Fulya Kurter Musnitsky

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

European Graduate School Doctoral Program in Expressive Arts Candidacy Phase. Thesis on “Poetics of boundaries”: An Art-Based & Qualitative Inquiry from the Perspectives of Expressive Arts Therapy Practitioners.

Marmara University, Istanbul, M.A Program in Psychological Counseling.

Kent State University, Ohio, USA– Summer Term Scholarship – M.A. Courses in Counseling and Human Development (9 credit hours completed).

Boğaziçi (Bosphorous) University, Istanbul, B.A. Program in Psychological Counseling.

Degree of Psychodrama Trainer- Istanbul International Zerka Moreno Institute.

Diploma of Psychodrama Group Therapy, Sociometry and Group Leadership; over 850 hours of experiential training, practicum, supervision and thesis. – Istanbul International Zerka Moreno Institute.

An Introduction of Dance to Transform and Heal Dance as Therapy; Two-year intensive training with 235 hours in theory, clinical practice, internship at an oncology hospital and supervision.   Supervisors:  Marcia Leventhal, Ph.D & Ilene A. Levine Ph.D.

Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Post Trauma: See Far CBT Model- The  Community Stress Prevention Center (CSPC) Supported by ‘ the NATO Science for Peace and Security Program’, Israel by Mooli Lahad, Ph.D. and Miky Daron.

Art Therapy Clinical Supervision Group by Rina Buberoglu, Ph.D.

Series of Expressive Arts Therapy Workshops by Michael Franklin, Ph.D. from Naropa University, (90 hours)

Training in Professional Supervision, The Center for Credentialing and Education & NBCC International, Bucharest.

Current Roles and Professional Work 

Founder, Program Director & Core Faculty- Expressive Arts Institute Istanbul ( Course Providing Partner Institute of the European Graduate School (EGS).

Guest Faculty at European Graduate School Arts, Health and Society 

Psychotherapist and Group Facilitator specialized in Expressive Arts and Psychodrama- Private Practice since 2008.

Member of Ethics Committee at Art Therapies Association

Former Board Member for two terms at Art Therapies Association in Turkey.

Founding Member of Dance Movement Division at Art Therapies Association in Turkey.

Artistic Practice and Passion for the Field

She approaches art as a ritual practice of self-inquiry and a pursuit of collective healing, emerging within a poetic and relational space that invites new possibilities surprises invite deeper meaning and connection. 

While she works intermodally across art forms, movement, drama, and clay serve as primary modes of expression in her artistic practice.  Through her PhD research, she discovered new possibilities for integrating iMovie and poetry as complementary forms within art-based inquiry.

Selected Publications or Projects

Serlin, I. A. , Tin Hung Ho, R.,Kurter Musnitsky, F., Kennedy, J. Ryan  (2025). The Creative and Expressive Arts Therapies and Existential  Humanistic Psychotherapy In L.E. Hoffman, V. Lac. (Eds.), The Evidence-Based Foundations of Existential–Humanistic Therapy (pp.359-381). American Psychological Association.https://doi.org/10.1037/0000446-000

Kurter, F. (2017). Review of Essentials of Dance Movement Psychotherapy:International Perspectives on Theory, Research and Practice, Helen Payne (ed.) (2017). Journal of Applied Arts and Health (9.1). 134-136. 

Bicer, E., Kurter, F. (2016). Dance Movement Therapy in Oncology Setting; Intervention Development. Poster presented on the 18th International Psycho-onchology Congress, Dublin.

Kurter, F., Bicer, E., Serlin,I., Aysoy, E. (2016) Life, Death and Transformation:Keep Moving. Journal of Applied Arts and Health (7). 107-116.

Kurter,F. (2015 [An analysis about the value of the  `double’ as a  key concept to develop new psychodramatic models; ‘Double ‘as an expression of inner reality] Deniz Altınay (Ed.) (2nd Edition). Istanbul: Epsilon Publishing.

Mattis,J., Kurter, F. (2014). Culture and Psychological Counseling in Turkey: Research Findings and Discussions]. Istanbul: Bahcesehir University Publishing.

Kurter, F., Mattis, J. (2014). Cultural Sensitivity in Psychological Counseling in Turkey from the Perspective of Practitioners]. Istanbul: Bahcesehir University Publishing.

ART.PROJECTS

Flash-Mob: “Dance with My Mood” –  Joint social responsibility project with psycho-oncologist Elçin Biçer and contemporary dance scholars Tan Demirel & Sernaz Demirel. Designed to support cancer patients and survivors through movement and community engagement. Nearly 200 participants joined the public dance event at a shopping mall in Istanbul (2016).

Independent Art Project: “Geçiyorum” [“I Transcend”] 
An autobiographical art project combining self-portrait photography and poetry, created as part of a personal healing journey following a breast cancer diagnosis. Published in a limited edition. (2009).