ngiltere, \u00c7ocukluk \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131 Merkezi (Centre for Childhood Studies), Psikososyal ve Psikanalitik \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmalar B\u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fc (Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies)<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cCulture as the Desire of Nature for Winnicott and Jung\u201d, SIPP-ISSP (International Society of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy) Konferans\u0131, Essex \u00dcniversitesi, \u0130ngiltere, Haziran 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Image Always Thinks&#8221; at the ISPDI conference &#8220;The Soul Always Thinks&#8221; held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, July 31-August 1, 2018<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Art as a Challenge to its Own Object&#8221;, at the joint Jung\/Lacan conference &#8220;The Notion of the Sublime in Creativity and Destruction&#8221; held at Cambridge University, UK, September 12-14, 2014<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Art as a Challenge to its Own Subject&#8221;, at the ISPDI (The International Society for Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority) conference &#8220;The Psychological Difference&#8221; held in Berlin, July 19-21, 2014<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&#8216;You either live or you write&#8217; (Ana Blandiana): Art as Perpendicular to Life&#8221; at the IGRS and University of Oslo joint conference &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/igrs.sas.ac.uk\/index.php?id=319#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crossing Boundaries: The Making and Circulation of Art and Literature<\/a>&#8221; at the joint IGRS and University of Oslo conference<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Life as Energy, and the Power of Psychic Energy&#8221;, at the International Association of Jungian Studies<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungianstudies.org\/#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(IAJS<\/a>) conference &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/socsi\/jungianstudies#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psyche, Power and Society<\/a>&#8221; held at Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom, July 9-12, 2009<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Personal Myth of Proust: A Call towards the Vertical in a Horizontal Life of the Modern Times&#8221;, at the joint conference of the International Association for Analytical Psychology<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaap.org\/#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(IAAP<\/a>) and the International Association for Jungian Studies<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungianstudies.org\/#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(IAJS<\/a>) entitled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solid.ethz.ch\/jung08#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contemporary Symbols of Personal, Cultural, and National Identity: Historical and Psychological Perspectives<\/a>&#8221; held at ETH Zurich, July 3-5, 2008<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Self for Societal Transformation&#8221; at the Jungian Society for Scholarly Studies<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejungiansociety.org\/#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(JSSP<\/a>) conference &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejungiansociety.org\/Jung%20Society\/Conferences\/Conference-2007\/Conference-2007.html#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transformation of Self and Society<\/a>&#8221; held at Boston University, July 6-8, 2007<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Creativity as a Non-Conformist Action&#8221;, at the conference &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jungianstudies.org\/events\/conferences.php#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psyche and Imagination: the Multidisciplinary Academic Conference of Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies<\/a>&#8221; held at the University of Greenwich, London, July 6-9, 2006<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;A Psychoanalytic Approach Towards Mansfield&#8217;s The Doll&#8217;s House&#8221;, at the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clas.ufl.edu\/ipsa\/2006\/index.htm#_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twenty-third International Conference on Literature and Psychoanalysis<\/a>held at the University of Helsinki, Finland, June 28-July 3, 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2460&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][vc_column_text]Biography Author of fourteen books in Turkish, Nihan Kaya organizes various seminars in the fields of literature, art and psychology, and also teaches Psychoanalysis and Literature I &#8211; II courses at MEF University Psychology Department. 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