@article{2019,title={PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING/PSYCHOTHERAPY PERCEPTIONS IN TURKISH MOVIES},abstractNode={The aim of this research is to analyze how mental health professionals are depicted in Turkish movies and the social perception Turkish movies reflect regarding pshychological counseling/psychotherapy phenomenon. Of the qualitative research methods, document analysis was used as the research design. The research sample consists of 16 Turkish movies determined in line with “Criterion Sampling” method. The question of how the mental health professionals were described in the research was discussed under the themes of alienation and low competence. The question of how psychological counseling/psychotherapy was considered in the society was discussed under the themes of stigmatization, costliness, emphasis on luxury ethical problems and the disputes in the study field. According to the findings the mental health professionals portrayed in the films were generally individuals with low coping skills and inadequate competences, unable to solve their own problems, and incapable of dealing with problems in terms of knowledge and techniques use. When the films were examined in terms of social perception, it was found out that the individuals with psychological problems were stigmatized in the films. The individuals with psychological problems were generally portrayed as weak characters, with low coping skills and isolated from the society. In films, psychological counseling / psychotherapy was defined as an expensive and luxurious intervention area belonging to the upper economic class. When considered in terms of ethical problems, it was generally stressed that mental health professionals did not respect ethical limits adequately. The most frequent ethical problems faced were, in particular, confidentiality of the client's personal data and the lack of preliminary information about the counseling / psychotherapy process. It was observed that mental health professionals in the movies discussed the departments they graduated, their titles and limitations regarding field of study. When the findings of the research were evaluated; and the fact that movie scripts emerge from the society’s perception and representations was taken into account, it was concluded that society’s psychological counseling/psychotherapy perception finds its reflection in Turkish cinema. },author={Cem GENÇOĞLU},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies-Social Sciences}}