Koraima Sotomayor-Enriquez
Thesis title: The role of mentalization and emotional regulation in interpersonal factors in young people
PhD Clinical Psychology
Year of study: 3
Contact details
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Doorway 6, Old Medical Building, Teviot Place
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AG
Availability
I am happy to arrange meetings by appointment. Please e-mail me at k.sotomayor-enriquez@ed.ac.uk to arrange a convenient day and time.
Background
I earned a BS in Psychology from the Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE) in 2017. After this, I worked as an accredited Psychologist in Ecuador with children and adults using evidence-based intervention. I contributed in research projects during my undergraduate studies, and later on, I continued being involved in research as an independent researcher.
In 2020, I moved to Edinburgh and, the following year, I received a MSc in Psychological Research (Supervisor: Dr Hilary Richardson) from the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Languages Sciences. Currently, I am a PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology working alongside the IMMERSE project, an interdisciplinary group of researchers implementing Mobile Mental health intervention across 4 countries in Europe. My research project focus on the role of emotional regulation, mentalization, and close relationship in affect dynamics in mental health services users.
CV
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Qualifications
- MSc Psychological Research (Merit) [2020]
- Dipl. Evidence-based Psychotherapies [2019]
- BS Psychology (Hons) (Summa Cum Laude) [2017]
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Contextual Mental Health Group - Member [2021,2022,2023]
- Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) [2021,2022,2023]
- PhD Student of the Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology (CADP) at the University of Edinburgh [2021,2022]
- Member of Ecuadorian Association of Evidence-Based Psychology and Psychotherapy (AEPPBE) [2020,2021]
- Associated Member of the British Neuropsychological Society (BNS) [2021]
Postgraduate teaching
- Evidence Based Psychological Interventions (2022/2023)[SEM2]-Tutor
- Applied Developmental Psychopathology (2022/2023)[SEM1] - Tutor
- Psychological Skills Placement (2022/2023) [SEM1] - Tutor
- Biological Psychology (2021/2022) [SEM2] - Tutor
Current research interests
Mentalization, emotion regulation, transdiagnostic approaches, developmental psychopathologyKnowledge exchange
2023
- Mentalizing the IMMERSE project: https://immerse-project.eu/home-en/blog/koraima-june-2023
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Tell Us About Your Methodology – Experience Sampling Methodology: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/tell-us-about-your-methodology-experience-sampling-methodology/
Affiliated research centres
Project activity
- IMMERSE
- EPIC-A
- Day-2-Day Young people's Mental Health
Organiser
- HiSS PGR conference 2022-2023, "Integrative Approaches to Healthcare: design, innovation, and future steps", May 17- 18 of 2023, Bayes Centre, The University of Edinburgh.
Health in Social Science PGR Representative (2022-2023)