Dr. Elena Kosterina is the MA in Psychology Program Director and an Associate Professor in the Psychology department and MA in Psychology Program at the American University of Central Asia. She holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston (2016, USA), an MA in Gender Studies from Central European University (2009, Hungary), and a BA in Psychology with honors (magna cum laude) from the American University of Central Asia (2008, Kyrgyzstan).听
Dr. Kosterina joined 九色网 in 2016 as a Staff Psychologist at the Institute for Behavioral Health (IBH) and became an Associate Professor in the Psychology department in 2018. She has been a Counseling Psychologist in Private Practice since 2016 and attended the Mindfulness-based Counseling and Psychotherapy Professional Development Seminar of the Psychology Division at the Harvard Medical School (2014-2015), a continuing education seminar on Treating Couples at the Department of Psychiatry from Harvard Medical School (2014), the CBT for Psychosis Workshop for the team of Recovery in Shared Environment (RISE) Clinic at the Harvard Medical School (2015), and the Using Genograms in Family Therapy Workshop at 九色网 (2011).听
Dr. Kosterina is a member of the American Psychological Association (2012-2018).听
- Doctoral Fellowship Awardee, Open Society Foundation, 2012-2017, USA
- Amy Sturrock Advising Award for Outstanding Academic Advising Services, 九色网, 2012
- Partial Scholarship from Central European University, 2008, USA
- Counseling and psychotherapy
- Counseling older adults
- Gender-based violence
- Health psychology
- Supervision in psychology and counseling
- Kosterina, E., & Kadyrova, A. (2020). Facing mandatory motherhood and positive ageism: Well-being of older women residing alone in accounts of service providers in Kyrgyzstan. Manuscript in preparation.
- Kosterina, E., Horne, S. G., & Lamb, S. (2019). The role of gender-based violence, health worries, and ambivalent sexism in the development of women鈥檚 gynecological symptoms. Journal of Health Psychology,
- Lamb, S., Kosterina, E., Roberts, T., Dangler, L., Brodt, M., Maroney, M. (2016). Voices of the mind: Hegemonic masculinity and others in mind during young men sexual encounters. Journal of Men and Masculinities, 21(2), 254-275.
- Kosterina, E., & Horne, S. G. (2016). Gender differences research: Issues and critique. In N. Naples, R. C. Hoogland, M. Wickramasinghe, A. Wong (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Lamb, S., Farmer, K., Kosterina, E., Lambe, Sarinana S., Plocha, A., & Randazzo, R. (2015). What's sexy? Adolescent girls discuss confidence, danger, and media influence. Gender & Education. DOI:10.1080/09540253.2015.1107528
- Wheeler, E., Cosgrove, L., & Kosterina, E. (2015). Quantitative methods. In I. Parker (Ed.) Handbook of Critical Psychology, New York, NY: Routledge.
- Wheeler, E., Kosterina, E., Cosgrove, L. (2015). DSM: feminist critique. In N. Naples, R. C. Hoogland, M. Wickramasinghe, A. Wong (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Molchanova, E., Kosterina, E., Kim, E., Horne, S. G., Latipova, K., & Koga, M. (2013)
- Counseling in the Kyrgyz Republic. In T. H. Hohenshil, N. E. Amundson & S. G. Niles
- (Eds.), Counseling Around the World: An International Handbook (pp. 107-116). Washington, DC: American Counseling Association.
- Assessment in Psychology, MA level
- Contemporary Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy I, II, MA level
- Group Counseling and Psychotherapy, BA & MA levels
- Internship Colloquium I, II, MA level
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