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
Okur Güney, Z.E., Cardone, D., Sattel, H., Ariens, S., Merla, A., Kuppens, P., Witthöft, M, Henningsen, P. (in press). Interpersonal emotion dynamics in couples with somatic symptom disorder: Dyadic coherence in facial temperature during emotional interactions. Psychosomatic Medicine.
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. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217277
Okur Güney, Z. E. and Corapci, F. (2016). Turkish children's expression of negative emotions: Intracultural variations related to socioeconomic status. Infant and Child Development, 25: 440–458. doi: 10.1002/icd.1945.
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. ISSN 1355-8250
Okur Güney, Z.E., Sattel, H., Cardone, D., & Merla, A. (2015). Assessing embodied interpersonal emotion regulation in somatic symptom disorders: a case study. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 68. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00068.
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