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Prof. Dr.
Psychologist FSP (Federation of Swiss Psychologists)
dipl. analyt. Psychotherapist SGAP (Swiss Society of Analytical Psychology)
Training Analyst ISAP (International Seminar of Analytical Psychology)
Citizen of Switzerland, childhood in Omaha (U.S.A) & Zurich (Switzerland)
Languages: German, English (first languages), French, Spanish (foreign languages)
Current Positions
| since 1984 | Director of the Department of Group Psychotherapy for children and adolescents at the Educational Counselling Centre of the State of Bern, Switzerland |
| since 1994 | Lecturer at the C.G. Jung Institute, Küsnacht, Switzerland |
| since 1996 | Founder and director of the Institute for Conflict Management & Mythodrama, IKM Guggenbühl AG in Zurich (www.ikm.ch) |
| since 1996 | Private practice in Zurich |
| since 2001 | President of the Peter-Hans Frey Foundation, Zurich |
| since 2002 | Professor at the University of Education of the State of Zurich (www.phzh.ch) |
| since 2008 | Founder and director of «Nergi»: Helping traumatized children and adolescents in Georgia – Implementation of group therapeutic work and training of psychologists in Georgia (www.nergi.ch) |
| since 2012 | Training analyst at ISAP (International Seminar of Analytical Psychology), Zurich |
| since 2014 | Visiting professor at the City University of Macau, China |
| since 1993 | Public lecturer, lecturer at congresses and advisor to professional bodies in Switzerland, Germany, Austria as well as in Brazil, Canada, China, Georgia, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Macau, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, U.S.A, Venezuela Professional activities (among others):
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| since 1993 | Author of numerous books on psychological and educational topics |
| since 1980 | Regular contributor to the «Neue Zürcher Zeitung» (NZZ) (main newspaper of Switzerland) on psychological and educational topics |
| since 2014 | Columnist at the «Basler Zeitung» (BAZ) (one of the main newspapers of Switzerland) |
Professional Career
| 1974-1975 | Teacher at the primary school of Volketswil, Switzerland |
| 1976-1980 | Teacher in guitar music at the music schools Maur and Fällanden, Switzerland |
| 1979-1997 | Publisher and editor of the «Raben-Reihe» (a psychological book series), Schweizer Spiegel Verlag |
| 1980-1981 | School psychologist at the Counselling Centre for adolescents, Frick, Switzerland |
| 1980-2009 | Publisher and editor of the journal «Gorgo» (journal on archetypical psychology) |
| 1982-1984 | Psychologist for children and adolescents at the Psychiatric Polyclinic of the State of Aargau, Switzerland |
| 1984-1986 | Psychological counsellor to the Helix Foundation, Toronto, Canada |
| 1984-2002 | Lecturer on psychology and education at the college for pre-school teachers, Zurich |
| 1994-1998 | Columnist for the journal «Brückenbauer» (circulation 300’000) |
| 1994-2001 | Member of the board of the Institute of Analytical Psychology, Stockholm and of the Stiftleson Ugglan för Djuppsykologi (Owl Foundation), Stockholm |
| 1994-2004 | Lecturer at the Institute for Applied Psychology, Zurich |
| 1996-2003 | Member of the school board of the College of Literature and Language (Rämibühl) of the State of Zurich |
| 1998-1999 | Lecturer at the University of Zurich, Institute of Special Education |
| 2000-2003 | Project director of the international research project on violence in schools: a comparative study and scientific evaluation of the mythodramatic intervention approach, done in Switzerland, Sweden and the U.S.A. |
| 2001-2004 | Member of the advisory board of the Axel Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2004-2009 | Counsellor to the Department of Men Studies within the Ministry for Social Security, Generational Issues and Consumers Interests, Vienna, Austria. Director of a research program on the situation of boys in schools |
| 2005 | Guest professor at the Kyoto University, Japan (Department of Education and Clinical Research) |
| 2008-2010 | Director of the program «SafeAbility» at the Swiss Federal Railways: Creation and implementation of a peer support system for train personnel and of the training program in violence prevention for train personnel and their superiors |
| 2009-2010 | Lecturer on conflict management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
| 2009-2013 | Director of the program «Intensive Coaching» for train personnel of the Swiss Federal Railways |
| 2010 | Guest professor and director of the research project on intervention in school conflicts at the Kyoto University, Japan (Department of Education and Clinical Research) |
Professional Education
| 1974 | Teachers diploma of the State of Zurich |
| 1974-1975 | Training as classical guitarist with Manual Lopez Ramos, Mexico City |
| 1981 | MA in Psychology and Educational Philosophy at the University of Zurich |
| 1994 | Diploma as psychotherapist at the C.G. Jung Institute in Küsnacht, Switzerland |
| 1997 | Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Zurich |
