Professional background

since 2025 – Theramondo / Barbara Gabriel; lecturer in family psychology (online)

2022–2025 – Travelling the world and writing specialist articles, short stories and a novel

2016–2022 – Supervisor for various postgraduate programmes in child and adolescent psychotherapy

2016–2022 – Head of psychotherapy at the Centre for Children, Adolescents and Families (ZKJF) in Amriswil, Clienia AG, Switzerland

2013–2016 – Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

2009–2013 – Psychotherapist at the child and adolescent psychiatric services (KJPD) of St. Gallen and Lucerne, Switzerland

2007–2009 – Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, USA (Swiss National Science Foundation, SNSF)

2003–2007 – Research associate and principal investigator of a psychotherapy study (SNSF), Institute for Family Research and Counselling, University of Fribourg

Education

2021 – Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS in Leadership in Healthcare

2012 – Postgraduate Master of Advanced Studies at the Academy of Behaviour Therapy for Children and Adolescents of the Universities of Fribourg, Zurich and Basel / federally recognised psychotherapist / cantonal licence to practise

2007 – Doctorate – «Stress and coping in couples in relation to clinical disorders»

2003 – Master (licentiate) in clinical psychology, general psychology and neurobiology, University of Fribourg

2003 – Master (licentiate) in modern German literature, University of Fribourg

Dr. phil. Barbara Gabriel

I am a federally recognised specialist psychotherapist with extensive clinical experience and a principal focus on children, adolescents and families. Alongside this, I have increasingly specialised in work with adults and couples, particularly in relation to parental stress and strain.

I have practised as a psychotherapist and held leadership positions in a range of outpatient institutions and specialist centres in Switzerland. For many years I have also been teaching and conducting research at universities in Switzerland and abroad.

Between my professional commitments I have repeatedly taken time to travel the world, to become acquainted with other cultures and to write specialist publications and books.