Bahar S Celen

trained extensively in General Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, covering medical and psychotherapeutic treatment of all psychiatric disorders. She worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as social psychiatric rehabilitation, with patients with Mood Disorders (Depression, Bipolar Affective Disorder), Anxiety Disorders (Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder), Psychosis, Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder, Personality Disorders, Substance abuse and dependency; offering comprehensive treatment encompassing medication, psychotherapy, social and interpersonal approaches and lifestyle remedies.

Her training and work incorporated Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, CBT and Cross Cultural Psychiatry. Her keen interest in the role of dynamic (underlying emotional processes of inner life), interpersonal (relationships with other people), social, cultural and lifestyle related (nutrition, movement, habits, environmental factors) aspects of psychological wellbeing and disease, enabled her to establish a deep, profound and comprehensive psychiatric approach. This profound and holistic approach was further enriched with Dr. Celen’s inherent awareness of and interest towards healing effects of nonconventional complementary modalities, creativity and artistic expression and spirituality. From the beginning of her career on Dr. Celen worked as a holistic psychiatrist; integrating biological and psychotherapeutic therapies with approaches of facilitating interpersonal progress, establishing somatic, psychological and emotional wellbeing, helping develop creativity and self-expression and offering a transpersonal perspective.

As a specialist Dr. Bahar set up the psychiatric clinic in prestigious Bayindir Hospital in Ankara Turkey in 2000, offering state of the art psychiatric service. This clinic flourished covering all areas of psychiatric treatment, from acute interventions after suicide attempts to Couple’s Therapy, from comprehensive treatments of all psychiatric conditions to psychological support of patients with severe and chronic conditions (oncology patients, MS, Auto Immune Diseases, post stroke and post myocardial infarction patients), psychological support of couples undergoing infertility treatments, patients in weight loss programs and therapy of women and couples with sexual dysfunction.

Dr. Bahar moved to Dubai and set up the psychiatric clinic in Belhoul European Hospital in 2003, where she has been working ever since. Here Dr. Bahar created a clinic where she offers a very high quality holistic psychiatric service. Holistic Psychiatry values each individual as a unified whole, consisting of biological, physiological, mental, emotional, interpersonal, social, creative,  spiritual aspects, which simultaneously affect health and well-being. Dr. Bahar’s holistic approach encompasses Functional and Integrative Medicine.

Functional Medicine views the body as one integrated system and focuses on how all biological systems in human body are synergistically involved in the formation of disease and re-establishing of health. It views every human being as genetically and biochemically unique, addresses interactions among biological, environmental and lifestyle factors influencing long-term health and complex especially chronic disease, and is highly personalized in the health care it offers. This approach identifies and addresses the root cause of disease, supporting the natural healing mechanisms of the body, rather than attacking symptoms. Dr. Celen focuses on the entire system of her patients guiding them to re-establish overall health.

Integrative medicine approach restores and maintains health and wellness by understanding the patient’s unique set of circumstances and addressing the full range of physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual and environmental influences that affect health. When focusing on the patient’s immediate health needs, it takes the effects of the long-term and complex interplay between biological, behavioral, psycho-social and environmental influences into account. It addresses the individual’s unique needs and circumstances in a personalized way. It is open to and integrating of all effective natural healing interventions, which facilitate the body’s innate healing response to promote illness prevention as well as living life in a state of vitality and fulfilment. Dr. Celen guides her patients to integrate natural healing remedies to their lives, from health promoting nutrition, to creative self-expression, art and creativity, meditation, yoga, movement practices, connection with nature and living life with meaning and purpose.

As a Holistic Psychiatrist, with Functional and Integrative Medicine approach, Dr. Bahar offers a highly refined medication treatment, supported by  Psychotherapy, focusing on all aspects of her patients’ physical health and wellbeing as well as improving the intrapsychic, interpersonal, transpersonal and lifestyle aspects of their lives.

Dr. Bahar offers treatment in English, German and Turkish.

SERVICES OFFERED

COMPREHENSIVE HOLISTIC PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT

• Medication treatment and Psychotherapy of Mood Disorders such as Depression, Bipolar Affective Disorder, Anxiety Disorders such as Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Schizo-affective Disorder, Psychosis and Schizophrenia and Personality Disorders.
• Medication treatment and Psychotherapy of Women’s Psychological Conditions such as Pregnancy Depression, Postnatal Depression, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Menopausal Syndrome and Female Sexual Dysfunction.
• Functional and integrative psychiatric assessment and psychological support and therapy in chronic illness (i.e. Auto Immune Diseases, MS, Post Stroke and Post Myocardial Infarction States, oncology patients)
• Individual Psychotherapy during life crisis, trauma and grief.
• Couple’s Therapy for relationship problems.
• Family therapy and parenting support