Dr. D. (Duygu) Yakin Haring PhD
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
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Postbus 15915
1001 NK Amsterdam
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Profile
Duygu Yakın is an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. She is a registered clinical psychologist in Türkiye and a healthcare psychologist in the Netherlands. She also works as a senior schema therapist at the Academic Center for Trauma and Personality in Amsterdam. Her clinical work primarily focuses on treating personality disorders and early childhood trauma in culturally diverse populations. Her research leverages her experience as a therapist to identify the mechanisms of change in therapy. In her research and teaching, she focuses on bridging the gap between everyday practice and science.
Expertise and research fields
- Schema therapy
- Schema modes
- Personality disorders
- Mechanism of change
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Research
Research methods
- Qualitative research
- Mixed method research
Research projects
Her main research interest is adaptive functioning in personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder. Having worked extensively with expats with borderline personality disorder in both individual and group settings, she is involved in research examining the mechanisms of change in therapies for personality disorders.
Duygu Yakın is currently part of an international research group investigating the cross-cultural reliability of schema modes. She is also involved in several imagery rescripting studies with clinical populations, including research examining the effects of imagery rescripting in culturally diverse populations and in group settings.
Research grants and honours
- 2026 - Internal Society of Schema Therapy research grant
- 2018 - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) - International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
- 2009 - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) - Domestic Doctoral Scholarship Program
- 2009 - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) - Domestic Master Scholarship Program
- Ihsan Dogramacı Excellence Award (2009) (BA) Psychology
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Teaching & PhD supervision
BA
- Personality and Personality Disorders
- Bachelor’s thesis
- Clinical Interviewing and Diagnostic Skills
- Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Skills
MA
- Personality Disorders and Trauma (research master)
- Master's thesis
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Publications
2026
Mamali, F. C., Rijkeboer, M., Molenaar, D., Rameckers, S. A., Arntz, A., Yakin, D., & ISST Collaboration (2026). A next generation of the schema therapy model of personality pathology: A cross-cultural and international study protocol. PLoS ONE, 21(6), Article e0332723. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332723 [details]- Yakın, D., Billen, E., Grasman, R., & Arntz, A. (2026). Multidimensional Healthy Adult Scale: Development and validation of a measurement tool to understand how the Healthy Adult works in a Turkish population. PLoS ONE, 21(3), Article e0343996. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343996 [details]
- Yakın, D., Uijttewaal, J., Plooij, P., Jacob, G. A., Lee, C. W., Brand-de Wilde, O. M., Fassbinder, E., Harper, R. P., Lavender, A., Lockwood, G., Malogiannis, I. A., Ruths, F. A., Shaw, I. A., Zarbock, G., Farrell, J. M., & Arntz, A. (2026). Schema modes as mechanisms of change in treating borderline personality disorder: A model replication study. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 90, Article 102074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2025.102074 [details]
2023
- Yakın, D., & Arntz, A. (2023). Understanding the reparative effects of schema modes: an in-depth analysis of the healthy adult mode. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1204177. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1204177 [details]
2020
- Yakın, D., Grasman, R., & Arntz, A. (2020). Schema modes as a common mechanism of change in personality pathology and functioning: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 126, Article 103553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2020.103553 [details]
2019
- Yakın, D., Gençöz, T., Steenbergen, L., & Arntz, A. (2019). An integrative perspective on the interplay between early maladaptive schemas and mental health: The role of self-compassion and emotion regulation. Journal of clinical psychology, 75(6), 1098-1113. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22755 [details]
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Ancillary activities
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Academisch Centrum voor Trauma en Persoo
Providing individual and group schema therapy & trauma treatment
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Academisch Centrum voor Trauma en Persoo
Mamali, F. C., Rijkeboer, M., Molenaar, D., Rameckers, S. A., Arntz, A., Yakin, D., & ISST Collaboration (2026). A next generation of the schema therapy model of personality pathology: A cross-cultural and international study protocol. PLoS ONE, 21(6), Article e0332723.