Assistant Professor Lia Oltean
Lia Oltean is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeș-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania). She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology (2012), a master’s degree in “Clinical psychology, psychological counseling and psychotherapy” (2014), and a PhD from the Doctoral School “Evidence-based Assessment and Psychological Interventions” (2022).
Her research interests include investigating the association between childhood adversity and psychopathology, as well as potential mechanisms, such as reward processing, underlying it. In addition, she focuses on investigating evidence-based psychological interventions, as well as mechanisms and factors that may influence them. Her clinical experience pertains to her activity as a clinical psychologist and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist certified by the Romanian Board of Psychologists. Also, Lia is supervisor in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.
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Subjects taught:
- Clinical Practice I;
- Clinical Practice II;
- Ethics in Applied Psychology;
- Clinical forensic psychology.
Schedule for hearings:
Thursday, 15:00-17:00
Research Interests:
- Assessing the effectiveness of psychological interventions for mental disorders;
- Identifying risk and resilience factors for mental disorders;
- Investigating confounders and effect modifiers.
Projects & Grants:
- Investigating the relative effectiveness of psychological interventions for psychosis;
- Testing the relative effectiveness of ACT and CBT interventions for depressive symptoms.
Articles:
- Sucala, M., Cuijpers, P., Muench, F., Cardoș, R., Soflau, R., Dobrean, A., … & David, D. (2017). Anxiety: There is an app for that. A systematic review of anxiety apps. Depression and anxiety, 34(6), 518-525.
- Şoflău, R., & David, D. O. (2017). A meta-analytical approach of the relationships between the irrationality of beliefs and the functionality of automatic thoughts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41(2), 178-192.
- Soflau, R., & David, D. O. (2019). The Impact of Irrational Beliefs on Paranoid Thoughts. Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 47(3), 270-286.
- David, D., Bizo, A., Cimpean, A. I., Oltean, H., Cardos, R., Soflau, R., & Negut, A. (2018). The effect of research method type on stereotypes’ content: A brief research report. The Journal of social psychology, 158(3), 379-392.
- CARDOŞ, R. A., ŞOFLĂU, R., Gherman, A., SUCALĂ, M., & Chiorean, A. (2017). A mobile intervention for core needle biopsy related pain and anxiety: A usability study. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 17(1).
- Tiple, C., Matu, S., Dinescu, F. V., Muresan, R., Soflau, R., Drugan, T., … & Chirila, M. (2015, November). Voice-related quality of life results in laryngectomies with today’s speech options and expectations from the next generation of vocal assistive technologies. In 2015 E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB) (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
- David, D. O., Sucală, M., Coteț, C., Șoflău, R., & Vălenaș, S. (2019). Empirical research in REBT theory and practice. In Advances in REBT (pp. 101-119). Springer, Cham.
- Şoflău, R., & Matu, S. (2016). Explicit and implicit attitudes toward heights: relationship with acrophobic symptoms and sensitivity to cognitive-behavioral treatment. A preliminary report. Romanian Journal of Psychology, 18(1).
- Şoflău, R., & David, D. O. (2018). The Impact of Music-Based Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral Education on Positive and Negative Emotions: A Preliminary Investigation in Ecological Conditions. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 36(1), 89-97.
- David, O. A., Şoflău, R., & Matu, S. (2018). Technology and coaching. In Coaching for Rational Living (pp. 199-209). Springer, Cham.
- Şoflău, R., & David, D. (2019). The use of virtual reality in the assessment of paranoid thoughts: a comparison with desktop-based tools. Interacting with Computers, 31(4), 413-424.