Babes-Bolyai University
Personal data : Born: July 30, 1976, Cluj, Romania; Citizenship: Romanian
Home address: No.2 Mogoşoaia Str., bl. F, apt. 24, Cluj-Napoca 400652, tel. 40-264 458778; mobile: 0744-362123
Office address: Str. Republicii nr. 37, Cluj-Napoca 400015, Romania; Telephone/fax: 40-264 590967; e-mail: biancamacavei@psychology.
Education: *Oct. 2003 – present – Postgraduate Doctoral Studies in Clinical Psychology at “Babes-Bolyai” University, Department of Psychology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*Sept. 2002 – June 2003 – Postgraduate studies – Masters degree in Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapies at “Babes-Bolyai” University, Department of Psychology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Degree: M.A.
*1998 – 2002 – Psychology undergraduate studies at “Babes-Bolyai” University, Department of Psychology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Degree: Licensed psychologist. Dissertation: The Function of Irrational Beliefs in Depression.
*1990 – 1994 – High School Studies, “Gheorghe Sincai” High School, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. At graduation – qualified as licensed translator in English language.
Research experience: 2006 – 2008 – Ministry of Education and Research Grant no. 199 / 2006, “Improving quality of life of patients diagnosed with erectile dysfunction and optimization of medicated treatment. Model of population screening” – OPTIMSEX – researcher.
*2006-2008 – Ministry of Education and Research Grant no. 2980 / 2006, “The efficacy of intense nutritional, pharmacological, and behavioral management of obesity”, coordinated by The Institute of diabetes, nutrition and metabolic diseases, Romania – researcher.
*2006-2008 – Ministry of Education and Research Grant no. 78 / 2006, „The efficacy of psychotherapy vs. non-stimulant medication in ADHD in children 6-11 years old”, coordinated by Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – researcher.
*2006-2008 – Ministry of Education and Research Grant no. 124 / 2006, „The neurocognitive and developmental analysis of anxiety. Applications in the optimization of diagnosis and psychotherapeutic methods”, coordinated by Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – researcher.
*2006-2008 – Ministry of Education and Research Grant no. 156 / 2006, „Corelaţii între markeri biologici, particularităţi clinice şi terapie în depresia copilului şi adolescentului” (Correlations among biological markers, clinical characteristics and therapy in child and adolescent depression), coordinated by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Iuliu Haţieganu”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – researcher.
*2002-2003 – Author in the project for elaboration of the Cognitive Aptitude Tests Battery (BTPAC), Cognitrom 2003, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*2002-2004 – Research Coordinator, Randomized clinical trial „Medication versus Psychotherapy in the treatment of major depression. A multisited randomized clinical trial” supported by Albert Ellis Institute, New York..
*2000- 2001 – Research activities in the “Seminary for the Advanced Study of Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapy”, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Department of Psychology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Professional activities: Professional activities
*October 2006 – present – trainer for the continuous education professional courses organized by the Romanian Association of CBT in collaboration with the Romanian Psychological Board and Romanian Medical Board.
*February 2007 – present – Teaching assistant for Evolutionary Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*August 2006 – present – principal psychotherapist in cognitive and behavioral psychotherapies – Personal private practice Macavei Bianca.
*18-21 May 2006 – Trainer for the miniworkshop „School counseling by rational emotive education”.
Trainers:
Associated professor Adrian Opre, Ph.D.
Associated professor Aurora Szentagotai, Ph.D.
Assistant professor Simona Trip
Bianca Macavei, M.A.
Anca Baltag, M.A.
Sebastian Vaida, M.A.
*February 2006 – present – Trainer for the Rational Emotive and Behavioral Education Program, organized by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research and the Romanian Association of CBT.
*February 2006 – present – Supervisor in CBT for the Romanian Association of CBT and the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*October 2003 – present – Trainer for the “Magister” Program (rational emotive education for teachers), organized by the Ministry of Education and Research and Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*October 2005 – October 2006 – Trainer for the “Rural education” Program (psychological education for teachers in rural areas), organized by the Ministry of Education and Research and Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*December 2004 – present – Counseling Psychologist at the Student Psychological Counseling Center, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*March 2004 – November 2005 – Psychologist, S.C. COGNITROM S.R.L. Consulting, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
* November 2002 – March 2003
Counseling Psychologist at the Student Psychological Counseling Center, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*2002 – 2004
Tutor for the Septimus Training Program in Psychotherapy, offered by the University of Sheffield (UK), in collaboration with the Romanian Psychotherapy Federation, Bucharest and the Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca.
*2001 – present
Teaching Assistant (Clinical Psychology and Introduction to Psychotherapies) at the Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*2000 – present
Volunteer, then Associate psychologist at Psiho Conseil SRL (private practice for psychological assistance), str.Horea, nr.18-20/ap.7 (occasionally at the Clinical Hospital for Rehabilitation, str.Viilor, nr. 44-46 )
The activities included: counseling in anxiety disorders and mood disorders.
*1995 – 1996
Volunteer at the Consulting Center, Soros Foundation For a Free Society str.Ţebei 21, Cluj-Napoca.
The activities included: counseling for interviews, translations, text editing.
Professional work experience
*Sept. 2000
Organizer for the International Workshop “Cognitive Development and Education”, Cinciş, România.
*Apr.2000
Organizer for the Students National Conference “Psychology – current trends and perspectives” 3th edition, Cluj 2000. (organized by the Transylvanian Association of Students in Psychology).
Collaborations / Professional membership: *February 2006- present – member of the International Institute for the Advanced Studies of Psychotherapy and Applied Mental Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA.
*May 2004 – present – Member of the Romanian Psychological Association
*2001- present – English Language Consultant for “Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies” (formerly “The Romanian Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies”).
*2000-present – Member in the Romanian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies (formerly by the Romanian Association of Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapies); presently, the secretary of the Association.
*2000-2001 – Member in the Transylvanian Association of Students in Psychology.
*2000 – Collaborator for the Student Magazine “Parallaxis”.
Participation in conferences, symposia, seminars, etc. and professional training:
*18-21 May 2006 – Workshop – “Hypnotherapy: An empirically validated approach”, Dr. Steven Jay Lynn.
*18-21 May 2006 – Participant at the Romanian National Conference in Psychology, Cluj-Napoca 2006. Paper presented: “The distinction between functional and dysfunctional emotions in patients with clinical level of anxiety and depression; A randomized clinical trial”.
Authors: Bianca Macavei, M.A. and David Opriş
*22-23 October 2004 – Annual Meeting of the Romanian Academy , paper presented “Trauma in rural and urban areas”
Eva Kallay and Bianca Macavei
*11-13 May 2004 – Advanced Training Program in Cognitive Therapy (offered by the Romanian Association of Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and “Academy of Cognitive Therapy”, PA, USA).
*May 2004 – Participant at the Romanian National Conference in Psychology – Romanian Psychology and the European Integration, Calimanesti, Caciulata.
*28 – 30 oct. 2003 – Primary Training Program in Cognitive Therapy (offered by the Romanian Association of Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapies, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and “Academy of Cognitive Therapy”, PA, USA).
*June 2003 – Cognitive Behavior Therapy Conference – Balatonfured, Hungary “Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapeutic Intervention in major depression – a comparative study”.
*10-13 May 2003 – Advaced Training Program in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (offered by the Romanian Association of Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapies, Cluj-Napoca and “Albert Ellis” Institute, New York).
*10-12 May 2002 – Primary Training Program in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (offered by the Romanian Association of Hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavior Psychotherapies, Cluj-Napoca and “Albert Ellis” Institute, New York).
*May 2001
Participant in The Days of Psychology in Timişoara, the 10th edition, National Symposium “Psychology – a science for the III-rd millennium”. Paper presented: “Implicit Conceptual Memory investigated in the Process Dissociation Procedure”.
*Apr. 2001
Participant at the Students National Conference “Psychology – current trends and perspectives” 4th edition, Cluj 2001. Paper presented: “Implicit Conceptual Memory investigated in the Process Dissociation Procedure Using the Word Generation Test”.
*13-14 May 2000 – Workshop on “Psychologic intervention for detection of simulated behavior in forensic practice” trainers: Ioan Buş, Ph.D. and Dan David, Ph.D.
(organized by the Transylvanian Association of Students in Psychology).
*22-23 April 2000 – Workshop on “Self-Hypnosis Techniques”, trainer: Dan David, Ph.D.
(organized by the Transylvanian Association of Students in Psychology).
*19-20 February 2000 – “Counseling – The many faces of depression”, trainer: psychologist Lucille Bellomy, Ph.D.
*13-21 November 1999 – “Anxiety Disorders” trainers: Domnica Petrovai şi Dragoş Cîrneci (organized by the Romanian Association of Health Psychology).
Awards: Albert Ellis Award for young researchers in rational emotive behavior therapy, 2003.
Publications: Macavei, B. (2007). Romanian norms for Profile of Affective Moods, Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale, Attitudes and Beliefs Scale II, Unconditional Self Acceptance Questionnaire, In Daniel David, Clinical Evaluation System (coordinator). Cluj-Napoca: RTS.
Macavei, B. (2006). Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale, Form A; Norms for the Romanian Population. Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, vol. 6, no. 2, 157-171.
David, D., Macavei, B, & Szentagotai, A. (2005). Cognitive Restructuring and Mental Contamination: An empirical Re-conceptualization. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, vol. 23, no. 1, 21-55.
David, D., Szentagotai, A., Kallay, E., & Macavei, B. (2005). A synopsis of Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy; Fundamental and Applied Research. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, vol. 23, no. 3, 175-221.
Opriş, D., & Macavei, B. (2005). The distinction between functional and dysfunctional negative emotions; An empirical analysis. Journal of Cognitive and Bahavioral Psychotherapies, vol. 5, no.2, 181-195.
David, D., Montgomery, G.H., Macavei, B., & Bovbjerg, D.H. (2005). An empirical investigation of Albert Ellis’s model of distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 499-516.
*David, D., Montgomery, G.H., Macavei, B., Bovbjerg, D.H. (2005). An empirical investigation of Albert Ellis’s model of distress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 499-516.
*Macavei, B. (2005). “The role of irrational beliefs in the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy of depression”, Journal of Cognitive and Bahavioral Psychotherapies, vol. 5, no.1, 73-81.
* David, A., Ghinea, C., Macavei, B., Kallay, E. (2005). “A search for ‘hot’ cognitions in a clinical and non-clinical context: appraisal, attributions, core relational themes, irrational beliefs, and their relations to emotion”, Journal of Cognitive and Bahavioral Psychotherapies, vol. 5, no.1, 1-42.
*Macavei, B. (2002). “A Romanian Adaptation of The Cognitive Therapy Rating Scale”, The Romanian Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, vol. 2, nr. 1.
*Macavei, B. (2002). “Attitudes and Beliefs Scale 2 (ABS2) – preliminary data for the Romanian population”, The Romanian Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies, vol. 2, nr. 2.
“Mediated Learning Experience in classroom and outside”, edited by the Romanian Cognitive Science Association; comparing with the original version (English language).
Foreign languages / computers *basic knowledge – Windows, StatView, SPSS.
*English – proficiency level
*French – advanced level
*Italian – basic knowledge
Interests: *Cognitive – behavior therapy in depression
*Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
*The role of religious beliefs in therapy
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Dr. Daniel David
Department of Psychology,
“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca 400015
Str. Republicii nr. 37,
e-mail danieldavid@psychology.ro
Dr. James McMahon
“Albert Ellis” Institute for Rational Emotive
Behavior Therapy, New York
e-mail bjpsymac@webtv.net