April Ilkmen, Ph.D., LMFT

Title:	Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinic Director
Unit:	Human Development and Family Sciences
Office Location:	Wirtz Hall 154
Office Phone:	815-753-1543
Email:	eilkmen@niu.edu

Courses Taught

HDFS 633: Internship in Community Agencies: Marriage and Family Therapy
HDFS 639: Practicum: Family Theory
HDFS 691: Assessment in Marriage and Family Therapy

Education

Ph.D., Adler University
Master's degree, Adler University
B.A., University of Ottawa

Certification and Licensure

Licensed marriage and family therapist(LMFT)

Research Interests

Acculturation
Social justice
Experiences of women across identities and dimensions of culture

Clinical Interests

Emotionally focused therapy
Psychodynamic models
Personality disorders and relationship issues

Publications

lkmen, A. N. (2026). Arabesk and the Real: Jouissance and the Failure of the Paternal Function in Aşk-ı Memnu. Lacunae: International Journal for Lacanian Psychoanalysis, 30.

Ilkmen, N. (2025). An exploration of hysteria through the Turkish movie Nefret (1984). In S. Akhtar (Ed.), Freud in Istanbul. essay, Karnac Books.

Ilkmen, N. (2024). Honor in the Mediterranean: A Comparative Narrative Analysis of Malena (2000) and Mine (1982). Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 36(1–2), 43–66.

Nisan Ilkmen (2024) Patriarchy, virginity, and hegemonic masculinity in the Turkish film Iffet (1982): a psychoanalytic film review, Turkish Studies

Ilkmen, N. (2023). Intersectional Feminism: Interview with Dr. Andrea Wittenborn on Feminism and Its Role in Couple and Family Therapy. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 35(2), 206–215.