Andrea Wyssen


Fonction: Assistant to the Chair
Bureau: RM C-2.118
Téléphone: ++41 26 300 76 59
Courriel: andrea.wyssen

Chair-related tasks 
student advisor (Studienberatung)
Seminar Essstörungen und Adipositas

Scientific contributions 
Munsch, S. & Wyssen, A. (2012, Mai 18). Essen, Essen, Essen – wenn aus Hunger Anfälle werden. (Web log post)
Wyssen, A., Munsch, S.,  Zimmermann, G., Coelho, J. & Herpertz, S. (23.-25.02.2012). Einfluss von Medienexposition auf das Körperbild bei jungen Frauen und Männern – Die Rolle von kognitiven Faktoren (Thought-Shape Fusion, TSF). Vortrag anlässlich des 3. wissenschaftlichen Psychotherapiekongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Essstörungen, Hannover.
Munsch, S., Wyssen, A., Caldara, R., Coelho, J., Zimmermann, G., Burgmer, R. & Herpertz, S. (29.08.-01.09.2012). «Media exposure and negative body image – preliminary results». Vortrag anlässlich des 42.EABCT-Kongresses zum Thema Psychotherapy and Neuroscience: Evidence and Challenges for CBT, Genève, Suisse.
 

Education   

Since Aug. 2012

Further education in psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy at the University of Basel, Switzerland 

Since March 2012

Involvement in diagnostics and therapy at the Centre for Psychotherapy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland 

Since Sept. 2011

Assistant/ PhD student at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Prof. Dr. Simone Munsch

Feb.-Sept. 2011

Student Assistant (SNF) at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, PD. Dr. Dominik Schoebi

Aug. 2011

Master in Clinical Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, topic of the master thesis „Emotion transmission, stress generation and depressive symptoms in the daily routine of couples“, supervised by PD Dr. Dominik Schoebi/ Prof. Dr.  Meinrad Perrez

2009-2011

Master study in clinical Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2008

Bachelor in Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, topic of the bachelor thesis „Assessment of relationship satisfaction within explicit and implicit diagnostic methods”, supervised by Dr. Marcel Schaer/ Prof. Dr. Guy Bodenmann

2005-2008

Bachelor study in Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2002-2005

Matriculation certificate at the secondary school in Thun Seefeld, major subjects: education science, psychology and philosophy, matriculation thesis about women in gender atypical professions 

   
Practical Experience    

2011

Three months internship at the “Insight Institute” in Zürich in the field of qualitative marketing research http://www.insightinstitute.ch/

2010

Three months internship at the Psychiatric Clinic Waldau in Bern, Switzerland at the Therapy Unit for Alcohol and Medication Addiction (“Flügel”) http://www.upd.gef.be.ch/upd_gef/de/index.html

2009

Three months internship at the Psychiatric Clinic in Münsingen, Switzerland at the Therapy Unit for Alcohol and Medication Addiction (TAM) http://www.pzm.gef.be.ch/pzm_gef/de/index.html

2007-2008

Student assistant at the Institute of Family Research at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland http://www.unifr.ch/iff/?id=100&lang=D&

2007

Two months internship at the Psychiatric Clinic in Münsterlingen, Switzerland, at the Therapy Unit for Alcohol and Drug Addiction http://www.stgag.ch/psychiatrische-dienste-thurgau.html

 
 
Current Projects

Project "Psychological and physiological consequences of exposure to mass media in young women"

Submitted to the Swiss National Fund (SNF) in April 2012

Institut de Psychologie, Université de Lausanne, Prof. G. Zimmermann
Klinik für psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, LWL Universitätsklinikum, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Deutschland, Prof. S. Herpertz
McGill University, Montreal, Prof. J. Coelho
Universität Fribourg, Prof. Roberto Caldara

Cooperation with clinical units in Switzerland

Dr. med. S. Trier, M.H.A. Klinik Aadorf
http://www.klinik-aadorf.ch/

PD Dr. med. G. Milos, Universitätsspital Zürich
http://www.zkf.uzh.ch/ResearchGroups/AlphabeticOrder/Milos.html

Dr. med. B. Isenschmid, Spital Zofingen
http://www.spitalzofingen.ch/index.cfm?rub=59&id=1109

For a summary of the project, see Projects

Project "Dyadic Coping and Binge-Eating Disorder"

Study by the Centre for Psychotherapy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Dr. Katja Hämmerli, PD Dr. Dominik Schöbi

Related Websites

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Essstörungen, DGESS

 

Research Fields 

 eating disorders
 emotion regulation 

  

 

 

 

 

 


Département de Psychologie  -   R. Faucigny 2   -   1700 Fribourg   -   Tel +41 26 / 300 7620   -   Fax +41 26 / 300 9712   -   psychologie [at] unifr.ch   -    Swiss University