Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Éducation

Ralph Erich Schmidt

Professeur Titulaire / Adjunct Professor

Psychologie Clinique / Clinical Psychology

Secretary of Clinical Psychology : Uni Mail - 6th floor - Office M6170

Email : Ralph Erich Schmidt

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Geneva (2005)
  • MAS in Psychology, University of Geneva (2001)
  • Certificate in Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Geneva (2001)
  • Master in Psychology, University of Geneva (1999)
  • MLaw, University of Zurich (1996)

Clinical Qualifications

  • Certified Emotion-Focused Therapist ISEFT Level A (2025)
  • DU in Psychotraumatology, Paris Cité University, France (2024)
  • Psychologist Specialized in Psychotherapy FSP (2017)
  • MAS in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, University of Geneva (2007)

Advanced Clinical Trainings

  • The Body Keeps the Score-Trauma Healing Through the Senses, OL Training with Prof. Bessel van der Kolk, Boston University School of Medicine, USA (2025)
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Level 3 OL Training with Prof. Leslie S. Greenberg (York University), Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health, Toronto, Canada (2025)
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Level 2 OL Training with Prof. Leslie S. Greenberg (York University) and Dr. Serine Warwar, Centre for Psychology and Emotional Health, Toronto, Canada (2025)
  • Intensive OL Workshop in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Chronic PTSD with Prof. Edna B. Foa and Prof. Sandy Capaldi, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, USA (2025)
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy for Complex Relational Trauma (EFTT) Training with Prof. Sandra Paivio (University of Windsor), York University Psychology Clinic, Toronto, Canada (2024)
  • Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Level 1 Training with Prof. Leslie S. Greenberg (York University), Rome, Italy (2024)
  • ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) Boot Camp with Prof. Steven C. Hayes (University of Nevada), Prof. Robyn D. Walser (UC Berkeley), and Prof. Kelly G. Wilson (University of Mississippi), Seattle/Washington, USA (2024)
  • CBASP Intensive Training Workshop for Chronic Depression with Prof. James P. McCullough (VCU Richmond), Richmond/Virginia, USA (2019)
  • International Training Program in Schema Therapy with Prof. Jeffrey E. Young (Columbia University) and Dr. Wendy T. Behary, Schema Therapy Institutes of New York and New Jersey, USA (2019)
  • Certificate of Advanced (Level II) Training in Complicated Grief Treatment with Prof. M. Katherine Shear, Center for Complicated Grief, Columbia University, New York, USA (2018)
  • Certificate of Introduction to Ethnopsychiatry with Prof. Tobie Nathan (University Paris-VIII), Centre Georges Devereux, Paris, France (2018)

Clinical Activities

  • Department of Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich (since 2016)
  • Psychological Counseling Center, University of Geneva (during psychotherapy training)

Research Areas

  • Psychopathological states: depression, prolonged grief disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, nightmares
  • Transdiagnostic processes: self-regulation, mental control, emotion regulation, executive functions
  • Therapeutic interventions: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Cognitive-Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP); Complicated Grief Treatment (CGT); Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET); Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT); Schema Therapy; Ethnopsychiatry.

Editorial Activities

  • Member of the Editorial Board of Behavior Therapy (2014-2024)
  • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Psychology

Administrative Activities

  • Allensbach Foundation for Public Opinion Research (Member of the Supervisory Board)
  • MAS in Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy, Universities of Lausanne, Fribourg and Geneva (Member of the Steering Board)

Affiliations

  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
  • American Psychological Association (APA)
  • Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS)
  • Association for Psychological Science (APS)
  • International Association of Ethnopsychoanalysis (AIEP)
  • International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy (ISEFT)
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS)
  • International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST)
  • Swiss Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy (ASPCO)
  • Swiss Federation of Psychologists (FSP)
  • Swiss Society for Sports Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SSSPP)

Publications

Teaching (2025-2025)