Ayse Cici Gokaltun, PhD

I am an experienced psychologist who is dedicated to helping children and their families cope with anxiety, emotion regulation, autism and ADHD. I am a certified Autism Spectrum Clinical Specialist and PCIT therapist. I am also experienced working with adults struggling with anxiety, mood disorders, trauma and parenting stress.

Dr. Cici-Gokaltun joined Southampton Psychiatric Associates in 2021. Previously she has worked at WES Health System as a Post-Doctoral Fellow where she specialized in psychological assessment and evaluations of adults, adolescents, and children in outpatient community mental health settings. She holds a B.S. in Psychology from Istanbul University in Turkey where she has also worked as a Psychologist in Kindergartens and childcare centers for 5 years where she provided psychological consultation for children and their parents, organizing educational activities, and supervising preschool teachers. She is certified in Small-Steps: Early Education and Family Guidance Program working with children with special needs. Dr. Cici-Gokaltun later attended Florida International University in Miami, FL where she obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Developmental Psychology. She received pre-doctoral training at the National Institute of Mental Health funded clinical research program at the Child Anxiety and Phobia Program (CAPP) where she was primarily responsible for conducting diagnostic workups of the children and adolescents using the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule for Children. She also is certified by the Active Parenting Now Leader Training Program working with children, pre-adolescents, and their families. In addition, she is a certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist and she is certified in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Dr. Cici-Gokaltun has been teaching undergraduate psychology courses in Developmental Psychology at Florida International University and The College of New Jersey since 2010.