Suendermann, Oliver

Suendermann, Oliver

Oliver Suendermann

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ph.D. (KCL), D.Clin.Psy (KCL), Diplom-Psychologe (University of Kiel, Germany)

Dr Suendermann is a Clinical Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with over 15 years of experience in the mental health sector. He is the Clinical Director at Intellect, a Singapore-based modern mental health technology company, where he leads the clinical and research team. At NUS, he supervises undergraduate research projects (ISM, IRP, HT), and Masters theses in Clinical Psychology. Dr Suendermann holds a Ph.D. and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, both from the Institute of Psychiatry at the Maudsley, King’s College London, UK.

Research Interests:

  • Innovation of digital mental health services
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), and mechanisms of change in the treatment of these

Recent/Representative Publications:

Ong, W. Y., & Sündermann, O. (2022). Efficacy of the Mental Health App “Intellect” to Improve Body Image and Self-compassion in Young Adults: A Randomised Controlled Trial With a 4-Week Follow-up. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(11), e41800.

Sündermann, O., Flink, I., & Linton, S. J. (2020). My body is not working right: a cognitive behavioral model of body image and chronic pain. Pain, 161(6), 1136-1139.

Sündermann, O., & Veale, D. (2017). Complexity in obsessive-compulsive and body dysmorphic disorder–a functional approach to complex difficulties. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 10.