Children in the Shadow of Justice: Trauma, Resilience and Restorative Approaches

ICPA 2025 Presentation by Berna Aygün (PID223)

Author

Berna Aygün

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Assistant Professor, Halic University Medical Faculty, Türkiye

Dr. Berna Aygün is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who completed her residency at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (ÇAPA), with a thesis titled “An Investigation of the Factors Related to Juvenile Delinquency Among Children and Adolescents Exposed to Forced Migration”.

For over a decade, she has been actively involved in various child protection initiatives within civil society organizations. Her experience includes coordinating Relief, PSS (Psychosocial Support), and MHPSS (Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) interventions in disaster-affected regions; training and supervising PSS teams working with children in conflict with the law; contributing to the revision of post-crisis support programs; developing reintegration strategies for children under probation; and leading psychosocial support activities for children in state care as well as those affected by war and displacement.

In addition to her extensive fieldwork focused on childhood trauma, she currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of California and a national private university. She also maintains a clinical practice at a private hospital, working with children and adolescents from a psychodynamic psychotherapy perspective.

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