Experience:
Professional experience in Psychology:
2023 - present: Supervisor for internship practice, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2021 - present: Head of Mental Health, Climbing Psychology, Austria.
2016 - present: Counselling & Sport Psychologist in Private Practice, Psiholog Drd. Maria Stefania Ionel, Romania.
2016 - present: Co-founder, Development through Climbing, Minte Forte NGO, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Professional experience in Research:
2017 - present: Researcher - PhD Candidate, Research in Individual Differences and Legal Psychology Lab – RIDDLE Lab, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
2019 - present: Founder and Coordinator, Exercise & Sport Psychology Group, RIDDLE Lab; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Education:
2020 - present: Undergoing Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy - The Psychotherapy of the Disorders of Self | International Masterson Institute | AUSTRALIA
2017 - present: Ph.D. candidate - Research in Individual Differences and Legal Psychology RIDDLE Lab | Department of Psychology | Babes-Bolyai University | Romania
2022 January - June: Research Fellow in Sport Psychology - Experimental Psychopathology Lab (EP Lab), Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
2020 (January - June): Research Fellow in Sport Psychology - NeuroPGA Lab, research team “Genes and Environment in Understanding the diversity of Human Behavior and the Pathogenesis of Mental Illness”
2014 - 2019: Practice certification in CBT counselling - Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy Association from Romania
2013 - 2015: Master’s Degree - Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and Psychotherapy | Babes-Bolyai University | Romania
2015 - 2016: Research fellow in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience - The Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center, Faculty of Psychology | University of Granada | Spain
2006 - 2010: Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology - Faculty of Social Humanistic Science | University of Oradea | Romania
Member:
2022 November - present: International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP, Member).
2022 May - present: Adventure Therapy International Committee (ATIC, Member).
2021 November - present: Romanian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies (APCCR, Certified Associate Member).
2021 October - present: Romanian Association of Psychologists (APR, member).
2021: Adventure Therapy Europe (ATE - Country Representative; www.adventuretherapy.eu)
2020: European Federation of Sport Psychology (FEPSAC; www.fepsac.com)
2019: European Network of Young Specialists in Sport Psychology (ENYSSP; www.enyssp.com)
2019: Exercise & Sport Psychology Circle – Babes-Bolyai University (Founder & Coordinator of the group, based in Research in Individual Differences and Legal Psychology – RIDDLE Lab; www.riddlelab.ro)
2018: International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA; www.ircra.rocks)
2014: College of Psychologists in Romania (CPR; www.alegericpr.ro)
