Gamze Hakli Geray, Published Author, Psychotherapist/Counsellor, Trainer, Moderator, NLP Practitioner, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) Therapist, Wellbeing Consultant.
Bringing more than two decades of senior corporate international human resources experience in various industries, Gamze Hakli Geray is a transformational and inspirational leader, a psychotherapist/counsellor, an innovative thinker and implementer, skilled in driving initiatives to build organizational infrastructure, turnaround human resource departments and collaborating with key business partners to deliver tangible results. She has extensive experience in implementing talent and performance management systems, organizational and leadership development, conducting corporate training, coaching, counseling & mentoring current and future leaders, developing corporate policies and driving a sustainable HR department.
Gamze holds a specialized MBA in Employee Relations from University of Leicester and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Bogazici University in Turkey. She is a Psychotherapist and Counsellor, holding an International Advanced Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling Skills from The Essex Institute of Clinical Hypnosis United Kingdom, (in association with Transformations Institute, Dubai), also a diploma in OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and Eating Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in association with Academy for Continued Hypnosis Education International (including the Psychology of Depression, Grieving and Loss). She is certified on the Foundation Module of the Virginia Satir Model Counselling for Individuals, Couples and Families by Satir Professional Institute of Manitoba, Canada among others.
She is a member of APHP (The Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy) and NRPC (The National Register of Psychotherapists & Counsellors)
Gamze’s debut book “Dissonance or Harmony” is part self-help, part inspirational memoir that motivates readers toward a more positive and optimistic way to view the world around them, to access the inner happiness.
Gamze Geray has been a Moderator and Host in Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in Dubai, since 2013. She regularly joined radio shows, on Dubai Eye 103.8./Talking of Books, as Book Champion and Lead Reviewer.
In 2018, she also has been invited as a guest speaker in multiple award winners Emirates Airline Festival of Literature among 185 other international authors. She conducted a special workshop called “Reading for Therapy. She will also be a part of 2019 Festival as an Author.
She is an NLP practitioner and Emotional Intelligence trainer.
She is frequently invited to deliver keynote speeches and public presentations in several institutes and conferences.
As a therapist, author and literature lover, Gamze is working on the areas where reading, writing, art and psychology work converge. She intensively focuses also on corporate and individual wellbeing and happiness, combining talent management, change management and corporate wellbeing.