Dr. rer. nat. Martin Polák

I studied psychology with focus on clinical psychology and psychotherapy research at the University of Trnava, University of Munich, University of Graz and University of Vienna. In my doctoral research, I focused on the effectiveness and implementation of new forms of cognitive-behavioral therapy such as Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy (VRET) and internet-based CBT (iCBT) in the treatment of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. CurrentIy, I am an active member of the European Society for Research on Internet Interventions and the Society for Virtual Reality Therapy, while I had the opportunity to lecture at various scientific conferences across Europe. Additionally, I gained five years of invaluable experience working with clients exhibiting Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98), within a multidisciplinary team setting in Vienna,where I served as a team leader for two years. In Slovakia, I gained professional experience in Psychiatrickej nemocnici Philippa Pinela v Pezinku, in Psychiatrickej nemocnici Veľké Zálužie, ako aj na Oddelení klinickej psychológie FN NR. Aktuálne sa vzdelávam v psychoterapeutickom výcviku v kognitívno-behaviorálnej terapii, a tiež som frekventantom Špecializačného štúdia klinickej psychology .