Research and Practice

Research and Practice

🧪 Research & Practice

Bridging Science and Care in Clinical Health Psychology

At the heart of our clinical health psychology practice is a deep commitment to care that is informed by strong, meaningful research. Our work brings together science and real-life support for people facing health challenges — especially cancer and chronic illness — with a clear focus on emotional wellbeing, adjustment, and quality of life.

Putting Research Into Practice

Our projects aren’t just academic — they directly shape how we work every day:

  • Culturally Sensitive Care: We use validated tools adapted for Turkish, Spanish, English and Portuguese speakers.
  • Practical Interventions: We offer brief, structured mindfulness-CBT sessions to help people manage anxiety, fear of recurrence, or body image concerns.
  • Global Collaboration: Staying connected with international research networks means my clients benefit from up-to-date, relevant approaches.

Why It Matters

By grounding our clinical health psychology services in robust, peer-reviewed research, we ensure that the support we offer is:

  • Culturally and contextually informed — respecting your unique story.
  • Evidence-based — shaped by what actually works.
  • Globally connected — part of an international community committed to better health outcomes for all.

Let’s Connect

If you’d like to know more about our research, or how these studies inform the way we support our clients, we are always happy to share.

Better health includes the mind — and you don’t have to face it alone!

Academic(SSCI) Publications

(2019 – 2025)

  • Wang, A. W. T., Bergerot, C. D., Bahcivan, O., Csaba, D. L., & Kim, Y. (2025). Unveiling disparities in cancer care: a comparative study of service availability in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) versus high-income countries (HICs). Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 7(1), e159.
  • de Groot, J. M., Miller, D. S., Willis, K. D., Green, T., Calman, L., Feldstain, A., Bahcivan, O. & Fehon, D. C. (2024). Trauma-informed palliative care for humanitarian crises. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 6(2), 132.
  • Grassi, L., Watson, M., IPOS Federation of Psycho‐Oncology Societies', Montaña, M. F., Kissane, D., Andritcsh, E., Bahcivan, O... & McFarland, D. (2024). Core‐curriculum in psycho‐oncology: Towards the certification of the psycho‐oncologist profession. Psycho‐Oncology, 33(1), e6285
  • Bergerot, C. D., Wang, A. W., Dégi, L. C., Bahcivan, O., & Kim, Y. (2023). Cancer Patients' Unmet Needs in Three Low- to Middle- Income Countries: Perspectives from Health Care Providers. Cancer investigation, 1–8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07357907.2023.2167210
  • Kim, Y., Ting, A., Carver, C. S., Bahcivan, O., Bergerot, C. D., Csaba, D., Estape, T., Fujisawa, D., Goswami, S. S., Tak Lam, W. W., Parvu, A., Shim, E. J., Serpentini, S., Takeuchi, E., & Wang, A. (2023). International collaboration for assessing unmet needs of cancer survivors and family caregivers: Lens of healthcare professionals. Psycho-oncology, 32(1), 77–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6051
  • Willis, K. D., Rao, S. R., Normen, M., de Groot, J., Calman, L., Bahcivan, O., Centeno, I., & Fehon, D. C. (2023). Same storm, different boat: The global impact of COVID-19 on palliative care. Psycho-oncology, 32(1), 148–154. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5995
  • Bahcivan, O., Gutierrez-Maldonado, J., & Estapé, T. (2022). A single-session Mindfulness-Based Swinging Technique vs. cognitive disputation intervention among women with breast cancer: A pilot randomised controlled study examining the efficacy at 8-week follow-up. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 1007065. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1007065
  • Bahcivan, O., Estapé, T., & Gutierrez-Maldonado, J. (2022). Efficacy of New Mindfulness-Based Swinging Technique Intervention: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Among Women With Breast Cancer. Frontiers in psychology, 13, 863857. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863857
  • Cheli, S., Lam, W. W. T., Estapé, T., Winterling, J., Bahcivan, O., Andritsch, E., Weis, J., Centeno, I., Serpentini, S., Farkas, C., Wengström, Y., Fioretto, L., Baider, L., Lam, C. C. L., & Goldzweig, G. (2022). Risk perception, treatment adherence, and personality during COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on cancer patients. Psycho-oncology, 31(1), 46–53. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5775
  • Bahcivan, O., Alkan, N., & Erdener, D. (2021). The adaptation of The Cancer Coping Questionnaire (CCQ) for Turkish-speaking population. Academia Letters, 2.
  • Bahcivan O, Koçer D., (2020) Psikososyal Palyatif Bakım. Aydemir, N., Hocaoğlu A. Sağlık Psikolojisi, Alan Uygulamaları: Kronik Hastalıklar, (Health Psychology, Field Practices: Chronic Ilnesses) Nobel Yayınevi
  • Bahcivan, O. (2019). MethodologyFlaws andImplications of aComplementary MedicineStudy.JAMA oncology.
  • Bahcivan, O. (2019). Theuse of Chinesefinger trap as a metaphor: Awayto promote adherence tomedical treatment for chronicallyill patients.Medical Hypotheses, 129, 109235.
  • Bahcivan, O., Estape,T.,& Gutierrez-Maldonado,J. (2018). Theswinging effect intervention: CBTbasedguided imageryand breathingtechnique integrated with mindfulnesstherapyforcancerpatients. Medical hypotheses, 121, 42.
  • Bahcivan, O.,&Moss, T. (2018). ComplementaryandAlternative Medicine and Conventional Medicineuse AmongTurkish Patients: Differences in ThinkingStyle,Qualityof Life and Patients'Satisfaction. In Psycho-oncologyVol.27, pp. 215). 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJUSA:Wiley.