THE LEAD
Prof. Dr. Dr. Clare Killikelly
Evidence-based practice, first-hand
As a researcher, Clare is keen to bring up-to-date, evidence-based therapies to my practice. Through her dual role as a researcher and a clinician, she strives to bring my clients the most effective, proven treatments. Her clinical work combines established best-practice interventions with the latest developments from new and emerging areas of research.
What Clare treats
Clare provides assessment and therapeutic intervention in English for stress and anxiety, trauma, depression or low mood, recovery from stroke or brain injury, social anxiety, OCD, support for ASD, loss and grief, and the strain of caring for others.
Methods she is trained in
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Mindfulness
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)
- Narrative therapy
The research behind the practice
Clare works at the Division of Psychopathology and Clinical Intervention, University of Zurich, where her research group examines the clinical utility and global applicability of the new ICD-11 Prolonged Grief Disorder. Alongside establishing the validity of the new symptom criteria internationally, the group seeks to understand suffering and distress in different communities, in order to develop accessible, culturally informed assessments and interventions.
Licensed as a psychotherapist and clinical psychologist
- Föderation der Schweizer Psychologinnen und Psychologen (FSP): Fachpsychologin für Psychotherapie FSP; Psychologin FSP; Fachpsychologin für Klinische Psychologie FSP
- Schweizerische Gesellschaft für kognitive Verhaltenstherapie (SGVT-SSTCC): Verhaltenstherapeutin SGVT
- Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC), UK: Registered Clinical Psychologist
- British Psychological Society (BPS), UK: Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors
Academic/professional career
- Since 2024: Assistant Professor at the University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 2022-2023: Visiting fellow at University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2021: Fellow at Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
- 2016–2020 — Group Leader and Clinical Psychologist: Grief and Culture Group Leader, University of Zurich
- Professional registration in two countries (UK, Switzerland) means the standards Clare works to are public, externally audited, and open to challenge — a useful thing to be able to check before you choose a therapist.
Education and training
- 2016 — King's College London, UK: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, with psychotherapy training
- 2013 — University of Cambridge, UK: PhD in Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Centre for Neuroscience in Education
- 2008 – University of Cambridge, UK: MPhil. in Neuroscience and Education
- 2007 – McGill University, Canada: BSc. in Psychology
An expanded team working under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Killikelly
Our therapists
Petra Lienhart
Psychosocial Counsellor
- English and German
- Zurich and online
Petra holds a Master's degree in Counselling from Webster University Campus Geneva and works with adults and adolescents. She supports clients navigating emotional overwhelm, life transitions, anxiety, trauma and grief, as well as unhelpful perfectionism and people-pleasing patterns. Her approach integrates ACT and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), with a strong emphasis on an empathic, non-judgmental, and safe therapeutic space.
Dr. Rebecca Di Somma
FSP Registered Psychologist
- English
- Assessments and therapy
Rebecca is an FSP Registered Psychologist who completed her training in the UK with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has worked across a range of UK services, delivering evidence-based psychological support and conducting cognitive and neurodevelopmental assessments for children, adolescents, adults and families.
Rebecca works with children, adolescents, adults and families.
Habiba Samir
- English and Arabic
- Zürich and online
Habiba holds an MSc in Psychological Therapies from Queen Mary University of London and a BA in Psychology from the American University in Cairo. She supports people dealing with anxiety, burnout, relationship difficulties, major life transitions and questions of identity and self-worth. Her approach is integrative, drawing on CBT, Schema Therapy and insight-oriented methods.
Dr. Dimitri Spiliotis
Master's degree, PsychD
- English and Greek
- Online, and in person in London and Zürich
Dimitri is a UK-trained Counselling and Psychotherapeutic Psychologist with over two decades of experience across the UK's public and private sectors, spanning clinical leadership, specialist therapeutic practice and academic teaching. He is also a diploma-candidate Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Zurich.
Dimitri sees adults and adolescents, in person and remotely, supporting people through significant life transitions — work-related, cultural and personal — as well as depression, anxiety, neurodiversity, health-related psychological adjustment, bereavement, relational difficulties, sexual identity and sexual health challenges, and the cultivation of psychological resilience.