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IMPORTANT DATES
October 15 2026
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October 20 2026
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Time Hall A Hall B
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 10:30 The Story of Sexual Therapies in Türkiye and of CETAD: Why Should CETAD Be Trusted? Chair: Arşaluys KAYIR Speaker: Cem İNCESU
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel Session – 1 I Came Alone: Presentation and Treatment Without a Partner in Sexual Dysfunctions Chair: Aytül TÜKEL
  1. If It Is the Couple's Problem, How Should We Make Sense of an Individual Presentation?Ceyda GÜVENÇ
  2. Is There a Partner? Where? The Limits of Involving the Partner in Sexual DysfunctionsDidem SÜCÜLLÜOĞLU DİKİCİ
  3. They Came Alone: Through Cases, With Whom, With What and How Shall We Work?Onur DURMAZ
 Panel Session – 2 I (Don't) Trust You: Trust, Privacy and Boundaries in Sexuality Chair: Nasibe ÜNSALAN
  1. Healthy and Safe Sexuality from a Gynaecological PerspectiveÖzge YILMAZ
  2. Boundaries in Relationships: Fidelity and TrustNaz Berfu AKBAŞ
  3. From Fantasy to Reality: Diverse Sexual Interests and Sexual TrustRümeysa TAŞDELEN
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:00 Panel Session – 3 Vaginismus in the Shadow of Traumatic Experiences; with Case Examples Chairs: Burhanettin KAYA, Ufuk SEZGİN
  1. Vaginismus in the Postpartum PeriodAyşe ERGÜNER ARAL
  2. The Construction of Mistrust: The Concept of Virginity, Culture and Vaginismusİlknur KİRAZ AVCI
  3. Vaginismus as a Problem of Trust in the Partner and in Sexuality; After Birth TraumaŞermin KARAMAN
  4. Unspoken Marital Rape in VaginismusEjder Akgün YILDIRIM
 Panel Session – 4 Sexuality and Medication: Is There a Safe Space? Chair: Gülcan GÜLEÇ
  1. Sexual Function in Antidepressant Treatment: From Drug Selection to Side-Effect ManagementAhmet ÖZERCAN
  2. Sexual Function in Antipsychotic Treatment: The Side Effects We Do Not Ask AboutMemduha AYDIN
  3. Pharmacological Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions: Current ApproachesZeynep Nur DEMİROK AKÇA
15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 16:45 Panel Session – 5 Trust Requires Boundaries: Intimacy and the Professional Frame in Sexual Therapy Chair: Münevver HACIOĞLU YILDIRIM
  1. Within the Therapeutic Frame: Being Close, Keeping the BoundaryTaner YILMAZ
  2. Within the Digital Frame: Being Distant, Keeping the BondHakan KARAŞ
  3. Within the Forensic Frame: Assessing, Keeping ImpartialityUfuk SEZGİN
 Experience Sharing 1 One Topic, Two Perspectives: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Male Sexual Dysfunctions in the Framework of Trust in Oneself, in the Partner and in the Physician Chair: Rümeysa TAŞDELEN Speakers: Aytül TÜKEL, Enis Rauf COŞKUNER
16:45 - 17:15 Coffee Break
17:15 - 17:45 Opening Ceremony
17:45 - 18:45 Opening Conference
18:45 - 19:30 Diploma Ceremony
(CETAD Sexual Therapies and Trauma Therapies)
Time Hall A Hall B Hall C
08:15 - 09:00 Rational Drug Use Meliha ÖZTÜRK
09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session – 6 Sexuality and Trust in the Digital Age: Intimacy, Boundaries and the Future Chairs: Ufuk AKDAĞ, Memduha AYDIN
  1. Adolescence in the Digital Age: Whom, What and How Much Should We Trust?Emir ERÜNSAL
  2. Digital Safety in Romantic Relationships. Where Does Intimacy Begin? Where Does Control End?Zeynep TEKKUŞ SET
  3. AI Partners, Avatars and the Future of SexualityAlişan Burak YAŞAR
  4. Privacy and Trust in the Metaverse: What Awaits Us in the Virtual World?Mehmet ACAR
 Supervision Session Desire Disorders in Men Through Cases Working Group Trust and Sexuality in Relationships Arşaluys KAYIR
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel Session – 7 Forensic Session – Ethical Boundaries in Paraphilia: From Professional Confidentiality to the Duty to Report Chair: Ejder Akgün YILDIRIM
  1. From Fantasy to Reality: Paraphilias and Sexual AggressionZafer SUBAŞI
  2. Sexual Offences at the Boundaries of Law and EthicsGürkan SERT
  3. The Forensic Psychiatric Approach to Sexual OffencesFatih ÖNCÜ
 Panel Session – 8 Sexual Development and Trust from Childhood to Adolescence Chair: Nur ENGİNDENİZ
  1. Childhood Experiences, Developmental Period and TrustE. Başak USTA
  2. Why Trust Matters in Child Sexual DevelopmentBanu ASLANTAŞ ERTEKİN
  3. Sexual Problems in Trauma Survivors with Difficult Cases / Childhood Sexual TraumaAyten ZARA
12:30 - 13:30 Satellite Symposium Sexual Health During and After Depression Treatment: The Role of Vortioxetine in Functional Remission Prof. Dr. M. Çağdaş EKER
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:30 Dual Conference Trust and Sexual Life Chairs: Ertan YURDAKOŞ, Taner YILMAZ
  1. Trust and Its Importance in the Life of a Living Being; From the Safe Space to the Safe Otherİlker KÜÇÜKPARLAK
  2. The Variable of Trust in the Relational World and in SexualityEvrim Ebru ÖZTEKİN
 Course Basic Principles of Approach in Sexual Counselling Görkem KARAKAŞ UĞURLU
15:30 - 15:45 Break
15:45 - 17:15 Panel Session – 9 Sexual Problems in Trauma Survivors with Difficult Cases Chair: Ayten ZARA
  1. Before the Trauma: The Antecedents of an Unsafe EnvironmentOlga Selin HÜNLER ÇİDAM
  2. What Does Trauma Do to Trust, and How?Münevver HACIOĞLU YILDIRIM
  3. Sexual Problems in Trauma Survivors with Difficult CasesGülin ÖZDAMAR ÜNAL
 Experience Sharing 2 Trusting Your Peer and Your Supervisor: The Formation of the CETAD Intervision Group and Experience Sharing
  • Selcen DOĞRU
  • Buse GÜZELCE
  • Seçil SOYLU ERASLAN
  • Didem SÜCÜLLÜOĞLU DİKİCİ
  • Nur ENGİNDENİZ
17:15 - 17:45 Coffee Break
17:45 - 19:15 Panel Session – 10 Desire, Relationships and Trust in Sexuality Chair: Özay ÖZDEMİR
  1. New Forms of Fidelity: Boundaries and TrustMuhammet AKBOLAT
  2. Who Controls Desire: Hypersexuality and TrustAli Gökhan EŞİM
  3. Consent, Boundaries and Trust in BDSMÖzge ŞAHMELİKOĞLU ONUR
 Supervision Session Orgasmic Disorders in Women Through Cases
Time Hall A Hall B Hall C
09:00 - 10:30 Supervision Session (3) Organicity and Sexual Dysfunctions Through Cases Oral Abstract Session – 1
  1. SS001
  2. SS002
  3. SS003
  4. SS004
  5. SS005
 Oral Abstract Session – 2
  1. SS006
  2. SS007
  3. SS008
  4. SS009
  5. SS010
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Panel Session – 11 Sexuality Education in Türkiye Chairs: Berfü AKBAŞ, Melike KARA
  1. Sexuality Education in the FamilyŞenay YILDIRIM
  2. Sexuality Education in SchoolsEfsun SERTOĞLU
  3. Sexuality Education in Medical FacultiesŞiirnaz KÜKÜRT
  4. Nursing and Sexuality EducationGül DİKEÇ
 Panel Session – 12 To Be Seen, Touched, Desired: Sexuality, Pleasure and Intimacy in Every Body Chairs: Sinay ÖNEN, Gülin ÖZDAMAR ÜNAL
  1. The Body in the Mirror: Sexuality in the Body Changed by CancerGörkem KARAKAŞ UĞURLU
  2. Beyond Body Measurements: Pleasure, Sexual Confidence and IntimacyGumru SHARIFOVA
  3. Growing Close with Trust: Trust in the Ageing Body and in the PartnerSera YİĞİTER
12:30 - 13:15 Lunch Break
13:15 - 14:15 Open Microphone From Clinical Experience to Knowledge / The Culture of Sexuality in Türkiye: Cultural Norms and Challenges Encountered in Therapy Chairs: Didem SÜCÜLLÜOĞLU DİKİCİ, Ceyda GÜVENÇ, Ahmet ÖZERCAN
14:15 - 14:30 Break
14:30 - 16:00 Panel Session – 13 Birth and Trust: To Whom Do Decision and Responsibility Belong? Chair: Özge YILMAZ
  1. The Search for Trust and the Medicalisation of BirthGülnihal BÜLBÜL
  2. Midwifery, Birth and Women's Health from a Feminist Historical PerspectiveGülhan BALSOY
  3. Who Is the Subject of Birth? The Woman's Decision, Bodily Autonomy and the Psychiatric PerspectiveUtku BIYIK
 Panel Session – 14 Grey Areas in Sexuality: Trust, Uncertainty and Clinical Decision-Making Chair: Görkem KARAKAŞ UĞURLU
  1. Pleasure, Risk and Trust: Chemsex and Substance UseSinay ÖNEN
  2. Between Yes and No: The Grey Areas of ConsentGizem DÖNMEZLER
  3. Is Better Possible? Sexual Performance Enhancers, Biohacking and the Pursuit of EnhancementMelike KARA
  4. Feeling Safe or Being Safe? Trust and Risk Perception in Sexual EncountersOğuzhan KILINÇEL
16:00 - 16:30 Closing

The scientific program is preliminary and subject to change.