Spec. MD. Mehmet Ali Saglanmak

My 14-year-old daughter, a nationally ranked chess player, developed sudden performance anxiety that made her physically ill before tournaments. Dr. Saglanmak created a customized 'cognitive chessboard' approach, mapping her anxious thoughts as opposing pieces. Through visualization techniques that mirrored her chess strategies, she learned to 'capture' negative thoughts. She just won the national youth championship and credits Dr. Saglanmak with helping her turn anxiety into strategic focus.

After surviving a workplace accident at the Gebze industrial zone that left me with PTSD, I couldn't enter any manufacturing facility. Dr. Saglanmak conducted our sessions at Medical Park while simultaneously guiding me through gradual exposure using virtual reality simulations of factory environments. His unique integration of technology and therapy allowed me to return to my quality control job within three months, something I thought would be impossible.

As parents of a 6-year-old selective mute child, we'd seen five specialists with no progress. Dr. Saglanmak introduced 'silent communication therapy' using drawing, music, and animal-assisted therapy with his therapy dog. He never pressured our daughter to speak but created an environment where she felt safe enough to whisper after eight weeks. She now speaks freely at home and is beginning to talk at school, a miracle we attribute to his patient, innovative approach.

At 42, I developed severe health anxiety after misinterpreting online medical information. My panic attacks sent me to emergency rooms multiple times. Dr. Saglanmak designed a 'digital detox and reality testing' program where we systematically examined my health fears against actual medical data. He taught me to become a 'researcher of my own mind' rather than a victim of it. I haven't had a health-related panic attack in six months and have returned to my teaching career.

As a 68-year-old retired maritime engineer, I struggled with severe insomnia and intrusive memories of a near-shipwreck for 40 years. Dr. Saglanmak didn't just prescribe medication, he used a unique 'narrative reconstruction' technique where we rebuilt the traumatic event through technical drawings and maritime charts. Over 12 sessions, we transformed my trauma into a story of survival. I now sleep through the night and volunteer at the maritime museum, sharing my experience as a lesson in resilience.