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Conferențiar Universitar Doctor Simona ŞTEFAN

Simona Ștefan este conferențiar universitar în cadrul Departamentului de Psihologie Clinică și Psihoterapie, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, membru al Institutului Internațional de Psihoterapie și Sănătate Mentală Aplicată, psiholog clinician și consilier psihologic autonom și psihoterapeut cognitiv-comportamental specialist. A obținut doctoratul în psihologie sub coordonarea prof. univ. dr. Daniel David în anul 2012, la Școala Doctorală Psihodiagnostic și Intervenții Psihologice Validate Științific, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, a fost pentru un an de zile post-doctorand la Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Iuliu Hațieganu”, iar în anul 2018 a beneficiat de o bursă Fulbright, stagiul de cercetare fiind efectuat la Boston University, SUA, sub îndrumarea prof. dr. Stefan Hofmann. Interesele ei de cercetare sunt legate de tulburările de anxietate, investigarea eficienței intervențiilor psihologice și a mecanismelor schimbării, terapia focalizată pe schema, științe cognitive clinice și psihologia relațiilor interpersonale și de cuplu.

Didactic

Cursuri:

  • Psihologie Clinică și Psihoterapii Individuale și de Grup I
  • Psihologie Clinică II
  • Autocunoaștere

Orar Consultații:

Joi: 12.00 – 14.00, e-mail simonastefan@psychology.ro

Interese de cercetare:

  • Tulburări de anxietate
  • Eficiența intervențiilor psihoterapeutice
  • Științe cognitive clinice
  • Terapia focalizată pe scheme
  • Psihologia relațiilor interpersonale și de cuplu

Proiecte & Granturi:

2020 – prezent: director de proiect Grant pentru tineri cercetători, UBB, GTC 35288/18.11.2020, “Terapia focalizată pe scheme dezadaptative timpurii pentru îngrijorare transdiagnostică”.

2018: Fulbright Grant, Council for International Exchange of Scholars/Institute of International Education (IIE/CIES) and the Romanian – U.S. Fulbright Commission, 665/25/06/2018 – Positive Emotion Dysregulation and Behavioral Avoidance in Relation to Social Anxiety and Depression Symptoms

2019 – prezent: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2016-1054 ;ADaPT/ Predictori și moderatori ai răspunsului la terapia cognitiv comportamentală pentru tulburările de anxietate: un pas spre tratamentul personalizat” – director de proiect (inlocuire Ioana Cristea)

2016 – 2017: director de proiect Grant pentru tineri cercetători, UBB, 31814/23.03.2016, “Evitarea versus căutarea îngrijirii medicale în anxietatea de sănătate – mecanisme etiopatogenetice” (UBB, Cluj-Napoca)

2012 – 2014: director de grant PN-II-RU-PD-2012-3-0168 -,, Explaining irritable bowel syndrome – the role of worry and worry-related constructs” (UMF Iuliu Haţieganu, Cluj – Napoca)

2015 – 2016: Moderatori ai răspunsului la psihoterapia cognitiv-comportamentală pentru depresie: ce funcționează mai bine pentru cine PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1316 – cercetător

2013 – 2015: Promoting active aging – a computerized platform for cognitive training and rehabilitation (ActiveCORE); Grant code: PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1797 – cercetător

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Publicații

Cărți si capitole internationale:

Stefan, S. & David, D. (2021).Case formulation for complexity and co-morbidity in anxiety disorders and depression. In G. Todd & R. Branch (Eds.), Evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders and depression: A cognitive behavior therapy compendium. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Barthel, A. L., Stefan, S. & Hofmann, S. G. (2020). Psychotherapy for panic disorder: empirically-based treatments, intevention models, and emerging evidence. In The American Psychiatric Association Textbook of Anxiety, Trauma and OCD related Disorders, 3rd edition.

Candea, D., Stefan, S., Matu, S., Mogoase, C., Iftene, F., David, D., & Szentagotai, A. (2019). REBT in the Treatment of Subclinical and Clinical Depression. New York: Springer.

David, D., Cardos, R., Candea, D., Oltean, H., & Stefan, S. (2019). REBT in Depressive Disorders. In Bernard, M. & Dryden, W. (Eds.). ‘REBT with Diverse Client Problems and Populations. New York: Springer.

Cristea, I., Stefan, S., David, O., Mogoase, C., & Dobrean, A. (2016). REBT in the treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adults. New York: Springer.

David, D. & Stefan, S. (2017). Eastern Europe. In Hofmann, S. G. (Ed.), International Perspectives on Psychotherapy (pp. 107 – 120). New York: Springer.

Cărți și capitole naționale:

Ștefan, S. (2018). Intervenții cognitiv comportamentale pentru modificarea  comportamentului alimentar la pacienții cu boli cardiovasculare. În Vlad, C. (Editor), Rolul nutritiei in prevenirea bolilor cardiovasculare. Editura Medicală Universitara Cluj Napoca.

Ștefan, S. (2018). Evaluarea personalității. În Enea, V. Și Dafinoiu, I. (Eds.). Evaluarea psihologică. Manualul psihologului clinician. Polirom, Iași.

Ștefan, S., Matu, S., & David, D. (2017). Emoțiile pozitive. În Szentagotai-Tătar, A. & David, D. (Eds.), Tratat de Psihologie Pozitivă. Polirom, Iași.

Ștefan, S. (2017). Creativitatea. În Szentagotai-Tătar, A. & David, D. (Eds.), Tratat de Psihologie Pozitivă. Polirom, Iași.

Ștefan, S. (2017). Starea de flow/flux al conștiinței. În Szentagotai-Tătar, A. & David, D. (Eds.), Tratat de Psihologie Pozitivă. Polirom, Iași.

Ștefan, S. & Coteț, C. (2017). Recunoștința. În Szentagotai-Tătar, A. & David, D. (Eds.), Tratat de Psihologie Pozitivă. Polirom, Iași.

Ștefan, S. (2017). Terapia rațional‑emotivă și comportamentală (REBT) pentru tulburarea de personalitate dependentă. În Popa, C., Sava, F., & David, D. (Eds.). Psihoterapiile cognitive și comportamentale în tulburările de personalitate. Polirom, Iași.

Articole ISI/Web of Science:

Stefan, S., Fodor, L., Curt, I., Ionescu, A., Pantea, N., Jiboc, N., & Tegzesiu, A. (2021). Health anxiety, perceived risk and perceived control in following recommended preventive measures during early COVID-19 response in Romania. BJPsych Open, 7(5), E160.

Mesterelu, I., Rimbu, R., Blaga, P., & Stefan, S. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research, 302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114021Get rights and content

Gal, E., Stefan, S., & Cristea, I. (2021). The efficacy of mindfulness meditation apps in enhancing users’ well-being and mental health related outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized control trials. Journal of Affective Disorders, 279, 131 – 142.

Stefan, S. & David, D. (2020). Mindfulness in Therapy: A Critical Analysis, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 68:2, 167-182, DOI:10.1080/00207144.2020.1720514

Stefan, S., Zorila, A., & Brie, E. (2019). General threat and health-related attention biases

in illness anxiety disorder. A brief research report. Cognition & Emotion, https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1645643

Stefan, S., Cristea I., Szentagotai Tatar, A., & David, D. (2019). Cognitive‐behavioral therapy (CBT) for

generalized anxiety disorder: Contrasting various CBT approaches in a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1188 – 1202, doi: 10.1002/jclp.22779

David, D., Ștefan, S., & Terraciano, A. (2018). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the

Cross-Cultural Context: An Extension of the Standard Paradigm from Individual to Country/Culture Level—A Brief Introduction into a New Research Line. Journal of Rational-Emotive &

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10942-018-0303-9

David, D., Cotet, C., Matu, S., Mogoase, C. & Stefan, S. (2017). 50 years of rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 00:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22514.

Cristea, I., Stefan, S., Karyotaki, E., David, D., Hollon, S., & Cuijpers, P. (2017). The falling effect

of cognitive behavioral therapy for depression is probably a fluke: a revision of Johnsen & Friborg (2015).  Psychological Bulletin, 143 (3), 326 – 340.

Tulbure B. T., Szentagotai A., David O., Ștefan S., Månsson KNT, David D., et al. (2015) Internet-Delivered Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder in Romania: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0123997.

Iftene, F., Predescu, E., Stefan, S., & David, D. (2015). Rational-emotive and cognitive-behavior therapy (REBT/CBT) versus pharmacotherapy versus REBT/CBT plus pharmacotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder in youth; A randomized clinical trial. Psychiatry Research, 225 (3), 687 – 694.

Igna, R. & Stefan, S. (2015). Comparing cognitive strategies in the process of emotion regulation. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 15, 251 – 266.

Igna, R., Stefan, S., Onac I., Onac, I., Ungur, R., & Szentagotai, A. (2014). Mindfulness-based cognitive-behavior therapy (MCBT) versus virtual reality (VR) enhanced CBT, versus treatment as usual for chronic back pain. A clinical trial. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 14(2),

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2013). Recent developments in the experimental investigation of the illusion of control. A meta-analytic review. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43(2), 377–386.

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2013). The functions of worry and its relation to performance in controllable and uncontrollable situations. Cognition and Emotion,27(3), 521-529. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2012.722075

Mogoase, C., Stefan, S., & David, D. (2013). How do we measure rational and irrational beliefs? The development of Rational and Irrational Beliefs Scale (RAIBS) – a new theory driven measure. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, 13 (2a), 529-546.

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2013). Face-to-face counseling versus high definition holographic projection system. Efficacy and therapeutic alliance. A brief research report. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, 13 (1).

Mogoase, C. & Stefan, S. (2013). Is there a difference between functional and dysfunctional negative emotions? The preliminary validation of the functional and dysfunctional negative emotions scale. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, 13 (1), 13-32.

Abrams, M., & Stefan, S. (2012). Sexual abuse and masochism in women: etiology and treatment. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, 12(2).

Sucală, M., Stefan, S., Macavei, B., Dobrean, A., Bolno, J., Mironiuc, I. A., Mironiuc, C., & David, D. (2010). Residual limb pain and distress in amputated patients. A brief report. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, 10, 211-218.

ISI Proceedings

Stefan, S., & Dumitrascu, D. L. (2014). The role of worry and related psychological constructs in predicting IBS symptoms in clinical population. Proceedings of EAPM 2014 – Care and cure: an integrated approach to psychosomatic medicine

Articole BDI:

Stefan S. & Hofmann, S. (2019). Integrating Metta Into CBT: How Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditation Can Enhance CBT for Treating Anxiety and Depression. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 1(3), article e32941

Stefan. S., & David, D. (2014). Obsessive-compulsive, Generalized anxiety tendencies and the illusion of control: An investigation of cognitive mechanisms. Transylvanian Journal of Psychology, 15 (1), 3 – 13.

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2013). The Functions of Worry in Uncontrollable Situations -Perceived Effects of Worry and the Feeling of Being in Control. Transylvanian Journal of Psychology, 14 (1), 3 – 13.

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2011). Designing and testing new measurement instruments for rational and irrational beliefs  related to uncertainty and control. Transylvanian Journal of Psychology, 13 (2), 12 – 22.

Cristea, I., Sucala, M., Stefan, S., Igna, R., David, D., & Szentagotai, A. (2011). Positive and negative emotions in cardiac patients: the contributions of trait optimism, expectancies and hopes. Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 15(3), 317-329.

Sucală, M., Stefan, S., Szentagotai-Tatar, A., & David, D. (2010). Time flies when you expect to have fun. An experimental investigation of the relationship between expectancies and the perception of time progression. Cognition, Brain, Behavior. An Interdisciplinary Journal, 14, 231-241.

Participare la conferinte nationale si internationale:

Stefan, S., Mesterelu, I., Rimbu, R., & Blaga, P. (2021). Obsessive-compulsive symptoms, anxiety and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: do responsibility and age play a role? Poster presented at the 10th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (ICCP), 13-15 May, Rome, Italy.

Stefan S. & David, D. (2019). CBT/REBT in a cross-cultural framework: a new research paradigm. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, 13 – 15 September, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Stefan S. (2019). Contrasting various Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approaches -REBT, CT, ACT – for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A randomized clinical trial. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, 13 – 15 September, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Stefan, S. & Zorila, A. (2019). General threat and health-related attention biases in illness anxiety disorder. Poster presented at the 9th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 17 – 22 July, Berlin, Germany.

Stefan, S., Cristea, I., Cotet, C., Weitz, E., & Cuijpers, P. (2017). An individual patient data meta-analysis of minority status as a predictor of outcome in Cognitive Behavior Therapy and pharmacotherapy for adult depression. Paper presented at the 9th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (ICCP), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 28th June – 1st of July.

Stefan, S. (2017). Avoidance and disengagement attention biases in care-avoidant versus careseeking health anxiety. Poster presented at the International Convention of Psychological

Science (ICPS), Vienna, 23rd -25th March.

David, D., Cotet, C., Matu, S., Mogoase, C. & Stefan, S. (2016). 50 years of RationalEmotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Paper presented at European Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, (EABCT), Stockholm, 31st August – 3rd September.

Vălenaș, S.P., Cândea, D.M., Ștefan, S., & Szentágotai-Tătar, A., (2016, September). The relationship between rumination and executive functions: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 46th Annual EABCT, „Roots and present branches of CBT”, Stockholm, Sweden.

Stefan, S., Candea, D., Valenas, S., Miu, A., Szentagotai-Tatar, A., (2015, September). CBT for quality of life and improving cognitive functioning in the elderly. A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 45th Annual EABCT Congress CBT: A Road to Hope and Compassion for People in Conflict, Jerusalem, Israel

Stefan S., & Dumitrascu, D. L. (2014). The role of worry and related psychological constructs in predicting IBS symptoms in clinical population. Poster presented at EAPM 2014 – Care and Cure: An Integrated Approach to Psychosomatic Medicine, Sibiu, Romania.

Stefan, S. (2013). Face to face versus high definition holographic projection system psychological counseling. Efficacy and therapeutic alliance. Paper presented at the 7th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, 22-25 July, Lima, Peru.

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2011, September). Obsessive-compulsive, generalized anxiety tendencies and the illusion of control: An investigation of cognitive mechanisms. Poster presented at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT) Congress, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Stefan, S., Sucala, M., Szentagotai, A., & David, D. (2010, September). Emotional well-being in patients with coronary heart disease. Paper presented at EHPS (European Health Psychological Society), Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Stefan, S. (2010, Septembrie). Investigarea experimentală a iluziei controlului. Un studiu meta-analitic, Conferinţa Naţională de Psihologie, Iaşi.

Stefan, S., & David, D. (2009, September). Superstitious strategies and illusory control  judgments in a stress-inducing situation. Poster presented at EHPS (European Health Psychological Society), Pisa, Italy.

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