TEACHING EXPERIENCE

LECTURER, BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY SEPTEMBER 2013- CONTINUE

Teaching PSY 2001 Developmental Psychology course (Undergraduate, 2nd Year). The course familiarises students with patterns of development throughout life. It focuses on theories of development, foundations of development and development through infancy to middle childhood. (3 hours per week)

LECTURER, ISIK UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY SEPTEMBER 2013 - JANUARY 2014

Teaching PSY 431 Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology (Undergraduate, 4 th Year) This course aims to inform students about the current debates in theoretical and empirical works in the field of developmental psychology. It also involves discussing current Attachment Theory focused research. This course also aims to engage students in empirical thinking and devise their own research proposal while implementing empirical strategies within applied developmental psychology framework. (3 hours per week)

LECTURER, AREL UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY – CLINICAL DOCTORATE PROGRAM SEPTEMBER 2013 –

PSYCHOTHERAPY & CLINICAL SUPERVISON FOR CLINICAL DOCTORATE STUDENTS

This course involved theory and practicum components. In the theory component, students were introduced with the basic and advanced skills of therapeutic alliance (Micro and Macro skills; Intentional Interviewing Techniques); the process of therapeutic alliance (e.g. boundaries, ethics, safety etc.); The current debates in evidence based therapies and the role of Clinical psychologist both as a researcher and as a therapist were discussed. (3 hours per week)

In the practicum component, one to one clinical supervision was provided to students to facilitate their therapeutic work.

As part of the practicum Budak led an encounter group for personal and professional development of clinical doctorate students. This grouped provided both peer- supervision and therapeutic experience for students. In addition to awareness in personal weaknesses and strengths, students had the opportunity apply the theories of group dynamics in to practice. (1 hour per week)

As part of the assessment of this course students are working on a production of a practical guide for therapeutic skills and techniques. This work is planned to be published as a Clinical Practice resource.

ATTACHMENT THEORY AND CASE STUDIES COURSE

This course equipped clinical doctorate students with the techniques of case formulation; and the use of case formulation in different modalities. Part of this course current research in Attachment Theory and case formulation strategies were discussed and presented. At the end of this course students implemented Attachment Theory’s Framework in building case formulations of their therapeutic work within their own modalities.

TEACHING ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, FALL 2009, SPRING 2010

Theoretical Issues in Non-Verbal Behaviour Module:

Led various theoretical and research discussion sessions. (3rd year undergraduate course / 2 hours p/w)

Biological Bases Module:

Run practical class on movement and led short discussions at the end of each session. (2nd Year undergraduate course / 2 hours p/w)

POOL TUTOR, BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL, ADULT EDUCATION, UK

FEBRUARY 2010 –SEPTEMBER 2011 (POST HOC)

Pool tutor for the delivery of counselling courses e.g. Self Confidence and Dealing with Anxiety, at Adult Education Centres of the city council. Thought skills and theories to counselling program students, who were working towards a degree in counselling, recognised by British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (various hours)

EDUCATION TEAM MEMBER, SENSE, UK, 1999 TO 2003

Assessed the communication needs of deafblind people, prepared and delivered Person Centred session plans.

Supported adult with learning difficulties and challenging behaviour to take initiatives and control of their environment using total communication, and interactive approaches.

Delivered in house training to Sense staff members entitled “Loss and Bereavement”, “24 Hours Learning”, “Total Communication”, and ”Deaf and Blindness Awareness Training”. Also facilitated workshops and discussions, which were cantered towards the implementation of the Person Centred Approach in relation to organisation’s new service model.

TEACHING ASSISTANT, METU, TURKEY

As part of research assistant post also delivered undergraduate courses including Theories of Counselling, Conflict Resolution, and Research skills. Duties involved session plans, setting up agreed aims and objectives, delivery of session plans and assessing student’s course work and material.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Research interest in examining factors may lead to vulnerability to mental health problems and factors that promote resilience following trauma experiences and the use of such factors in therapeutic intervention.

Perinatal trauma experiences affect women and their subsequent parenting. How Attachment (caretaking experiences) is related to parenting (caregiving experiences) following a trauma experience.

As part of her PhD research, Dr. Budak used qualitative and quantitative research techniques in five separate studies in the pursuit of understanding women’s perinatal trauma experiences.

Two separate ethical review process were completed for the studies of the PhD research.

Numerous international organisations supported the PhD study (e.g. SANDS, SHARE, BTA) advertising the research to recruit participants for the research.

An online site was set up by Budak for data collection. An impressive return rate was achieved where a total of 420 participants were recruited for the research

During her MSc degree Budak was interested in personality traits (locus of control and optimism) in predicting physical well-being. During her research Budak adapted two psychometric measures to Turkish culture: Multiple Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale and Perceived Health Competence Scale (PHCS).

Budak studied at the School of Medicine (Epidemiology), University of Manchester as part of her MSc study as a visiting scholar. This post added so much to her career as her research foci, which was on health and positive psychology, was, at the time, under-researched in Turkey

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Birmingham Child and Infant Lab Research Assistant, UK 2010 -2012

Supported multidisciplinary projects (such as parent-child interaction, attachment, the development of food acceptance) 2010-2012. This research post partially served towards Dr. Budak’s PhD research study. The responsibilities of the post involved recruitment of participants, managing the database and setting up experiments.

Part of research network of Attachment Lab, University of Geneva, Switzeland. Reliable AAI Coder.

Research and Development Team , Sense, UK February 2003 -2010, Part time

Duties included witting up policies in relation to Sense’s position on matters such as Deafblind adults’ and children’s communication needs; implications of Mental Capacity Act on care delivery; and safeguarding vulnerable adults. Setting up data bases and preparing quarterly reports on safeguarding issues.

Visiting Scholar, UK, April 1998 –April 1999.

Graduate exchange student at the University of Manchester, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences.

Researcher, University of Manchester, UK, April - July 1999

Worked with D. Judith Emanuel, lecturer in Primary Health Care at the Manchester University, on a qualitative research project concerning bullying in schools. Duties included the collection and the entry of data. Microsoft Access was used to prepare the qualitative data.

Research Assistant, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, October 1996 to April 1998

Carried out data collection, data entry, and data analysis of several research projects funded by Turkish Ministry of Education (e.g. Anxiety and coping mechanisms of adolescents, issues around welfare of the high school students)

Researcher METU, Turkey -October 1996 –October 1997

Worked with Prof.Dr.Esin Tezer to develop a vocational interest inventory. Responsibilities included data collection, data entry and analysis of the data gathered from 700 high school students by using SPSS for Windows. (1 year project)

RESEARCH SUPERVISON

Currently supervising a master of science thesis.

Yilmaz, A (Continues). Humour Styles and Social Anxiety in relation to Attachment orientation of Adolescents, Istanbul Arel University

RESEARCH PROJECT

Perinatal Trauma Support

In liaison with the Medical School and School of Psychology of Bahcesehir University a project is under preparation to support women via prenatal and postnatal support classes. This project aims to increase awareness in perinatal trauma’s adverse effect on women’s mental health and their subsequent parenting experiences. As part of this project women who experienced perinatal trauma will be supported, and clinical support staff will be trained.

Adaptation of Adult Attachment Interview

Adult Attachment Interview (AAI, is considered the gold standard for measuring adult attachment) manual will be adapted to Turkish culture. This measure is widely used in research and also in clinical practice for intervention strategies. This piece of work will be prepared under the supervision of Mary Main , Erik Hesse, Deane Peterson & Dave Peterson.

THERAPY EXPERIENCE

Psychological Counsellor, Breeze Counseling Services Ltd., UK, April 2010- Present

Set up my own company - Breeze Counselling Services Ltd providing bilingual counselling services for individual and couples. Also provide consultation services for Adult Attachment Interview Coding.

Received regular professional supervision and completed continuing personal development trainings

Currently working primarily with clients for bereavement and loss, trauma, depression, anxiety, communication skills and attachment issues.

Provides individual counselling sessions and encounter groups.

Administered psychometric tests for screening purposes in order to identify symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Also, part of my MSc degree, supported two local primary and one secondary school for projects like “Bullying and Communication” and provided Play Therapy under supervision for children aged 6-8.

CLINICAL SUPERVISION

Currently provides clinical supervision clinical doctorate psychology students

Peer Group supervision for a reflective learning process

Provides peer supervision to practitioners

PUBLICATIONS

Ustundag-Budak, A.M. & Aydin-Mocan, G. (2005). The Role of Personality Variables in Predicting the Reported Physical Health Symptoms of Turkish College Students, Adolescence, 40 (159): 559-572. Cited by 12

Budak A.M. (2002). The Clock: Reflection on an artwork of an autistic adult, Talking Sense Magazine, 27-30.

Manuscripts under review:

Possibilities and pitfalls of critical online research in Psychology : Online data collection and interviewing with grieving women – Qualitative Research in Psychology (Journal)

Caregiving versus Caretaking – Clinical Implications of the Adult Attachment Interview (Book)

Manuscripts in preparation:

The Predictors of Mental Health Problems of Mothers who experienced perinatal trauma: How Attachment Anxiety -Avoidance, Memories of Parental Rearing Experiences and Perceived Support predict postnatal mental health (To be submitted to Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care Journal)

The Mediating Role of Attachment Styles in predicting Perinatal Mental Health Symptoms from Perceived Support (To be submitted to Journal Reproductive and Infant Psychology)

Differences in Perinatal Trauma with and without Loss (To be submitted to Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care Journal)

An IPA study on Grieving and parenting: Mothers’ accounts of their stillbirth experiences, & of their subsequent relationships with their living infant (To be submitted to The Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION S AND MEMBERSHIPS

BPS (British Psychological Society, Graduate Member )

BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, MBACP)

PDR Turkish Counselling and Guidance Association, Graduate Member

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Marce Society (International society for the understanding, prevention and treatment of mental illness related to childbearing).

SKILLS

Computer SPSS for Windows, MS Access, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point.

Language English, Turkish, British Sign Language Stage1 & 2.

TRAINING

Issues and Impact of Loss and Bereavement, Birmingham Care Development Agency, UK

Certificate in Transactional Analysis 101 Course, ITA, Birmingham Counselling Centre, UK

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy , Skills Training, UK

Teaching Clients Mindfulness Skills , Stanton, UK

TRAINING (CONTINUES)

PTSD following Childbirth and Perinatal Loss, University of Reading, UK

A Skill Based Approach to Treatment Resistant Depression , Stanton, UK

Bereavement and Loss , Cruse Bereavement, UK.

Anger Management , UK

Practicing the Developmental Counseling Skills, Turkey 

Essay marking; how to manage small groups; participate in marking sample psychology essays, University of Birmingham (various 1/2 day workshops)

Midlands PGwT Workshops: Getting published, Motivating students, Why Students Don't Talk in Seminars and Possible Escape Routes, University of Birmingham (talks and workshops)

PGT012A Teaching Development for Postgraduates, University of Birmingham.

GRANTS & AWARDS

Student Placement for Entrepreneurs in Education / Enterprise Fellowship Scheme - West Midlands(SPEED/EFS WM) February 2010 – November 2010.

University of Birmingham Research Grand to attend an Adult Attachment Institute Berkley (in Holland) University of Birmingham, 2008.

International Conference Grand , University of Birmingham 2011.

Exchange Scholar studentship, METU, Turkey, 1998

CONFERENCES

Thematic Session Chair, FAMILIES FACING CHALLENGES, 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Budak, A.M. (2013). The Predictors of Mental Health Problems Of Mothers Who Experienced Perinatal Trauma, İstanbul 2013 World Congress of Psychological Counselling and Guidance. Istanbul Turkey. (Paper presentation)

Budak, A.M. (2013). Mothers’ Experiences of Stillbirth and Their Relationship with Their Living Infant. The 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Paper presentation)

Budak, A.M. ((2013) The Predictors Of Mental Health Problems Of Mothers Who Experienced Perinatal Trauma. The 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Paper presentation)

Budak, A.M., Harris, G. & Blissett, G. (2012), September, Mother’s trauma experience. The 32nd Annual SRIP Conference, University of Oxford (Poster Presentation)

Budak, A.M.Harris G. & Blissett, J. (2011)) Mother’s Trauma Experiences and Attachment Styles: potential implications for the mother-infant relationship. The 15th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Bergen Norway. (Poster Presentation)

Budak, A.M, Harris, G. & Blissett, J. (2011) Attachment and Trauma Experiences. Poster session presented at the 11th International Psychological Counselling Conference, Izmir Turkey. (Poster Presentation)

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

Perinatal Psychiatry in the 21st Century: The Legacy of Channi Kumar 19-20 May 2011. The Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Regional Perinatal Mental Health Conference on 8th July 2011 at the Birmingham Medical Institute, UK.

Reducing stillbirth and dealing with the aftermath, organised by the Birth Trauma Association West Midlands, May, 2010.

Disturbances of the Perinatal Period: Implications for the Infant, November, 2010. British Psychological Society.

Qualitative Research Methodology, University of Birmingham, July 2010.

Psychosis Workshop, University of Birmingham, July 2009.