Burcu Özçelik
Psychology Adaptation Lead
Biography
Burcu Özçelik is a psychological counselor, family counselor, and expert in the thesis stage of a master's degree in clinical psychology. She is responsible for the adaptation of artificial intelligence systems for psychologists, creation of training content, and management of psychological modeling processes.
By building the bridge between psychology and technology, she ensures that digital systems operate with principles of therapeutic accuracy, emotional awareness, and clinical validity. She possesses extensive theoretical and practical experience in psychological counseling, family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and EMDR techniques.
In AI projects, she coordinates the ethical processing of psychological data and training of algorithms to support therapeutic processes. This role has strategic importance not only for technical compliance but also for human-centered AI production.
She began her career as a psychological counselor within the Ministry of National Education and conducted psychosocial support work at student, family, and institutional levels for over 9 years. During this process, she demonstrated outstanding service success and now uses her field experience to develop the human-touching aspects of technological systems.
Key Responsibilities
Adapting AI systems for psychologist use and workflow
Creating training content for psychology professionals
Managing psychological modeling and data processes
Coordinating ethical data processing in AI systems
Ensuring algorithms support therapeutic processes
Building bridge between psychology and technology
Maintaining therapeutic accuracy and emotional awareness
Overseeing clinical validity in digital systems
Establishing language and methodology unity between AI and psychology teams
Areas of Expertise
Clinical Psychology
Psychological counseling, family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, CBT, EMDR techniques
AI Psychology Integration
Psychological data processing, algorithm therapeutic alignment, AI system adaptation for therapists
Training & Education
Psychologist training programs, AI tool education, therapeutic process integration
Ethical Oversight
Data ethics, client privacy, psychological safety, therapeutic validity standards
Professional Experience
Psychology Adaptation Lead
HSD Core Labs
Present • Turkey
Responsible for adapting AI systems for psychologists, creating training content, and managing psychological modeling processes. Coordinates ethical data processing and ensures algorithms are trained to support therapeutic processes.
Psychological Counselor
Ministry of National Education
9+ Years • Turkey
Conducted psychosocial support work at student, family, and institutional levels. Demonstrated outstanding service success and now uses field experience to develop human-centered aspects of technological systems.
Education
Master of Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Istanbul Aydın University
Thesis Stage – 2025
Advanced clinical methods, therapeutic approaches, psychological assessment
Bachelor's Degree
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
Giresun University
2010 – 2014
Psychological counseling, developmental psychology, therapeutic techniques
Certifications & Specializations
Therapeutic Certifications
In addition to this academic foundation, she holds dozens of national and international therapy and test administration certifications.
AI & Psychology Integration
In developing AI-based psychological systems, she prioritizes the preservation of the human factor. In system training, she ensures that psychologists use AI not merely as a tool, but as a collaborator supporting therapeutic processes.
She contributes to the preparation of the institution's internal guidelines on ethical use of data, psychological safety, and protection of client privacy. By her job definition, she establishes language and methodology unity between the company's AI team and psychology team.
To ensure that AI represents human behavior correctly in its learning process, she oversees both training data and the psychological appropriateness of model outputs. This position is the guarantee of a structure that enables technology to understand the human soul without harming it.
Under her guidance, artificial intelligence is becoming not just a system that analyzes, but one that understands and can establish empathy.
Vision
Burcu Özçelik's vision is to create AI systems that truly understand human psychology—systems that don't just process data, but comprehend emotion, context, and therapeutic needs. She believes technology should enhance, not replace, the human connection at the heart of psychological practice.
Her work ensures that as we advance technologically, we never lose sight of the human element that makes psychology meaningful. The future of mental health technology lies in systems that can think like engineers but feel like therapists.
Get in Touch
For psychological consultation, AI integration, or training program inquiries