Satir İnsan Gelişimi ve Aile Terapisi Enstitüsü

Name

Satir İnsan Gelişimi ve Aile Terapisi Enstitüsü

Legal name

Satir İnsan Gelişimi ve Aile Terapisi Enstitüsü

Website

https://satir-tr.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Training Programs: MEB-approved Family Counseling courses and Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy training programs for mental health professionals, including supervision and certification.
2. Therapy Services: Individual, couple, family, and child/adolescent therapy sessions provided to clients seeking psychological support.
3. Supervision Services: Individual and group supervision provided by licensed therapists for professional development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Satir İnsan Gelişimi ve Aile Terapisi Enstitüsü is a therapy and training institute that provides individual, couple/marriage, and child/adolescent and family psychotherapy based on the Virginia Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy model, delivered through 50-minute sessions at its Istanbul offices. It also sells professional training programs (Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy training and MEB-approved Family Counseling certification), individual/group supervision, and themed workshops (domestic violence, anger transformation, healing from infidelity, trauma recovery, expectations transformation) to mental health practitioners and the general public. The institute is the only authorized trainer of the Virginia Satir Therapy Model in Turkey, with its Family Counseling course officially approved by the Ministry of National Education on 02.05.2014.

Product overview

Satir İnsan Gelişimi ve Aile Terapisi Enstitüsü is a therapy and training institute founded by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Sibel Usluer Erenel, offering a unified portfolio of mental health services. The institute provides therapeutic services (Individual Therapy, Couple/Marriage Therapy, Child/Adolescent and Family Therapy) alongside professional training programs (Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy Training, MEB Approved Family Counseling Training) and supervision services. The core offering centers on Virginia Satir's humanistic, experiential, and systemic therapy model, with supporting services including workshops on topics like domestic violence and trauma recovery, plus a dedicated play therapy room for child clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Individual Therapy (Bireysel Terapi) 50-minute individual psychotherapy sessions using the Virginia Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy model, aimed at helping clients discover inner resources, increase self-worth, explore life possibilities, and transform negative emotions such as anxiety, depression, anger, loneliness, and trauma-related effects.
• Couple/Marriage Therapy (Çift/Evlilik Terapisi) 50-minute couple and marriage psychotherapy sessions focused on rebuilding trust, improving communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening relationships for couples dealing with communication breakdowns, disagreements, trust issues, infidelity, or divorce.
• Child/Adolescent and Family Therapy (Çocuk/Ergen ve Aile Terapisi) 50-minute family therapy sessions aimed at strengthening family resources, improving communication, and creating safe environments for expression, with sessions for children/adolescents and family units dealing with behavioral problems, family conflicts, and parent-child issues.
• Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy Training (Satir Dönüşümsel Sistemik Aile Terapisi Eğitimi) Professional training program in the Virginia Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy model, teaching humanistic, existential, holistic, and experiential therapeutic approaches for working with individuals, couples, families, and organizations. Designed for mental health professionals seeking specialized family therapy certification.
• MEB-Approved Family Counseling Training Program (MEB Onaylı Aile Danışmanlığı Eğitim Programı) Family counseling certification program compliant with the Ministry of National Education Lifelong Learning General Directorate modular curriculum, designed for mental health practitioners seeking official MEB-recognized Family Counseling certification in Turkey.
• Supervision Services (Süpervizyon) Individual and group supervision services provided by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and AAMFT-approved Supervisor Sibel Erenel for mental health professionals' clinical development and competency.
• Workshops (Çalıştaylar) Workshop programs covering focused topics such as Family Violence, Anger Transformation, Healing from Infidelity, Trauma Recovery Process, and Expectations Transformation, offered to mental health professionals and the public.
• Play Therapy Room (Oyun Odası) Dedicated play therapy room facility for child and adolescent therapy sessions, supporting the institute's family therapy services with younger clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Family therapy averages 9 sessions, couple therapy 11.5 sessions, individual therapy 13 sessions - shorter duration than typical therapy
• +1 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational professional association for marriage and family therapists. Sibel Usluer Erenel holds AAMFT-approved supervisor status. The institute aligns with AAMFT competency standards in its training programs.
• International Family Therapy Association (IFTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal family therapy association. Sibel Erenel served on the IFTA Executive and Management Board from 2011-2016. The institute is a member of IFTA's training unit.
• European Family Therapy Association - Training Institutes Chamber (EFTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe institute is a member of EFTA's Training Institutes Chamber. Training programs are aligned with EFTA standards.
• Satir Pasifik Enstitüsü (Satir Pacific Institute)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational institute dedicated to Virginia Satir's therapy model. Joint certification is offered for family therapy training. Sibel Erenel received the Leadership Award (2011) and Unsung Hero Award (2013) from this institute.
• Satir Global Network (formerly AVANTA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal network for Satir therapy practitioners. Sibel Erenel trained under Satir-trained expert Kaye Bishop who was a member of this network.
• Çift ve Aile Terapileri Derneği (ÇATED)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkish Couple and Family Therapy Association. Sibel Erenel is a founding member and board member (2011-2016).
• T.C. Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı (Ministry of National Education)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurkish Ministry of National Education. Approved the institute's Family Counseling training program on May 2, 2014. MEB certificate enables opening Private Family Counseling Centers under the Ministry of Family and Social Policies.
• YÖRET VakfıcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundation focused on strengthening school counselors, protecting children from violence, and promoting peaceful environments. Sibel Erenel serves as President. Active representative in UNICEF Child Protection Partnership Network.

Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• IFS Institute (Internal Family Systems): Provides professional training, certification, and therapy services in the Internal Family Systems modality. Like Satir Enstitüsü, it monetizes both direct clinical practice and a multi-level training pipeline for mental health professionals — making it a structurally comparable peer in adjacent therapy modalities.
• The Gottman Institute: A globally recognized couple and family therapy organization that combines a proprietary therapeutic model with practitioner training, certification, and direct clinical service delivery — closely paralleling Satir Enstitüsü's blended therapy-plus-training business model, although focused on the Gottman Method.
• EMDR Institute: Trains and certifies mental health practitioners in EMDR therapy and supports the broader EMDR clinician community. While focused on trauma rather than family systems, the dual training-plus-clinical-service model and modality-specific credentialing are structurally analogous to Satir Enstitüsü.
• Satir Pacific Institute: The originating global body for the Virginia Satir Transformational Systemic Family Therapy model. It offers training, certification, and therapy services using the same methodology, and currently grants joint certification to Satir İnsan Gelişimi — making it the most directly comparable peer in both service offering and training model.

Others

• ÇATED (Çift ve Aile Terapileri Derneği): Turkish national association for couple and family therapy, co-founded by the institute's founder. It functions as an industry body (training, conferences, professional standards) rather than a service competitor, but is closely intertwined with Satir Enstitüsü through governance and membership overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Memorial Healthcare Group: A major Turkish private healthcare provider with broad mental health and psychotherapy offerings. It is not a direct methodology peer but represents the larger, more diversified competitor that Turkish therapy clients compare against on convenience, insurance acceptance, and breadth of services.
• NPGRUP (NP Istanbul Brain Hospital): One of Turkey's largest psychiatric and mental health service groups, offering therapy, inpatient, and outpatient services across multiple locations. It competes for the same Turkish client base but with far broader service scope, geographic reach, and brand recognition than the boutique Satir Enstitüsü.

Regional players

• Doğuş University Couple and Family Therapy Master's Program: Founded the first Couple and Family Therapy master's program in Turkey (2009-2012, with the institute's founder as co-founder-coordinator). It trains mental health professionals in family therapy in the same Turkish market but via an academic degree path rather than a private institute training model.

Market position

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Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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