Bediha Ipekci, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Biography
Dr. Ipekci is a licensed psychologist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine & Boston Medical Center. She is also a MILO (Motivational interviewing for Loved Ones) trainer. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts Boston, her doctoral internship at Boston Medical Center’s Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, and a post-doctoral fellowship on complex PTSD and psychosis at BMC. Dr. Ipekci provides individual and family-focused clinical services at Wellness and Recovery after Psychosis Program (WRAP) at BMC. She provides skills-based coaching and consultation intervention for caregivers of early psychosis patients at the MILO clinic. Dr. Ipekci’s research and clinical expertise are in early intervention in psychosis, trauma, and refugee mental health. Dr. Ipekci completed One-Year Adult Fellowship Programs at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute (BPSI) and the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis (MIP).
Education
- University of Massachusetts Boston, PhD
Publications
- Published on 2/1/2025
Ipekci B, Thibeau H, Gibbs J, Barnard E, Kline ER. Young Adult Perspectives on Treatment Engagement and Family Communication During Psychosis. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2025 Feb; 19(2):e70006. PMID: 39865540.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/7/2024
Ipekci B, Thibeau H, Barnard E, Keshavan MS, Bye AV, Kline ER. First episode psychosis caregiver perspectives on motivational interviewing for loved ones training: A qualitative study. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2024 Jul; 18(7):553-560. PMID: 38323386.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/13/2023
Davis BJ, Fenley A, Sanders A, Ipekci B, Thibeau H, Khan T, Shashidhar G, Keshavan M, Kline E. Development of the motivational interviewing for loved ones skills assessment (MILO-SA). Early Interv Psychiatry. 2023 Aug; 17(8):792-797. PMID: 36638835.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 12/14/2022
Ipekci B. Predicting PTSD and Complex PTSD among Iraqi and Syrian Refugees. Community Ment Health J. 2023 Jul; 59(5):834-843. PMID: 36517701.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/21/2022
Kline ER, Thibeau H, Davis BJ, Fenley A, Sanders AS, Ipekci B, Oblath R, Yen S, Keshavan MS. Motivational interviewing for loved ones: Randomized controlled trial of brief training for first episode psychosis caregivers. Schizophr Res. 2022 Dec; 250:43-49. PMID: 36279833.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/1/2022
Levitt HM, Collins KM, Morrill Z, Gorman KR, Ipekci B, Grabowski L, Karch J, Kurtz K, Orduña Picón R, Reyes A,Vaswani-Bye A. Learning clinical and cultural empathy: A call for a multidimensional approach to empathy-focused psychotherapy training. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. 2022; 1-13.
- Published on 1/1/2022
Turan N, Ipekci B, Cinalioglu EA, Yilmaz MY. Post-migration adaptation and self-determination in Syrian asylum seekers: Teachers’ perspectives. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research. 2022; 17(1):8-27.
- Published on 1/1/2022
Mattar, S., Ipekci, B., Louis, E., Taknint, J. . Clinical supervision and training: Implications for refugee serving public healthcare settings. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation. 2022; 1-10.
- Published on 1/1/2021
Levitt MH, Ipekci B, Morrill Z, Rizo JL. Intersubjective recognition as the methodological enactment of epistemic privilege: A critical basis for consensus and intersubjective confirmation procedures. Journal of Qualitative Psychology. 2021; 8(3):407-427.
- Published on 1/1/2020
Ipekci B, Turan N. Dysfunctional relationship beliefs as gendered predictors of alexithymia in Turkish cultural context. British Journal of Counseling Guidance and Counseling. 2020; 1-14.
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