Dr. Simona Ștefan
Simona Ioana Ștefan
Associate professor
No. 37 Republicii Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Tel. 0040743134536
E-mail: simonastefan@psychology.ro; simona.stefan@ubbcluj.ro
Education:
B.S.: Babes-Bolyai University, Psychology, 2007
M.S.: Babes-Bolyai University, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 2009
PhD: Babes-Bolyai University, 2012
Research:
Simona Ștefan, PhD is Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babeș-Bolyai University, and a member of the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health. She is a cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist, clinical psychologist and psychological counsellor. Simona got her Ph.D. in 2012 at the Evidence-Based Assessment and Psychological Interventions Doctoral School at Babeș-Bolyai University (coordinator Professor Daniel David, Ph.D.). In 2018, Simona was a Fulbright scholar, conducting her research fellowship at Boston University, working with Professor Stefan Hofmann, Ph.D. Her research interests encompass anxiety disorders, investigating the efficiency of psychological interventions and their mechanisms of change, clinical cognitive sciences and interpersonal relations.
Selected Publications:
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.
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
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
Cursuri predate:
Graduate:
- Clinical Psychology and Individual and Group Psychotherapies I
- Clinical Psychology II
- Self-awareness and Personal Development