Academic interests
My research focusses on personality assessment with the Rorschach method and various self-report instruments. Consulting editor of Journal of Personality Assessment.
Ongoing research:
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Recurrent depression and the vulnerability and the scar hypotheses: A 9-year follow-up study with the Rorschach, the BDI, and the DAS
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Faking good mental health on the Rorschach and the MMPI
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Psychological Predictors of Military Performance: A Study of Pilot Applicants in Norway
Teaching
Higher education and employment history
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Clinical psychologist. I was educated at the university of Oslo and graduated in 1970.
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Have been working at the Universities of Bergen, Oslo and Tromsø and since 2001 professor in clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, UiO
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Since 2008 head of the clinic of psychodynamic therapy
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Teaching cources in clinical psychology and psychotherapy
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Supervising research: Master thesis and PhD within clinical psychology and personality assessment
Awards
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Teaching Price
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Bjorn Christiansen Memorial Award
Appointments
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The head of clinical research group, PSI
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Clinic Director DT of PSI
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Deputy Leader of the Council for Mental Health