Curriculum Vitae 171 SHORT BIOGRAPHY Gerard David van Rijsbergen was born on the 16th of February 1987 in Groningen, the Netherlands. During his pre-university education (VWO) at Maartenscollege Haren (1999-2005), he obtained an International Baccalaureate in English. In 2005, he started studying Psychology (BSc) at the University of Groningen. Feeling the need to broaden his horizon beyond his regular view of Groningen, Gerard spent six months of his Bachelor at Southampton University (UK) as an Erasmus student, an experience he would highly recommend. Following a masterthesis aimed at examining processes underlying the effectiveness of CBT for emetophobia (fear of vomiting) and a clinical internship at GGZ Drenthe, he finished his Master in Clinical Psychology with distinction (‘cum laude’) at the University of Groningen in 2010. He subsequently started his PhD at the Department of Clinical Psychology and contributed to ‘Breaking the rhythm of depression’ under supervision of Prof. dr. Claudi Bockting. As of April 2014, Gerard is in training to become a healthcare psychologist (Psycholoog i.o. tot GZ-Psycholoog) at GGZ Drenthe. In his free time, Gerard likes to play the piano (mainly classical music), cook, and play games (both board games and pub quizzes). 172 C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E CV 173
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