Team

Oana A. Gavita, Ph.D.

Dr. Oana Gavița is Senior Assistant Professor at Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.  Dr. Gavita worked previously both as internal Human Resources Consultant (Intesa Sanpaolo Bank) as external consultant (HILL International) and has coordinated various organizational development and coaching projects. Oana Gavita has completed training, internships and research fellowship programs in the field of cognitive-behavioral coaching, psychotherapy and psychological counseling at Albert Ellis Institute, NY, USA; Centre for Coaching, UK; King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK; Laboratories of Cognitive Neurosciences, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital Boston. Her expertise is in two of the most valued areas of our lives: working and parenting. She is specialised on personal coaching, performance management, stress management and well-being coaching, and currently runns research projects on coaching based on Virtual Reality procedures.

 

 Adrian Opre, PhD

Dr. Adrian Opre is professor at the Psychology Department, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He has a Ph.D. in psychology and is currently teaching courses concerning applications of cognitive psychology in education, work/organizational and clinical domains. He has nationally and internationally recognized theoretical and practical knowledge in cognitive-behavioral interventions. He is also a cognitive-behavior therapist and supervisor, certified by: Albert Ellis Institute (New York, USA), The National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists (USA), The Romanian Federation of Psychotherapy (Federaţia Română de Psihoterapie- FRP), and The Romanian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies. Dr. Adrian Opre is professional psychologist and supervisor certified by the Romanian Board of Psychologists and trainer certified by the Romanian National Center for Adult Professional Training. In addition, he is trainer and director in several professional training programs: Rational emotive and behavioral education; New perspectives: the development of emotional intelligence; Magister: vocational counseling and guidance.

 

 

 Sebastian Pintea, PhD

 

Dr. Sebastian Pintea has a License in Sociology, MA, in Social Communication and Public Relations, PhD in Entrepreneurial Psychology, Postdoctoral studies in Clinical Psychology (The International Institute of Advanced Studies in Psychoterapy and Aplied Menthal Health, Babeş-Bolyai University and Albert Ellis Institute, SUA).
His areas of interest are Entrepreneurial Psychology, Experimental Psychology. Quantitative Research Methods, Statistics - applications in (clinical) research. He is an expert in (1) entrepreneurial training services for potential and actual entrepreneurs, managers and other professional categories interested in psychological aspects of entrepreneurship; (2) optimization of entrepreneurial performance and management of entrepreneurial organizations.

 

 Adela Moldovan, MA

Adela Moldovan is a clinical psychologist, psychological counselor, and psychotherapist, licensed by the Romanian College of Psychologist, a member of the Romanian Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies. She is also a Research assistant at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is the Coordinator of the Psychological Component of the “Babeş-Bolyai - PsyTech” Psychological Clinic, having extensive training in rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy. She is specialized in psychological services provided to all age groups, individually or in group, especially in areas of: (1) psychological treatment of obesity and weight control problems; (2) psychological treatment of eating disorders; (3) couples counseling; (4) parent’s counseling and training; (5) anxiety and depressive disorders; (6) psychological counseling of patients with chronic illnesses (improving quality of life).  

 

 

Alin David, MA

Alin David is PhD student of Babes Bolyai University having as a main research topic Cognitive- Behavioral Coaching, and a psychologist in the educational and clinical setting. He is certifyed in educational – clinical (counseling) – and organizational psychology. He is specialising in Rational Emotive Behavioral Coaching (REBC) with the major goal to develop a model for evaluation and intervention at organizational level, based on the REBC intervention principles.

 

Anamaria Vancea, MA

Anamaria Vancea combines theoretical preparation with professional expertise, creativity and determination in order to define her work through effectiveness and professionalism. She joined the team at the Institute with a solid background in Psychology (BA, MA), continued with an ongoing international PhD program. She is certified as a psychotherapist and clinical psychologist by the Romanian Psychologists College. As a trainer and consultant, Anamaria successfully implemented programs for teams at different hierarchical levels from national and multinational companies, bringing a successful contribution to increasing the performance of her collaborators (individuals and organizations). Among her professional interests and expertise fields are: organizational coaching, life coaching, parenting coaching.

 

Madalina Sucala, MA

  Mădălina Sucală is a psychologist specialized in clinical psychology, psychological counseling, and psychotherapy, accredited by the Romanian Board of Psychologists. She has extensive training in rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy, and an interest/competence in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). She is also a Research assistant, MA, at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her professional expertise includes empirically validated services for all age groups (individual or group intervention), focused on: (a) personal development and self-improvement (e.g., professional performance improvement; conflict management; emotional and behavioral self-control; decision making; problem solving); (b) health and healthy lifestyle promotion (e.g. Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavioral Education, Cognitive-Behavioral techniques for personal and social development); (c) psychotherapy for psychological problems and psychopathology.

 

Raluca Anton, MA

Raluca Anton is a clinical psychologist, psychological counselor, and psychotherapist, licensed by the Romanian College of Psychologist, a member of the Romanian Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies. She is also a Research assistant, MA, at the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She is specialized in psychological services provided to all age groups, individually or in groups, especially in areas of: (1) psychodiagnosis and treatment of (a) disorders associated with pregnancy (e. g. pre / post partum depression, pre / post partum anxiety); (b) attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; (c) anxiety and depressive disorders; (d) adolescent’s emotional and / or behavioral disorders; (e) couples counseling, (2) promoting individual health (e.g. rational emotive and behavioral education), (3) educational and vocational counseling (e.g. professional orientation of young people, the management of learning process of students), (4) parental training using cognitive / behavioral techniques. She has extensive training in rational-emotive and cognitive behavioral therapy.   

 

Raluca Igna, MA

Raluca Igna is a certified psychotherapist and clinical psychologist by the Romanian Psychologists College. Within the Institute her professional interests and activity fields are: organizational coaching, life coaching, parenting coaching. She is part of expert teams who are developing various research grants and services in applied psychological technology. She has increased her clinical expertise due to the fact that she is affiliated to “Babes-Bolyai - PsyTech” Psychological Clinic in Cluj-Napoca. At present Raluca is also involved in the didactic activity at the Babes-Bolyai University.

 

 Simona Stefan, MA

Simona Ștefan is a PhD student at the Evidence-based psychological assessment and interventions Doctoral School, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş – Bolyai University, Cluj–Napoca. Her main interests in the field of coaching are related to life coaching, stress management, communication processes but also personal development and well being in organizational contexts. Currently her particular interested are directed to ways of promoting positive emotions, values and strengths in institutions.