Dr. Zeynep Emine Okur Güney

Education

 

2023
Parent educator certificate, Attachment Parenting International
since 2022

Professional training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
2022

Ph.D. in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
Thesis: Emotion regulation in somatic symptom and related disorders: A dynamical and interpersonal approach
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael Witthöft and Prof. Dr. med. Peter Henningsen
2022

Schema therapy certification, International Society for Schema Therapy
2010

M.A. in Clinical Psychology with psychodynamic psychotherapy training
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
Thesis: Expression and display rules of basic and self-conscious emotions among Turkish children: Role of age, gender, socioeconomic status and context
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Feyza Çorapçı
2007

Bachelor of Science, Psychology (Honors Degree)
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Academic and Clinical Positions

 

2021 - 2023
Maternity and Parental Leave (including part-time employment)
since 2023
Parent Educator, self-employed
2017 - 2022

Doctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Experimental Psychopathology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Witthöft)
2020

Visiting Researcher, Research Group Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, KU Leuven, Belgium (Hosts: Prof. Dr. Peter Kuppens and Prof. Dr. Eva Ceulemans)
2015 - 2017

Research Assistant, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich, Germany (Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Henningsen)
2014 - 2017
Maternity and Parental Leave (including part-time employment)
2013
Visiting Researcher, Department of Neuroscience, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, 
G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
2012 - 2014

Early-Stage Research Fellow, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ITN
"TESIS: Towards an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity" (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN,264828), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Munich (Node leader: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Henningsen)
2011

Visiting Researcher, Penn State University, USA, Emotion Development Lab, Department of Psychology. (Host: Prof. Dr. Kristin Buss)
2010 - 2011

Psychological Counsellor, Student Development and Counseling Center, Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey
2008 - 2011

Intern, Bogazici University Center for Psychological Research and Services, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 - 2009
Intern, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Unit, Istanbul, Turkey
02 - 06/2007

Intern, Association of Schizophrenia Patients and Their Caregivers, Ankara, Turkey
07 - 08/2006
Intern, Bakirkoy Psychiatric Hospital, Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Scholarships and Awards

 

2018 - 2023
Scholarship for the promotion of talented and socially committed students from the Avicenna-Studienwerk e.V. funded by The Federal Ministry of Education and Research
2012 - 2015

Research fellowship, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ITN
"TESIS: Towards an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity" (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN,264828)
2011
International Travel Award from the Society for Research in Child Development and Jacobs Foundation.
2007 - 2009
Scholarship from the Turkish Republic Prime Ministry for Higher Education
2006, 2007
Honour Certification, Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey.
2002 - 2007
Scholarship from the Middle East Technical University Alumni Association

 

Publications

2022

Gueney, Z. E. O., Cardone, D., Sattel, H., Ariens, S., Witthoeft, M., Merla, A., Kuppens, P., & Henningsen, P. (2022). Interpersonal Emotion Dynamics in Couples With Somatic Symptom Disorder: Dyadic Coherence in Facial Temperature During Emotional Interactions. PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE, 84(2), 188-198. DOI

2019

Okur Güney, Z. E., Sattel, H., Witthöft, M., & Henningsen, P. (2019). Emotion regulation in patients with somatic symptom and related disorders: A systematic review. PLoS One, 14(6), e0217277. DOI

2016

Okur, Z. E., & Corapci, F. (2016). Turkish Children’s Expression of Negative Emotions: Intracultural Variations Related to Socioeconomic Status. Infant and Child Development, 25(5), 440-458. DOI

2015

Assessing embodied interpersonal emotion regulation in somatic symptom disorders: a case study. (2015). Frontiers in Psychology, 6. DOI
Okur-Güney, Z. E. (2015). Collective affectivity as a flux of you, me and we: A commentary reply to Zahavi. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 22(1–2), 102-106.

Presentations on Conferences

Okur Güney, Z.E., Sattel., H., Cardone, D., Merla, A., Witthöft. M., Henningsen, P. (2019, July). The experience and expression of anger in patients with somatic symptom disorder and their partners. IX. World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapies., Berlin, Germany.

Okur Güney, Z.E., Sattel., H., Witthöft. M., Henningsen, P. (2019, July). Interpersonal dynamics of emotion regulation in somatic symptom disorder. Biennial Meeting of International Society for Research on Emotion, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Okur, Z. E. & Sattel, H. (2013, August). What is indeed being (dys) regulated? A systematic taxonomy of emotion regulation patterns in patients with somatoform disorders. Biennial Meeting of International Society for Research on Emotion, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Okur, Z. E. & Corapci, F. (2012, May). Why would you hide how you feel? Turkish children’s reasons and anticipations for hiding or showing their emotions: A qualitative look. IV. European Conference on Emotion, Canterbury, England.

Okur, Z. E. & Corapci, F. (2011, April). Display rules and expression of basic and self-conscious emotions among Turkish children. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Okur, Z. E., Senturk, N., Sungur, H., Kutlu, M. N. (2009, August). Examining the sex difference in jealousy: The role of evolutionary disposition and cognitive operations. XVIIth Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Budapest.

Bozo, Ö., Basat, O., & Okur, Z. E. (2007, July). Health locus of control and coping styles as predictors of HIV-related risky sexual behavior among Turkish gay population. Xth European Congress of Psychology, Prague.

Research Interests

  • Emotions and emotion regulation
  • Interpersonal emotional processes
  • Parent-focused preventive interventions
  • Embodied cognition
  • Psychophysiology
  • Dynamical systems
  • Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy process
  • Culture in psychotherapy
  • Somatic symptom disorders