Carla Boyer Bergese
NEW ACTIONS
Designer of the clinical background for the “Kliquers” Project. Together with Fundación Lo Que De Verdad Importa ,Fundación Mahou San Miguel and Pedro Garcia Aguado (Olympic Medallist) prepared a day workshop with adolescents from Spanish schools to work on motivation, assertiveness and empathy.See video
Presenter as the representative of Spain on the iaedp simposium (International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals) 2010. “Behind Closed Doors: Face to Face with the Client” Orlando, Florida. www.iaedp.com
Founder of the Plataforma Clínica created to support the rights of health psychologists that do not obtain the Clinical Psychology title from the Ministry of Health after many year practicing as such.
Member of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association and the Employee Association European Forum. Member of the Quality Assurance Committee. www.eapassn.org y www.eaef.org
EXPERIENCE
- 2006-Present
- Healthy Work SLP. Madrid, Milan. Clinical Director and Director of Development. Employee Assistance Programs company providing employees from different countries with face to face and telephonic counselling 24 hrs per day 365 days per year. Supervision of all counsellors in both Spain and Italy. www.healthywork.es.
- 1992-Present
- Psychohealth Services Madrid. Private Practice in Clinical Psychology.
Psychotherapy mainly with women and children.
Work with depressions, eating disorders, anxiety, phobias, culture shock, adjustment problems, etc.
Evaluations and Psycho-diagnosis. (Rorschach, WPPSI, WISC, WIAT, HTP, TAT, CAT, PIC, MMPI, Forer, Philipson, and several neurological tests).
Give conferences and seminars at bilingual schools, universities, churches, international clubs etc. Areas include sexual education, substance abuse, self esteem, culture shock, eating disorders etc. Centers include: American School of Madrid, International College of Spain, Syracuse University, International Newcomers Club, St Louis University, etc.
- 1992-Present
- Family Guidance International Toronto, Canada. Cross Cultural Trainer and Psychologist. Teach cross cultural seminars in both English and Spanish for families and executives of Nortel Networks, Lucent Technologies, Procter and Gamble, etc.
Work with clients from major companies referred for therapy by FGI.
Provide repatriation training for executives from the same major companies.
- 2001-Dec 2002
- St. Louis University, Madrid. Spain. Provided support to the school counselor after the September 11th crises. Became the university counselor during the Fall 2002. Gave support and psychotherapy to students from all over the world.
- 1994-2000
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid. Professor in Masters Program for Children in Social Conflict. Module on Substance Abuse.
Published "Conocimientos Básicos de Sustancias: Diagnóstico e Intervención", Menores en Conflicto Social. Editorial Universidad, Madrid, 1996.
- 1991-1992
- Dept. Of Health & Rehabilitative Services. Florida, USA.
Counselor II Project Independence.
Worked as a counselor for teenage mothers.
Conducted orientation seminars to inform teenagers of state social programs.
- 1990-1992
- Northwest Dade Mental Health Ctr. Miami, USA.
Mental Health Technician. Worked at the Crisis Unit, the Residential Program, the Apartments for Independent Living and "Carrianne", a program for substance abuse pregnant mothers.
Developed and collaborated on the implementation of treatment plans of psychotic clients some of whom had substance abuse problems.
Performed individual and group counseling, occupational therapy and relaxation sessions.
- 1991
- Switchboard of Miami, USA.
Telephone Counselor.
Crisis intervention. Received training in psychological intervention through the telephone. Problems included suicide attempts, home violence, substance abuse, etc.
- 1988-1990
- Hospital López Ibor, Madrid.
Clinical Psychologist.
Started as trainee while in College and ended working as a Psychologist during a maternity leave. Performed psycho-diagnosis using several tools and wrote reports for clients of Juan José López Ibor a well known psychiatrist in Madrid, Spain
EDUCATION
- 1992-Present
- Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid.
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
Doctoral Thesis on Cultural Adaptation of Expatriate Women.
- 1990-1992
- Miami Institute of Psychology Miami, USA.
Master of Science in Clinical Psychology. Distinction.
More than 800 hours of Supervised Clinical Work.
- 1986-1990
- Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid.
Licenciado en Filosofía y Letras: Sección Psicología
INTERESTS
Enjoy reading, cooking, traveling and several sports.
OTHER
Member of the Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos (M-10862) and the American Psychological Association.
Have published with Miguel Cristobal "Conocimientos Básicos de Sustancias: Diagnóstico e Intervención" en Menores en Conflicto Social. Editorial Universidad, Madrid, 1996.
Translator of Bruno Giordani "La relación de ayuda: De Rogers a Carkhuff". Colección Serendipity. Editorial Desclee de Brouwer.
Trilingual: Spanish, Italian, English.