English Profile

Professor of Psychological Counseling and Guidance and Dean of the Faculty of Education, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKÜ), Türkiye.

Prof. Uslu has been working in psychological counseling and guidance, both academically and clinically, since 1996. His work focuses on grief and trauma counseling, children’s grief, crisis intervention, and social media addiction. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses including Principles and Techniques of Psychological Counseling, Post-Traumatic Psychological Counseling, Personality Theories, Crisis and Trauma Counseling, and Advanced Theories of Psychological Counseling.

Academic profiles

Current positions

  • Dean, Faculty of Education, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (2024–present)
  • Professor, Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University
  • Head, Department of Educational Sciences, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Previous appointments

  • Professor, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Education (2023–2026)
  • Associate Professor, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Education (2019–2023)
  • Associate Professor, Selçuk University (2015–2019)
  • Assistant Professor, Selçuk University (2007–2015)
  • Research Assistant, Selçuk University, Guidance and Psychological Counseling (1998–2007)

Education

  • PhD (2005): Selçuk University, Institute of Social Sciences, Psychological Services in Education
  • MA (1999): Selçuk University, Institute of Social Sciences, Psychological Services in Education
  • BA (1996): Selçuk University, Faculty of Education, Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Selected publications

Şahinüçer, M. F., & Uslu, M. (2026). Parasocial bonds, virtual belonging, and self-compassion among social media influencer followers: A psychometric network analysis. Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Journal, 16(82), 665–686. https://doi.org/10.17066/tpdrd.1968090

Uslu, M., & Gök, E. (2025). The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy-based psychoeducation on irrational beliefs, expressing emotions, and mental well-being. The Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Language, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.71514/jssal/2025.162

Toplaoğlu, E., Tarcan, Ş., & Uslu, M. (2023). An investigation of the relationship between life satisfaction, academic procrastination, and student’s individual responsibility behaviors in university students. The Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Language, 3(1), 125–139.

Türkoğlu, B., & Uslu, M. (2019). The opinions of university graduate working mothers who have 36–60-months-old children about the quality of the time spent with their children: A phenomenological analysis. International Journal of Progressive Education, 15(3), 123–143. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2019.193.9

Books (in Turkish)

  • Yas ve Çocuk [Grief and the Child] — Author
  • Çocuklar ve Ergenler için Yas ve Travma Yaşantılarında Yardımcı Hikayeler [Helping Stories for Children and Adolescents in Grief and Trauma] — Editor and chapter author
  • Tüm Yönleriyle Bağımlılık [Addiction in All Its Aspects] — Chapter: Smoking Addiction
  • Eğitim Psikolojisi [Educational Psychology] — Chapter: Psychology of Learning; Information Processing Theory

Contact

Email: uslu.mustafa@alanya.edu.tr
Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Faculty of Education, Department of Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Alanya, Türkiye
Full curriculum vitae (in Turkish, PDF)