Gizem Erdem, PhD, I-LMFT
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I am an Associate Professor of Psychology at Koç University. I was a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Health Research and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago (US) in 2014 and was a visiting scholar at CMES and CeASAR at Harvard University (US) and in the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at ISCTE University Institute Lisbon (Portugal) in Summer 2017 and 2018, respectively.
I completed my Ph.D. and M.A. in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the Ohio State University and my B.A. in the Department of Psychology at Bogaziçi University. My up-to-date CV is available here. My research interests are program evaluation of preventive and treatment interventions targeting at-risk youth and their families. I am particularly interested in youth mentoring and evidence-based family therapy in the treatment of substance use, juvenile delinquency, their relational problems and experiences of stigma. My second line of research focuses on the role of close relationships adolescent development and well-being. My publications are available at Google Scholar. |
I received several national and international research awards in my career, including 2021 Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award (TÜBA-GEBİP), 2019 Science Academy Young Scientist Award (BAGEP), and 2018 NCFR President for-a-day award in the US. I am a senior research board member of the National Mentoring Resource Center (Chicago, US). I served at the family therapy expert group at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (Vienna, Austria) and Society for Research on Adolescence COVID 19 Task Force Committee. I am an elected chair of International Section of the National Council on Family Relations. I was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Child and Family Studies from 2020 to 2022.
In addition to my work in academia, I do psychotherapy and provide clinical supervision for therapists-in-training. I am a couple and family therapist registered and independently licensed in the US. I am an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy clinical fellow and an approved supervisor. I hold a EuroPSY Psychologist Certificate in Couple and Family Therapy and ICEEFT Emotionally-focused Couples Therapy Level 1 Certificate. Please see clinical work page for more details.
I currently recruit graduate students for my research lab. Please see our research lab website for further information on completed and ongoing projects. I welcome students interested in at-risk adolescents, close relationships, youth mentoring research, and family science. I can be reached at gizemerdem@ku.edu.tr.
I received several national and international research awards in my career, including 2021 Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award (TÜBA-GEBİP), 2019 Science Academy Young Scientist Award (BAGEP), and 2018 NCFR President for-a-day award in the US. I am a senior research board member of the National Mentoring Resource Center (Chicago, US). I served at the family therapy expert group at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (Vienna, Austria) and Society for Research on Adolescence COVID 19 Task Force Committee. I am an elected chair of International Section of the National Council on Family Relations. I was an Associate Editor of the Journal of Child and Family Studies from 2020 to 2022.
In addition to my work in academia, I do psychotherapy and provide clinical supervision for therapists-in-training. I am a couple and family therapist registered and independently licensed in the US. I am an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy clinical fellow and an approved supervisor. I hold a EuroPSY Psychologist Certificate in Couple and Family Therapy and ICEEFT Emotionally-focused Couples Therapy Level 1 Certificate. Please see clinical work page for more details.
I currently recruit graduate students for my research lab. Please see our research lab website for further information on completed and ongoing projects. I welcome students interested in at-risk adolescents, close relationships, youth mentoring research, and family science. I can be reached at gizemerdem@ku.edu.tr.