Scientist-Practitioner

As a researcher I am keen to bring up to date, evidence-based therapies to my practice

Background

Evidence-based practice

Through my dual role as a researcher and a clinician, I strive to bring my clients the most effective, proven treatments. My clinical work combines established best practice interventions along with the latest developments from new and emerging areas of research.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Clare Killikelly provides assessment and therapeutic intervention in English in the following areas: stress and anxiety, trauma, depression or low mood, recovery from stroke or brain injury, social anxiety, OCD, support for ASD, dealing with loss/grief and coping with challenges while caring for others. She has training and experience using evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, Compassion focused therapy and Narrative therapy.

Licensed as a psychotherapist and clinical psychologist by the following professional organisations:

Föderation der Schweizer Psychologinnen und Psychologen (FSP) https://www.psychologie.ch/

FachpsychologIn für Psychotherapie FSP
PsychologIn FSP
FachpsychologIn für Klinische Psychologie FSP

Schweizerische Gesellschaft für kognitive Verhaltensttherapie (SGVT-SSTCC) https://www.sgvt-sstcc.ch/

VerhaltenstherapeutIn SGVT

Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC), UK

Registered Clinical Psychologist

British Psychological Society (BPS), UK

Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors

Post Doctoral Researcher

Group Leader and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Zurich

PhD, University of Cambridge

Clare Killikelly works at the Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich. Her research group examines the clinical utility and global applicability of the new ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder. Along with establishing the validity of the new symptom criteria in international contexts, her research seeks to better understand the nature of suffering and distress in different communities in order to develop accessible and culturally informed assessments and interventions.

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Education and training

2013: GRADUATED FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

PhD in Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Centre for Neuroscience in Education

2016: GRADUATED FROM KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, UK

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy training

2016 - 2020: GROUP LEADER AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Grief and culture Group Leader at the University of Zurich,