Sera is particularly interested in working with individuals, couples, and families navigating relationship concerns, communication difficulties, recurring conflict, life transitions, stress, and challenges involving thoughts and emotions. Her background in cognitive psychology gives her a distinctive interest in how people remember, interpret, and make meaning of their experiences—especially within close relationships. Her current research explores how emotions can influence memories of the past and expectations for the future, and she is particularly fascinated by how cognitive biases and differences in memory may influence the way partners remember and interpret moments of conflict. For couples and families who feel caught in the same patterns, Sera hopes to help create greater understanding of what is happening beneath the conflict and support healthier ways of connecting.

Her passion for relational therapy began during her undergraduate studies, when a Clinical Psychology course with Dr. Selenga Gurmen introduced her to relational approaches to treatment. Sera later completed a six-month internship in a couples and family therapy clinic, where she observed therapy sessions and systemic interventions, and served as a research assistant on the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Couple's Therapy in Türkiye project. Her additional experiences with the Liman Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Center and the Women, Family, and Psychological Counseling Center exposed her to mental health care across different clinical, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts. At Penn State, her research experience has included work with the Human Memory Lab, Personality Lab, and Awareness & Community Engagement Lab. Together, these experiences have strengthened Sera's commitment to understanding each client within the context of their relationships, culture, experiences, and individual story.

As she continues developing as a clinician, Sera approaches her work with humility, openness, and a genuine desire to continue learning from her clients, supervisors, and colleagues. She recognizes that people are far more than the difficulties that bring them into therapy and believes that even longstanding patterns can become opportunities for greater awareness and connection. Whether someone comes to therapy individually, alongside a partner, or together as a family, Sera hopes to provide a space where clients can better understand themselves and one another, strengthen the relationships that matter most, and discover meaningful ways to move forward together.