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About Zümra Atalay
Prof. Dr. Zümra Atalay is the founder of Mindfulness Institute, a psychological counselor, a mindfulness instructor, and a faculty member in the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance. She conducts MBSR, MBCT, MBCL, and SIY trainings and is an active member of .b foundations and EAMBA. She is a founding member of MINDED Association and the Co-Founder of Mindoor App. Additionally, she is the author of six books on mindfulness and compassion.
Professional Background
Prof. Dr. Zümra Atalay has worked for many years as a faculty member in the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at various universities. Since founding the Mindfulness Institute in 2014, she has been regularly organizing mindfulness-based trainings and symposiums. Her primary areas of expertise include mindfulness, mindfulness-based therapies, compassion, and compassion-focused therapies. Her doctoral dissertation also focused on these two subjects. With a TÜBİTAK scholarship, she conducted a research project on Mindfulness and Psychological Needs as a visiting scholar in the Department of Psychology at the University of Rochester. She has published articles in internationally indexed and peer-reviewed national journals, contributed to TÜBİTAK projects, presented at national and international conferences, and taught graduate and doctoral-level courses. Additionally, she has supervised numerous master's and doctoral theses in these fields.
Zümra Atalay is a certified trainer for Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (MBCL). She is also an instructor for Search Inside Yourself (SIY), a mindfulness program designed for workplaces, and .b foundations, a mindfulness program for schools. Since its establishment, she has been an active member of EAMBA (European Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches). In addition to teaching university courses and conducting academic research, she regularly facilitates MBSR and MBCT group programs within the Mindfulness Institute. She also organizes various mindfulness trainings and teacher training programs in collaboration with experts from both Turkey and abroad, addressing different fields of application. Additionally, she provides mindfulness training for institutions.
She is the founding member and president of the Turkish Mindfulness Teachers Association (MINDED) and the co-founder of Mindoor Mindfulness App, which offers mindfulness-based meditations. She is also the author of six books on mindfulness and compassion.
