Biography
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Fieldwork Coordinator of the MFT Master’s Program. Received her PhD in Human Development with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech in 2017 with Graduate Certificates in Future Professoriate and Educational Research, and received her MA in Clinical Psychology from Istanbul Bilgi University. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at Texas Tech University, Marriage and Family Therapy Program as a Visiting Assistant Professor where she taught graduate level family therapy courses and supervised the clinical practice of the MFT Masters students. Her research interests include common factors and mechanisms of effective marriage and family therapy practice, promoting diversity and inclusion in clinical training and supervision, experiential learning, and self-of-the-therapist work. Dr. Keskin is AAMFT Approved Clinical Supervisor and EuroPSY Registered Psychologist (Clinical & Health).
As the Fieldwork Coordinator, Dr. Keskin is responsible for managing the MFT Fieldwork including overseeing the eligibility of the applied agencies to be an approved fieldwork/practicum site, keeping the approved sites up to date, helping the students with their placements, teaching Fieldwork classes, and monitoring the student progress. The agencies interested in becoming an approved fieldwork/practicum site are expected to contact Dr. Keskin.
Dr. Keskin’s scholarly work can be found at Google Scholar and ResearchGate.