2009-2012 DPhil Student University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry                      Supervisor: Professor Emily Holmes Group: Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapies Research Group (EPACT) 2011-2012 Award: Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship 2008-2009 Master of Advanced Studies in Clinical Psychology   University of Geneva, Switzerland 2008-2009 Trainee Clinical Psychologist in Depression and Bipolar Programmes   Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Geneva 2006-2008 Master of Science in Psychology University of Geneva, Switzerland 2003-2006 Bachelor of Science in Psychology University of Geneva, Switzerland

During my studies I have gained an interest in both experimental psychopathology and clinical psychology, and particularly in how experimental research on cognitive biases may contribute to the development of new treatment techniques of psychological disorders.

My Master Thesis was on “Testing the efficacy of Attention Training Technique (ATT: Wells, 2000) on two subjects with anxious and depressive symptomatologies”, and my Master in Clinical Psychology Thesis was entitled “Implementing and testing Behavioral Activation (Jacobson, Martell & Dimidjian, 2001) on a group of patients with chronic depression”.  Joining EPACT allows me to combine both of my interests. My DPhil title is "Modulating cognitive bias in the context of depression, mental imagery, emotion and behaviour".

Publications

Pictet, A., Coughtrey, A.E, Mathews, A., Holmes, E.A. (2011). Fishing for Happiness: The Effects of Generating Positive Imagery on Mood and Behaviour. Behaviour and Research Therapy.

Pictet, A., Holmes, E.A. (in press). The Powerful Impact of Mental Imagery in Changing Emotion: In B. Rime, B. Mesquita, & D. Hermans (Eds.). Changing Emotions. Psychology Press.

Davies, C., Malik, A., Pictet, A., Blackwell, S.E., Holmes, E.A. (in press). Involuntary Memories after a Positive Film are Dampened by a Visuospatial Task: Unhelpful in Depression but Helpful in Mania? Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Contact

arnaud.pictet@psych.ox.ac.uk