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Özlem Bekar, PhD
EĞİTİM
Doktora, Klinik Psikoloji, The New School for Social Research, New York, ABD (2009-2014)
Yüksek Lisans, Psikoloji, The New School for Social Research, New York, ABD (2008-2009)
Yüksek Lisans, Psikoloji, State University of New York, University at Albany, New York, ABD (2005-2007)
Lisans, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye (2000-2005)
ARAŞTIRMA DENEYİMİ
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Klinik Psikoloji Departmanı, The New School for Social Research
The Center for Attachment Research (CAR)
Ziyaretçi Akademisyen, 2014 – 2015
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The Center for Attachment Research, The New School & Relationships for Growth and Learning Program (RfGL)
Araştırmacı, 2010 – 2013, New York, NY
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The New School Student Counseling Services
Veri Analiz Uzmanı, 2009 – 2011, New York, NY
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The New School for Social Research, Department of Psychology, Dr. Jin's Lab
Araştırma Asistanı, 2008 – 2010, New York, NY
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Türkiye'de Erken Çocukluk Gelişim Ekolojileri Çalışması (TEÇGE)
Araştırma Asistanı, 2007 –2008, Koç Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye
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Rodriguez Social/Personality Psychology Lab & Healthy Families NY Home Visitation Program, SUNY Albany
Araştırma Asistanı, 2005 –2007, Albany, NY
KLİNİK DENEYİM
Klinik Altyapı:
 Psikodinamik Psikoterapi,
 Davranışçı-Bilişsel Psikoterapi,
 Diyalektik Davranışçı Psikoterapi (grup ve bireysel),
 Aile Terapisi,
 Oyun Terapisi (çocuklarla),
 Grup Terapisi.
 Nöropsikolojik ve psikolojik ölçümler (çocuk ve erişkin)
 Şu anda Çocuk-Ebeveyn Psikoterapisi (Child-Parent Psychotherapy, CPP) eğitimini tamamlamaktadır (Lieberman
& Van Horn, 2005).
The Child Development Center (JBFCS), 2014 - 2015, New York, NY
Psikolog Doktor
The New School Psikolojik Danışmanlık Servisi, Psikolojik Ölçüm ve Değerlendirme Programı (NSPAS)
Kurucu Klinik Koordinator 2009 – 2013, New York, NY
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Doktora Öncesi Stajı (Amerikan Psikoloji Birliği Onaylı)
Lenox Hill Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 2013 – 2014, New York, NY
Stajyer Psikolog
Doktora Öncesi Yarı Zamanlı Stajlar
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Lenox Hill Hospital, Outpatient Center for Mental Health (OCMH)
Klinik Psikoloji Stajyeri, 2012 – 2013, New York, NY
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Beth Israel Psychiatric Outpatient Services for Children and Families (BI-POSC)
Klinik Psikoloji Stajyeri 2011 – 2012, New York, NY
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South Beach Psychiatric Center, Heights Hill Outpatient Clinic
Klinik Psikoloji Stajyeri, 2010 – 2011, Brooklyn, NY
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Brief Psychotherapy Research Program at Beth Israel Medical Center
Klinik Psikoloji Stajyeri, 2009 – 2012, New York, NY
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Beth Israel Medical Center General/Adolescent Inpatient Unit
Klinik Psikoloji Stajyeri, 2009 – 2010, New York, NY
KULLANDIĞI PSİKOLOJİK VE NÖROPSİKOLOJİK ÖLÇÜM TEKNİKLERİ VE MÜLAKATLAR
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – 4th Ed. (WAIS-IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - 4th Ed. (WISC-IV),
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-4th Ed. (WPPSI-IV), Wide Range Achievement Test - 4th Ed (WRATIV), Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement – 3rd Ed. (WJ-III), Wechsler Individual Achievement Test–3rd Edition
(WIAT–III), Wechsler Memory Scale – 4th Ed. (WMS-IV), Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning – 2nd Ed.
(WRAML-II), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT), Repeatable Battery
for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Beery–Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor
Integration (VMI), Conners Continuous Performance Test –II (CPT-II), Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (DKEFS),
NEPSY-II, Nelson Denny Reading Test, Bender Gestalt Visual Motor Test, Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR),
Dementia Rating Scale (DRS), Independent Living Scales (ILS), Boston Naming Test (BNT), Rorschach (Exner and R-PAS
systems),Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Children's Apperception Test (CAT), House-Tree-Person, Personality
Assessment Inventory (PAI), Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory – 2nd Ed. (MMPI-II), Sentence Completion Task, Autism Rating Scales, Adult Attachment Interview (AAI),
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID), ve çocuk ve erişkinler için kullanılan çeşitli ölçekler.
VERDİĞİ DERSLER
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Bilgi Üniversitesi
Ziyaretçi Öğretim Üyesi, 2011 (Yaz dönemi)
Ders: Sosyal Bilimler için Araştırma Metodları (Lisans seviyesi)
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The New School for Social Research, Klinik Psikoloji Bölümü
Asistan, 2009 – 2010, ve Bahar dönemi 2013, New York, NY
Dersler:
Araştırma Metodları (Lisansüstü),
Psikopatoloji-1 (Lisansüstü),
Çocukların ve Ergenlerin Psikolojik Değerlendirme ve Ölçümü (Doktora)
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University Learning Center at The New School
İstatistik eğitmeni, 2008 – 2009, New York, NY
State University of New York, University at Albany
Asistan, 2005 – 2007, Albany, NY
Sosyal Psikoloji ( Lisans seviyesi)
Gelişim Psikolojisi (Lisans seviyesi)
Sosyal Psikoloji (Doktora)
YAYINLAR ve Tamamlanmış Çalışmalar
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Doktora Tezi: Mental State Talk in Mothers' and Preschool Children's Narratives: Relation to Children's SocialEmotional Functioning and Maternal Stress.
Bekar, O., Steele, H., & Steele, M. (2014). Coding Manual for Mental State Talk in Narratives. Unpublished
manuscript, Department of Clinical Psychology, The New School, New York, United States.
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Bekar, O., Fried, E., Guadalupe, Z., Logan, M., Shahmoon-Shanok, R., Steele, H., & Steele, M. (2012). Peers helping
peers in the face of trauma and developmental challenge. Zero to Three, 33, 38-47.
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Shahmoon-Shanok, R., Bekar, O., Fried, E. & Steele, M (2012). Gems hidden in plain sight: Peer play psychotherapy
nourishes relationships and growth across developmental domains among young children. In J. E. Bettmann & D. D.
Friedman (Eds), Attachment-based clinical work with children and adolescents (pp. 165-192). New York, NY: Springer
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Lisansüstü Tezi: A Diathesis-Stress Model of Early Adolescents’ Depression and Anxiety: Perceived Control,
Uncontrollable Negative Life Events and Attachment Security.
AKADEMİK SUNUMLAR
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International Attachment Conference, Poster, 2015, New York, NY.
Bekar, O., Steele, H., & Steele, M. Links between Children's and Mothers' Mental State Talk: Towards Validation of
the Coding Manual for Mental State Talk in Narratives.
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Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Poster, 2015, Philadelphia, PA.
Bekar, O. Steele, M., Shahmoon-Shanok, R., & Steele, H. Maternal Stress, Mentalization and Preschool Children's
Social-Emotional Functioning.
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Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Poster, 2015, Philadelphia, PA.
Bekar, O. Steele, H., Shahmoon-Shanok, R., & Steele, M. Preschool Children's Mental State Understanding and
Social-Emotional Outcomes.
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American Psychiatric Association (APA), Poster, 2014, New York, NY.
Bekar, O., Shahmoon-Shanok, R, Steele M., & Steele, H. Mental state talk in mothers' and preschool children's
narratives: Relation to children's social-emotional functioning and maternal stress.
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Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Poster, 2013, Seattle, WA.
Bekar, O., Shahmoon-Shanok, R., Steele M., Lalonde, C.,& Steele, H. Mental state talk in stories and socialbehavioral outcomes in a high risk preschool sample.
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New York Zero-to-Three's 16th Annual Spring Conference, Workshop, 2012, New York, NY.
Bekar, O., Fried, E., & Shahmoon-Shanok, R. Gems hidden in plain sight: Peer play psychotherapy nourishes
relationships and growth across developmental domains.
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Association for Psychological Science (APS), Poster, 2007, Washington DC.
Bekar, O., Walden, N., & Rodriguez, M. A diathesis-stress model of childhood depression: Perceived control and
uncontrollable negative life events.
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KONUŞMALAR
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International Attachment Conference (IAC), Pre-conference Workshop, 2015, New York, NY
Eğitim Semineri: Coding System for Mental State Talk in Narratives (CS-MST)
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The New School, Department of Clinical Psychology, 2015, New York, NY
Eğitim Semineri: Coding System for Mental State Talk in Narratives (CS-MST)
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JBFCS Early Childhood Consultation/ Learning Resource Network, 2015, New York, NY
Okulöncesi eğitim direktörleri eğitim toplantısı: Attachment Theory in School Settings: How Can We Use it to
Improve Children's and Families' Functioning? (Okullarda Bağlanma Teorisi: Çocukların ve Ailelerin Gelişiminde
Bağlanma Teorisinin Yeri ve Önemi )
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Therapeutic Nursery, JBFCS, 2015, New York, NY
Otizmli çocuklarla çalışan eğitimciler ve terapistler için eğitim toplantısı : Attachment in Classroom Settings
(Okullarda Bağlanma Teorisi)
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Child Development Center, JBFCS , 2014, New York, NY
Terapistlere yönelik 3-günlük seminer: Attachment Theory & Relationship-Based Intervention for Families with
Young Children (Çocuklar ve Aileler için Bağlanma Teorisi Bazlı Psikoterapi Yöntemleri)
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Lenox Hill Hospital, Outpatient Mental Health Services, Kasım 2012 - Şubat 2014 (yilda 3 kez), New York, NY
Life's New Journey Program- Part on "Bonding with the Baby": İlk kez bebek bekleyen çiftlere, ebeveyn ve çocuk
arasındaki bağın gelişimi ile ilgili seminerler verdi.
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JBFCS Headquarters, 2013, New York, NY
Terapistlere yönelik 3 günlük seminer: Attachment Theory & Relationship-Based Intervention for Families with
Young Children (Çocuklar ve Aileler için Bağlanma Teorisi Bazlı Psikoterapi Yöntemleri)
(bknz. http://www.jbfcs.org/events.php?id=697#.VPzFYvnF_T8)
Burslar
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New School Statue Foundation Fellowship in Clinical Psychology (2009 - 2014)
New School University, Üniversite Bursu (2008 - 2014)
SUNY Albany Tam Burs (2005-2007)
SUNY Albany (Tam Burs)
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