PRIV.-DOZ. DR. MED.
OLIVER G. BOSCH
Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy FMH

„Man is always more than what he knows of himself.“
Karl Jaspers
Life can at times become complicated, overwhelming, or even unbearable. Joy and composure seem out of reach. And reaching out for help is difficult too. Yet this is usually the first step towards recovery – and from there, a way forward begins to emerge.
I am here to support you in finding and walking that path.
WHAT I OFFER
My work spans three worlds: academic psychiatry, a discreet private practice – outpatient and international – and inpatient intensive treatment. These three dimensions come together to offer a continuity of care that I can provide in a form that is genuinely unique.
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
I offer the full spectrum of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment: individual psychotherapy (psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioural), psychopharmacology, crisis intervention, and specialised assessments. Areas of focus: life crises, stress-related disorders, depression, anxiety, addiction, PTSD, sleep disorders, adult ADHD, and complex psychopharmacology.
For patients with Swiss health insurance, treatment is billed directly to the health insurer under the TARDOC tariff.
For patients without Swiss health insurance, private medical services are available: International Clinical Care offers personal continuity and direct access; International Executive Care is designed for clients for whom the highest discretion, immediate availability and maximum flexibility are taken for granted. Consultations are available in the practice, via video, or at another location of your choice, worldwide.
Second Opinions and Specialist Consultations
I offer psychiatric and psychotherapeutic second opinions, psychopharmacological consultations, and ADHD diagnostics and other neuropsychiatric assessments – including for enquiries from abroad.
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
As one of the few Swiss psychiatrists with both research experience and clinical expertise in this field, I offer psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with ketamine, and – under exceptional authorisation from the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) – MDMA and psilocybin, on an outpatient basis in the practice.
Coaching
Alongside my medical practice, I offer professional Personal Coaching and Executive Coaching – as a private-law service for individuals who wish to strengthen their personal development, leadership capability or quality of life, outside a medical treatment context.
Family Office Psychiatry
For entrepreneurial families and family offices, I assume the long-term psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care of multiple family members and key executives – as a trusted companion who understands the family's dynamics, history and values.
Inpatient Intensive Treatment
As lead treating psychiatrist at Paracelsus Recovery, Zurich – Switzerland's most exclusive residential rehabilitation programme – I direct a comprehensive team of specialists for each client. Where indicated, this enables a seamless transition from outpatient to inpatient treatment, with full continuity of the therapeutic relationship.
CONTACT
To get in touch, please send a brief e-mail describing your situation and how you found me:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Medical studies at the Charité Berlin and Philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Specialist training in psychiatry at the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich. Training in cognitive-behavioural therapy and psychoanalysis in Munich and Zurich. Senior physician at the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich 2015–2023. Head of the Research Group Experimental Stress and Depression Therapies until 2023. Associate Professor (Privatdozent) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich. Lead treating psychiatrist at Paracelsus Recovery, Zurich.
Areas of focus: Life crises, stress-related disorders, sleep disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, addiction, PTSD, adult ADHD, complex psychopharmacology, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
Therapeutic approach: Cognitive-behavioural therapy and psychoanalysis.
Languages: German, English, French, Spanish
SELECTED MEDIA
Inaugural lecture at the University of Zurich:
Molecule of the Night – GHB between Nightclub and Clinic
Swiss Television (SRF) documentary:
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Bosch OG, Halm S, Seifritz E.
Psychedelics in the treatment of unipolar and bipolar depression. International Journal of Bipolar Disorder 2022 10(1):18.
Bosch OG, Dornbierer DA, Bavato F, Quednow BB, Landolt HP, Seifritz E.
Dexmedetomidine in Psychiatry: Repurposing of its fast-acting anxiolytic, analgesic and sleep modulating properties. Pharmacopsychiatry 2023 56(2):44-50.
Bosch OG, Esposito F, Havranek MM et al.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate increases resting state limbic perfusion and body and emotion awareness in humans. Neuropsychopharmacology 2017 42(11):2141-2151.
Bosch OG, Rihm J, Scheidegger M et al.
Sleep deprivation increases dorsal nexus connectivity to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 2013 110(48):19597-602.
Bosch OG, Seifritz E and Wetter TC.
Stress-related depression: neuroendocrine, genetic, and therapeutical aspects. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 2012 Dec; 13(8):556 568.