Academic Interests
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Socialization and family research
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Women's Personality Development
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Attachment
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Ego-development
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Mother-daughter relationship
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Process-outcome research in psychotherapy
Teaching
Higher education and employment history
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Professor of personality and clinical psychology, University of Oslo 1989-2000
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Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen 1986-1989
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Associate Professor, 1971-1986
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University Fellow, 1968-1971
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Visiting the University of California, Berkeley 1969-70
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Visiting the University of Illinois, 1969
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Researcher, Institute for Social Research, 1964-1968
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Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1965
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Specialist in clinical psychology, NPF, 1965
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Clinical psychologist, Ullevål Hospital 1957-1963
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Clinical Psychologist, Children's Hospital of the East Bay, 1956
Awards
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Honorary doctorate, UiB, 2000
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Honorary member, Norwegian Psychological Association.
Appoinments
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Chairman of the Norwegian psychological Association 1973-4
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Chairman, Norwegian Social Science Research Coucil, 1976-78
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Vice chairman, Norwegian Research Council of Science and Humanities, 1986-90
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Institute director, Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, 1981-83
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Norwegian Research Council, board member,
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Member of university senate, University of Bergen, 1986-89
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Member of University sentae University of Oslo, 1990-1992
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Chairman, Steering committee of National methadone Project, 19,Ministry of Social Affairs, 1993-98
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Director, Center for Research in Clinical Psychology, UiO, 1990-2000
Cooperation
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The Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) - International Study of the Development of Psychotherapists (ISDP)
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"Ungkul" Norwegian Institue of Public Health