Araştırma alanlari: cocuk ergen psikolojisi, öğrenme güclüğü, oyun terapisi, psikoeğitsel mudahaleler

Gelişim psikolojisi alanında araştırma yapmaktayım. İlgilendiğim konular arasında çocukların bilişsel gelişimi, dil ve iletişim gelişimi ve sosyal becerileri bulunmaktadır. Manchester Üniversitesi'nde Dr öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktayım.

Dr. Sauer-Zavala is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Kentucky (UK) and is the founding Director of Clinical Services at the UK Clinic for Emotional Health. Dr. Sauer-Zavala received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from UK in 2011; she completed her predoctoral internship at Duke University Medical Center and her postdoctoral fellowship at Boston University. She then spent seven years on the faculty in BU’s Department of Psychological and Brain Science before returning home to UK in 2019. Her research is focused on exploring emotion-focused mechanisms that maintain psychological symptoms and using this information to develop more targeted, easily-disseminated intervention strategies. Her research has been supported by NIMH, NIAAA, Templeton Foundation, the Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences, and the Canadian Institute of Health Research. Dr. Sauer-Zavala has co-authored over 140 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books. In particular, she is a co-developer of the Unified Protocol and the founding director of the Unified Protocol Institute; she remains involved in consultation and training for this intervention

Elif Yüvrük, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Psikoloji Bölümü, Klinik Psikoloji Anabilim Dalı'nda görev yapmaktadır. Verdiği dersler arasında Psikolojide Tarihsel ve Çağdaş Yaklaşımlar ile Deneysel Psikoloji II: Biliş dersleri bulunmaktadır.