CURRICULUM VITAE Thomas Berger - SNIS

CV Thomas Berger

CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomas Berger

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
University of Bern
Fabrikstrasse 8
CH-3012 Bern
Switzerland
Tel.: ++41 31 631 54 21
[email protected]

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

1994-2000 Master (lic. phil.), Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland

2000- Ph.D. (Dr. phil.), Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany
07/2005 (Summa Cum Laude; Dissertation topic: "Dynamics of mental disorders.
Structures and processes from a perspective of connectionist models")

2006- Habilitation in Psychology at the University of Bern (Topic: „New
10/2010 technologies in psychotherapy and psychotherapy training“)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

05/2013- Professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundation on Internet-based
treatments / EMental-Health, Institute of Psychology, Bern

12/2012- Adjunct Professor (Oberassistent) at the Departement of Clinical Psychology
04/2013 and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland

11/2010- Ambizione Fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF),
11/2012 University of Bern, Switzerland. Title: „Internet-based treatments for several
anxiety disorders“

08/2010- Adjunct Professor (Oberassistent) at the Departement of Clinical Psychology
10/2010 and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland

08/2008- Fellowship for advanced researchers by the Swiss National Science
07/2010 Foundation (SNSF), University of Linköping, Sweden (Prof. Gerhard
Andersson) and University of Bern, Switzerland (Prof. Franz Caspar): Title:
„Internet-based treatment of social anxiety disorder“

08/2007- Adjunct Professor (Oberassistent) at the Departement of Clinical Psychology
07/2008 and Psychotherapy, University of Bern, Switzerland

12/2005- Adjunct Professor (Oberassistent) at the Departement of Clinical Psychology,
08/2007 University of Geneva, Switzerland

03/2004- Research Associate at the Departement of Clinical Psychology and
11/2005

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Psychotherapy, University of Geneva, Switzerland

03/2000- Research Associate at the Departement of Clinical Psychology and
02/2004 Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Germany

1996-2000 Graduate Assistant at the Departement of Clinical Psychology, University of
Bern

CLINICAL TRAINING & CLINICAL WORK

2001-2006 Post-graduate Training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy at the FAVT-Institute
in Freiburg i.Br. (Freiburger Ausbildungsinstitut für Verhaltenstherapie)

01/2002- Psychotherapist and Reponsible Quality Manager at the Psychiatric Clinic in
12/2004 Kilchberg/Zurich

Since 2002 Psychotherapist at the Outpatient Clinics of the Universities of Freiburg i.Br.
(2002-2005), Geneva (2005-2007), and Bern (2007; 2011)

Since 2011 Team Supervisor at the Psychiatric Clinic Wyss, Münchenbuchsee

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS

08/2008- Fellowship for advanced researchers by the Swiss National Science
08/2010 Foundation (SNSF), University of Linköping, Sweden

11/2010- Personal grant (SNSF Ambizione) from the Swiss National Science
10/2012 Foundation: „Internet-based treatments of anxiety disorders“, University of
Bern

05/2011- Co-Applicant: „Stress and anxiety reduction in women with preterm labour to
10/2013 improve outcome: A randomized controlled Internet-based intervention
study“. Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

04/2012- Co-Applicant: „EVIDENT – EffectiVeness of Internet-based DEpressioN
03/2015 Treatment”. Grant from the German Ministry of Health

05/2013- SNSF professorship: "Internet-based treatments/EMental-Health"
04/2017

01/2014- Co-Applicant: "ECompared - Effectiveness of blended Internet-based
12/2017
treatments for depression". Grant from the European Commission (FP7;
Health Innovation)

2010 Young Researchers Award from the Society for the Exploration of
Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2012/2013 - E-Mental Health (Seminar)

University of - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Lecture)
Bern - Research Colloquium Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

2011/2012 - E-Mental Health (Seminar)

University of - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Lecture)
Bern - Research Colloquium Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

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2010/2011 - E-Mental Health (Seminar)
University of - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Lecture)
Bern - Organisation of the Institute Colloquium (Institute of Psychology)
- Psychological Therapy I (Single Lectures)
- Research Colloquium Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

2007/2008 - E-Mental Health (Seminar)
University of - Case Conceptualisations in Psychotherapy (Seminar)
- Research Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Lecture)
Bern - Basic Knowledge in Clinical Psychology (Single Lectures)
- Psychological Therapy I (Single Lectures)
- Psychopathology Taught Online (Organisation of Online Lectures)

2006/2007 - Cognitive Science and Clinical Psychology (Seminar)

University of - Psychotherapeutic Processes (Single Lectures)
Geneva - Psychotherapeutic Approaches (Single Lectures)

2005/2006 - Personality Psychology (Single Lectures)
- Psychotherapeutic Processes (Single Lectures)
University of
Geneva

2004/2005 - Experimental Practicum II (Seminar with Exercises)
University of - Death and Dying (Seminar)
Freiburg i.Br. - Introduction into Clinical Psychology (Single Lectures)
- Research Colloquium Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

2003/2004 - Experimental Practicum I (Seminar with Exercises)
- Psychological Diagnostics and Intervention (Single Lectures)
University of - Psychotherapy Research (Single Lectures)
Freiburg i.Br. - Research Colloquium Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

2002/2003 - Research Methods in Clinical Psychology (Seminar with Exercises)

University of - Introduction into Clinical Psychology (Single Lectures)
Freiburg i.Br. - Psychological Diagnostics and Intervention (Single Lectures)

Other Teaching Activities:

• Supervision or Cosupervision of more than 20 Master Thesis and several Doctoral
Thesis

• Post-Graduate Workshops (Training for Psychotherapists) at several institutions:
University of Bern, University of Geneva, University of Freiburg i.Br., University of
Dresden, Psychotherapy Training Institute of the German Association for Behavior
Therapy (DGVT) in Munich

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Board Member the European Society for Internet Interventions (ESRII)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal "Internet Interventions"
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal “Psychotherapy Research”
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal “Psychosomatik, Psychotherapie und

Medizinische Psychologie (PPmP)”
• Member of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)

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• Member of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII)
• Member of the Society for Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)
• Member of the Commitee for Online Therapy of the Federation of Swiss Psychologists

(FSP)
• President of the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Bern
• Ad hoc reviewer "Psychotherapy Research", “Journal of Clinical Psychology”, “BMC

Psychiatry”, “PLoS ONE”, “Journal of Medical Internet Research”, “Cognitive Behaviour
Therapy”, “Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy”, “Psychosomatik, Psychotherapie
und Medizinische Psychologie (PPmP)”, “Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie”, "Clinical
Psychology: Science and Practice", "Behaviour Research and Therapy"
Conference Organisation: European Method Workshops for Young Researchers (Society for
Psychotherapy Research, Bern, 2007); European Method Workshops for Young
Researchers (Society for Psychotherapy Research, Geneva, 2006); 32th Annual Meeting of
the Society for Psychotherapy Research (Montevideo. 2001)

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