Education
| 08/2010 |
M.A. in Clinical Psychology supervised by Prof. Dr. Feyza Corapci Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Thesis Title: Expression and display rules of basic and self-conscious emotions among Turkish children: Role of age, gender, socioeconomic status and context |
| 07/2007 | Bachelor of Science, Psychology (Honors Degree) Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey |
Academic and Clinical Positions
| since 10/2017 | PhD Student in Psychology supervised by Prof. Dr. Michael Witthöft, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Experimental Psychology, GermanyDissertation Title: On regulation of emotions in patients with somatic symptom disorders and healthy adults: An embodied, dynamical and interpersonal perspective |
| 01/2015 - 12/2017 | Research fellow. Technical University of Munich (TUM), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Germany. |
| 01/2012 - 01/2015 | Early stage Marie-Curie research Fellow, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Germany. Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN), Project TESIS (Towards an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity). |
| 2010 - 2011 | Psychological Counselor, Atilim University, Student Development and Counseling Center, Ankara, Turkey |
| 2008 - 2011 | Psychotherapy practicum, Bogazici University Center for Psychological Research and Services, Istanbul. |
| 2008 - 2009 | Psychotherapy practicum, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Unit. |
| 02 - 06/2007 | Practicum, Association of Schizophrenia Patients and Their Caregivers, Ankara (psychosocial support). |
| 07 - 08/2006 | Practicum, Bakirkoy Psychiatric Hospital, Inpatient Psychiatry Unit, Istanbul (psychosocial support). |
Scholarships and Awards
| since 2018 | Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for outstanding students (Begabtenförderung Avicenna Studienwerk) |
| 2012-2015 | Research fellowship, EU Marie-Curie Research ITN. "TESIS: Towards an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity" (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN, 264828). |
| 2011 | International Travel Award, Society for Research in Child Development and Jacobs Foundation |
| 2007 - 2009 | Scholarship of the Turkish Republic Prime Ministry for Higher Education |
| 2006 - 2007 | Honour Certification, Middle East Technical University |
| 2002 - 2007 | Scholarship of Middle East Technical University Alumni Association |
Publications
2022
Okur Güney, Z. E., Cardone, D., Sattel, H., Ariens, S., Witthöft, 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.
Research Interests
- Emotions & Emotion regulation
- Psychopathology
- Somatic symptom disorders
- Embodied cognition
- Interpersonal interactions and intersubjectivity
- Psychophysiology
- Dynamical systems
- Positive psychology
- Culture in psychotherapy practice & research