Onur Özmen
 Assistant professor
                            Department of Educational Sciences - Guidance and Psychological Counseling                                                        
TED University
                                                        Turkey
                        
Biography
Assistant Professor Onur Ozmen completed his bachelor’s degree in Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey in 2002. His career began with a school counseling position in various schools of Turkish Ministry of National Education in Ankara, along with pursuing graduate studies in the department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He finished his Master’s in 2006, and obtained his PhD degree in 2014. He studied in the department of Counseling and Development at Purdue University, Indiana, USA in 2010 and 2011 as a visiting research scholar. His studies at Purdue University focused on individual and cultural elements of adaptation to post-loss processes among adult women. In 2013, he started to work as a faculty member in the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus.
Research Interest
Principles and techniques of counseling, theories of counseling, group counseling.