“It is by persisting that everything becomes possible”

Vera Bignoli, Alumni of the Faculty of Social and political sciences

“It is by persisting that everything becomes possible”

Vera Bignoli, Alumni of the Faculty of Social and political sciences

I am of Italian origin on my father’s side and Finnish on my mother’s side. I grew up in Italy and I arrived in Switzerland for my studies in 2013. I studied psychology at the University of Geneva for my bachelor’s degree and then finished my studies with a master’s degree in clinical psychology in Lausanne, at the UNIL.

After my studies, I took off and volunteered in South America (Peru) in a pediatric hospital and with underprivileged families. I then lived in Australia (Brisbane) for a year and a half. It was then that I developed my project (PsychoApp) as an entrepreneur. PsychoApp aims to provide online psychological counseling in a simple and affordable way while remaining a professional and secure platform.

The goal is to enrich the job market for psychologists on the one hand and to provide easy access to psychological services for everyone on the other hand. Thanks to my project, I am now working in collaboration with the Groupe Mutuel on a similar platform for the digitalization of psychology.