About me

Mag. Andrea Vavrinska, Ph.D.
Psychotherapist in training under supervision
Personal details:
- Born in 1984 in Bratislava, Slovakia
- German International School The Hague, The Netherlands
- Master's Degree in Molecular Biology, University of Vienna
- PhD studies in Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Psychotherapeutic education:
Propedeutic studies in psychotherapy, Austrian Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Dynamics (ÖAGG), Vienna (2016 - 2017)
From 2018 – specialization in cognitive-behavioral therapy, Austrian Association for Behavioral Therapy (ÖGVT), Vienna
Clinical internships:
Clinical Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Social Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Ward 6.B., Vienna General Hospital (October 2020 - December 2020)
Clinical Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Social Psychiatry, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Ward 5.B., Vienna General Hospital (January 2020 - March 2020)
Clinical Department of Adult Psychiatry, University Hospital Tulln (May 2017-September 2017)
Currently:
Working as an independent psychotherapist practitioner in Vienna.
Previous life stations:
Several years of research experience and research stays in the field of biomolecular sciences at the following universities and international research centers:
- Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
- Swedish NMR Centre, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
- Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Brno, Czech Republic
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, MFPL Vienna
Memberships:
- Austrian Association for Behavioral Therapy (ÖGVT)
- Austrian Psychotherapy Association (ÖBVP)
- German Association for Behavioral Therapy (DGVT)