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      Dr. Regula Berger

      Regula Berger

      Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

      Education

      • Master of Arts (MA) in Marriage and Family Therapy, 6/2002 – 5/2004 – Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, New Hampshire
      • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Clinical Psychology, 6/1995 – 11/2001 (dissertation defense)/ 12/2003 (dissertation publication) – University of Freiburg, Switzerland
      • Master of Science (MS) in Children and Youth Psychology, 10/1986 – 3/1995 – University of Berne, Switzerland
      • State of Connecticut, Dept. of Public Health, Marital and Family Therapist Licensure #001161, Renewal date 7/31/2010, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
      • State of Massachusetts, Division of Professional Licensure, Marriage and Family Therapist Licensure #1315, Renewal date 12/31/2010, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)

      Professional experience

      • Since 2010 Lecturer (80%) at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland, School of Social Work, Muttenz, Switzerland
      • 2001-2010 Worked as a systemic couple and family therapist in various counseling centers for children, adolescents and their families in Massachussetts, Illinois and Connecticut, USA.
      • 1995-2001 Research assistant at the Chair of Clinical Psychology at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland; National foundation project "Familien der Zukunft" (Families of the future)
      • 1997-1998 Grant for young researchers at the University of Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA

      Main focus

      Teaching

      • Communication, conversation, and counseling competences and techniques (BA111)
      • Methods in social work – Focus on social work with children, youth and families (BA254)
      • Inequality of children’s lives – Living context and ways of everyday coping (BA253)
      • Resistance in counseling – Working with mandated clients (BA254)
      • Systemic counseling of children, adolescents and their families (BA254)
      • Queer studies and social work (BA442)
      • Summer School 2019 “Social Work in the Digital Age” (BA402)

      Continuing education and services

      • Courses on mobbing and cyberbullying for school social workers
      • Courses on child protection services and families in crisis
      • Courses on children affected by domestic violence
      • Courses on counseling of migrant families

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    • Dr. Regula Berger

      Dr. Regula Berger

      Lecturer, Institute for Studies in Children and Youth Services, FHNW School of Social Work

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      +41 61 228 59 17 (undefined)

      E-mail

      regula.berger@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Hofackerstrasse 30 4132 Muttenz

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