Marit Råbu

Academic Interests
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Psychotherapy
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Exploring psychotherapy process with the use of qualitative methods
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Case studies
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Psychotherapy integration
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Developing qualitative research methods with the use of artistic perspecitves
Teaching
PSYC4400 - Relasjonskompetanse (Relational competence)
PSYC 6300 - Praktikum (Internship)
PSYC 9101 - Research methodology
PSYC 3100 Qualitative methodology
PSYC 1202 Ethics and the professional role
Higher education and employment history
Marit Råbu, PhD, graduated as a psychologist from the University of Oslo in 1997, and is qualified as specialist in clinical psychology and intensive psychotherapy of the Norwegian Psychological Association. Postgraduate education in psychotherapy from Institute for psychotherapy and Institute for active psychotherapy. Marit Råbu has worked in public mental health care for ten years and has experience from clinical work with adults, adolescence, children, couples, and families in both outpatient and inpatient settings. She is engaged in research on various aspects of psychotherapy processes. She finished her PhD in 2011 with the thesis “Relational development in psychotherapy from beginning to end: Connecting structural and interpersonal aspects of psychotherapy”. She teaches courses on psychological treatment and runs a part time private psychotherapy practice.
Cooperation
Råbu takes part in the project “An intensive process-outcome study of the interpersonal aspects of psychotherapy”, led by Associate Professor Margrethe Seeger Halvorsen (initiative and previously leadership by Professor Helge Rønnestad) at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. Her PhD was an independent project within this larger project. She cooperates closely with researchers in this project, particularly Professor Hanne Haavind.
She leads (alternating with Christian Moltu) the research project “The Art and Science of Conducting Psychotherapy – how collaborative action between client and therapist generates and sustains productive life change”. The project is developed together with PhD Christian Moltu, research fellow in Helse-Vest, and Professor John McLeod, University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland. The project involves several researchers from University of Oslo, University of Bergen, CHIOR, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, USA and Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Råbu also leads a research project called “Senior therapist’s experiences on how being a therapist influences life”. Link to some results from this Project (see also publications below): https://digest.bps.org.uk/2016/11/11/a-burden-and-a-privilege-clinical-psychologists-look-back-on-their-lifes-work/ http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/overforing/
Supervises the following PhD-Projects:
Ida Stange Bernhardt: The Significance of Therapists’ Personal Experiences and Qualities
Kristine Dahl Sørensen: Managing life and change when diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder: A qualitative inquiry
Anita Myhre: Long-term and multidisciplinary treatment pathways: Experiences among patients and families affected by a congenital craniofacial anomaly (co-supervisor)
Price
2017: Price in Memory of Bjørn Christiansen for a significant academic contribution (Distributed by the Norwegian Psychological Association)
Serves as part of Editoral Board in Counselling Psychology Quarterly (Taylor & Francis)
Publications
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Råbu, Marit (2021). Relasjonsrettet korttids dynamisk psykoterapi. In Binder, Per-Einar; Lorås, Lennart & Thuen, Frode (Ed.), Håndbok i individualterapi. Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245036817. p. 355–366.
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Myhre, Anita Margareth; Råbu, Marit & Feragen, Kristin Judith Billaud (2021). The need to belong: Subjective experiences of living with craniofacial conditions and undergoing appearance-altering surgery. Body image. ISSN 1740-1445. 38, p. 334–345. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2021.05.008. Full text in Research Archive
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Kleiven, Gøril Solberg; Hjeltnes, Aslak; Råbu, Marit & Moltu, Christian (2020). Opening up: Clients’ inner struggles at the start of therapy. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 11:591146, p. 1–11. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.591146. Full text in Research Archive
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Gulliksen, Synne; Hekne, Ingvill; Råbu, Marit & Opaas, Marianne (2020). "Når jeg føler meg trygg, prøver jeg å si litt om det jeg har vært utsatt for". Traumatiserte flyktningers opplevelse av tillit i psykoterapi. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN 1503-6707. 4, p. 227–238.
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Bernhardt, Ida S.; Nissen-Lie, Helene Amundsen & Råbu, Marit (2020). The embodied listener: a dyadic case study of how therapist and patient reflect on the significance of therapist`s personal presence for the therapeutic change process . Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1050-3307. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2020.1808728. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
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Råbu, Marit & Moltu, Christian (2020). People Engaging Each Other: A dual-perspective Study of Interpersonal Processes in Useful Therapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. 51, p. 67–75. doi: 10.1007/s10879-020-09469-1. Full text in Research Archive
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Jones, Maria-Helene; Råbu, Marit; Røssberg, Jan Ivar & Ulberg, Randi (2020). Therapists’ experiences of psychodynamic therapy with and without transference interventions for adolescents with depression. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). ISSN 1661-7827. 17(13), p. 1–18. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17134628. Full text in Research Archive
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Sørensen, Kristine Dahl; Wilberg, Theresa; Berthelsen, Eivind & Råbu, Marit (2020). Subjective experience of the origin and development of avoidant personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology. ISSN 0021-9762. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23013. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit; Mcleod, John; Tønnessen, Tyra Bondevik & Moltu, Christian (2020). Creating art from research: A theatre play based on research interviews with senior therapists. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. ISSN 0306-9885. doi: 10.1080/03069885.2020.1755419. Full text in Research Archive
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Sørensen, Kristine Dahl; Wilberg, Theresa; Berthelsen, Eivind & Råbu, Marit (2019). Lived Experience of Treatment for Avoidant Personality Disorder: Searching for Courage to Be. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 10. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02879. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit; Mcleod, John; Haavind, Hanne; Bernhardt, Ida S.; Nissen-Lie, Helene A & Moltu, Christian (2019). How psychotherapists make use of their experiences from being a client: Lessons from a collective autoethnography . Counselling Psychology Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5070. 34(1), p. 109–128. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2019.1671319. Full text in Research Archive
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Sørensen, Kristine Dahl; Råbu, Marit; Wilberg, Theresa & Berthelsen, Eivind (2018). Struggling to be a person: Lived experience of avoidant personality disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology. ISSN 0021-9762. 1(17), p. 1–17. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22740.
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Rønnestad, Michael Helge; Nissen-Lie, Helene A; Oddli, Hanne; Benum, Kirsten; Ekroll, Vidar Blokhus & Gullestad, Siri Erika [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2018). Expanding the Conceptualization of Outcome and Clinical Effectiveness. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. 49, p. 87–97. doi: 10.1007/s10879-018-9405-z.
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Bernhardt, Ida S.; Nissen-Lie, Helene A; Moltu, Christian; Mcleod, John & Råbu, Marit (2018). "It's both a strength and a drawback." How therapists' personal qualities are experienced in their professional work. Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1050-3307. 29(7), p. 959–970. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2018.1490972. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2017). "Hvor langt kom vi?" : felles utforskning av bedring i siste fase av psykoterapi. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 54(3), p. 284–293.
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Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2017). Coming to terms: Client subjective expereience of ending psychotherapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5070. 31(2), p. 223–242. doi: 10.1080/09515070.2017.1296410. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2017). Wisdom in professional knowledge: Why it can be valuable to listen to the voices of senior psychotherapists. Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1050-3307. 28(5), p. 776–792. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2016.1265685. Full text in Research Archive
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Nordberg, Samuel Schieffelin; Moltu, Christian & Råbu, Marit (2016). Norwegian translation and validation of a routine outcomes monitoring measure: The treatment outcome package. Nordic Psychology. ISSN 1901-2276. 68(2), p. 124–143. doi: 10.1080/19012276.2015.1071204.
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Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian; Binder, Per-Einar & Mcleod, John (2016). How does practicing psychotherapy affect the personal life of the therapist? A qualitative inquiry of senior therapists’ experiences. Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1050-3307. 26(6), p. 737–749. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1065354.
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Råbu, Marit (2014). Ettertanke. Hva har det å være terapeut gjort med livet mitt? In von der Lippe, Anna Louise; Nissen-Lie, Helene A & Oddli, Hanne (Ed.), Psykoterapeuten. En antologi om terapeutens rolle i psykoterapi. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISSN 9788205472136. p. 291–306.
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Råbu, Marit (2014). Kvalitativ psykoterapiforskning: metodiske utfordringer, dilemmaer og muligheter. Matrix. ISSN 0109-646X. 31(1), p. 32–45.
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Råbu, Marit; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2013). We have travelled a long distance and sorted out the mess in the drawers: Metaphors for moving toward the end in psychotherapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1473-3145. 13(1), p. 71–80. doi: 10.1080/14733145.2012.711339. Full text in Research Archive
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Binder, Per-Einar & Råbu, Marit (2013). Terapi som skreddersøm med utgangspunkt i relasjon og emosjon. In Benum, Kirsten; Axelsen, Eva & Hartmann, Ellen Johanne (Ed.), God Psykoterapi: Et Integrativt Perspektiv. Pax Forlag. ISSN 978-82-530-3598-7. p. 115–141.
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Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2013). Negotiating ending: A qualitative study of the process of ending psychotherapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Councelling. ISSN 1364-2537. 15(3), p. 274–295. doi: 10.1080/13642537.2013.810962. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit (2012). Å få til en god nok avslutning av terapi. Impuls : Tidsskrift for psykologi. ISSN 0801-2911. p. 54–63.
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Hytten, Karsten & Råbu, Marit (2012). Hva skal vi med psykoterapi? Psykoterapi i utvikling. Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 978-82-321-0015-6. p. 11–26.
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Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2012). Coming to an end: A case study of an ambigous process of ending. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1473-3145. 12(2), p. 109–117. doi: 10.1080/14733145.2011.608131. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit; Halvorsen, Margrethe S. & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Early relationship struggles: A case study of alliance formation and reparation. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. ISSN 1473-3145. 11(1), p. 23–33. doi: 10.1080/14733145.2011.546073. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit; Hytten, Karsten; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2010). Development through interruptions and reparations – A case study of a mutually challenging psychotherapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Councelling. ISSN 1364-2537. 12, p. 287–302. Full text in Research Archive
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Råbu, Marit (2008). "Ikke sånn at jeg har følt at nå går jeg under, men": Når terapeuten plutselig blir borte - og kommer tilbake. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 45(2), p. 141–150. Show summary
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Råbu, Marit & Hytten, Karsten (1998). Psykoanalysen hinsides Freud. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 118(30), p. 4746–4750.
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Sørensen, Kristine Dahl & Råbu, Marit (2021). Some people feel so utterly alone it´s as if they don't exist. Aeon.
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Råbu, Marit (2019). "Frei aber Einsam" - Johannes Brahms og kjærleiken. Klassisk minifestival På 123. p. 22–23.
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Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2019). "Where did we arrive in the end?" Conjoint explorations of improvements in the last phase of psychotherapy.
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Råbu, Marit (2018). Fra forskning til scene: Om formidling av kunnskap fra forskningsintervjuer til teater.
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Råbu, Marit (2018). Maktens grammatikk. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 55(9), p. 872–873.
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Bernhardt, Ida S.; Moltu, Christian; Nissen-Lie, Helene A & Råbu, Marit (2018). Feeling at home in theory – an echo of the therapist’s personal history in the professional domain.
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Råbu, Marit (2018). Kunst og kultur i terapirommet.
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Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2017). Overføring.
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Axelsen, Eva Dalsgaard; Benum, Kirsten; Bernhardt, Ida S.; Gullestad, Siri Erika; Halvorsen, Margrethe Seeger & Hartmann, Ellen Johanne [Show all 24 contributors for this article] (2017). Historien Psykologtidsskriftet ikke forteller. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 54(12), p. 1197–1199.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters ettertanke - fra forskningsintervju til scene.
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Skårderud, Finn; Råbu, Marit; Isdal, Per & Tessand, Heidi Elisabeth Svendsen (2017). Roundtable: Terapeutisk utvikling - vekst, stagnasjon og støtte.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Ettertanke - om et liv som terapeut.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Ettertanke - om et liv som terapeut.
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Kraft, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2017). Ondskap - og skjør kjærlighet. Magasinet Plot. ISSN 1892-4417. p. 72–81.
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Haugaard, Annette & Råbu, Marit (2017). Terapi forandrer - også psykologer. Psykologernes fagmagasin. ISSN 2445-6322. 10, p. 10–13.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Transference. A theatre play - and how it was created from research interviews with senior therapists.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters erfaringer - fra forskning til teater.
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Mcleod, John & Råbu, Marit (2017). Wisdom in professional knowledge: Developing a contextualized understanding of insights from senior psychotherapists.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Hvordan påvirker den psykoterapeutiske praksisen terapeutens liv?
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske Teatret.
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Blystad, Magnus Helgheim ; Råbu, Marit & Wesche Guttormsen, Ellen (2017). Ekko Helg - Treng me meir eller mindre empati? [Radio]. NRK P2.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters erfaringer.
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Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske teatret.
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Milde, Svein Harald & Råbu, Marit (2017). Hva gjør 40 år som terapeut med deg? [Internet]. Forskning.no.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske Teatret.
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Strand, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2017). Forvandlingen. For første gang er psykologisk forskning blitt råstoff for et teaterstykke. Eldre psykoterapeuter reflekterer over hva et langt yrkesliv ga dem - og hva det kostet. [Journal]. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.
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Flottorp, Johanne & Råbu, Marit (2017). Psykoterapeutforsking til teaterscena. [Newspaper]. Nationen.
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Tønnessen, Tyra & Råbu, Marit (2017). Overføring - basert på psykolog Marit Råbus intervju med eldre kollegaer. Til teater ved Tyra Tønnessen.
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Revheim, Hanna Huglen & Råbu, Marit (2017). Innslag i Dagsrevyen om teaterforestillingen Overføring. [TV]. Nrk .
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Andenæs, Agnes; Benum, Kirsten; Carlquist, Erik; Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Hauge, Mona-Iren & Madsen, Ole Jacob [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2017). Sneversynt om psykologisk kunnskap. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. 198(5), p. 28–29.
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Råbu, Marit & Rhodes, Ella (2017). Deeper awareness. [Business/trade/industry journal]. The Psychologist.
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Råbu, Marit (2017). Banebrytarar i psykoterapien. Det Norske Teatret, Bakteppet, Repertoarmagasin, Vår 2017.
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Råbu, Marit & Torp, Åsne Dahl (2017). Teaterpodden, Det Norske teatret. Fredagssamtalen - Erik Hivju og Marit Råbu om laust og fast. [Radio]. Det Norske teatret, Podcast.
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Mcleod, John; Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian & Haavind, Hanne (2016). Researcher reflexivity: Taking account of personal meaning of investigating the integration of Professional and personal knowledge.
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Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2016). Disseminating Research and creating art in the same act: Theatre built on Research interviews.
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Moltu, Christian; Råbu, Marit & Bernhardt, Ida S. (2016). The places that I shouldn´t go: Exploring good therapists´experiences of the areas in which they function poorly.
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Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian; Bernhardt, Ida Stange & Mcleod, John (2015). Analyzing single-cases with multiple data sources to capture complexity.
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Moltu, Christian; Råbu, Marit; Nordberg, Samuel Schieffelin & Bernhardt, Ida S. (2015). Developing mixed methods to research: How collaborative action between client and therapist generates and sustains productive life change.
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Moltu, Christian; Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2015). Using quantitative prompts and serial interviews to achieve greater correspondence and phenomenological proximity in qualitative approaches.
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Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2015). What are the wisdoms of senior therapists?
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Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian; Binder, Per-Einar & Mcleod, John (2014). Looking back: How did being a therapist affect my personal life?
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Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Benum, Kirsten; Haavind, Hanne; Von der Lippe, Anna Louise; Nissen-Lie, Helene A & Oddli, Hanne [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2014). How does alliance work develop in phases of psychotherapy?
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Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2013). Creating analytical procedures in the service of making results from psychotherapy research relevant for clinical practice.
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Råbu, Marit (2012). Hvordan få til en god nok avslutning?
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Råbu, Marit; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2012). Metaphors for moving toward the end in psychotherapy.
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Råbu, Marit (2012). Å avslutte psykoterapi.
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Råbu, Marit (2012). Brudd og reparasjoner i psykoterapi.
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Strand, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2012). Å bevare båndet helt til slutt. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 49(2), p. 184–185.
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Slotnæs, Marit Karine & Råbu, Marit (2011). Psykoterapi virker, det er et etablert funn. [Newspaper]. Morgenbladet.
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Råbu, Marit (2011). Brudd og reparasjoner i psykoterapiprosesser.
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Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Negotiating ending: a qualitative study of the process of ending psychotherapy.
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Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2011). What has changed? A qualitative study of how improvement in psychotherapy is negotiatied and experienced in the process of ending.
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Råbu, Marit (2010). Negotiating an end. A case study of an ambigous process of ending.
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Råbu, Marit; Halvorsen, Margrethe S. & Haavind, Hanne (2010). Early relationship struggles. A case study of alliance formation and reparation.
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Råbu, Marit (2009). A case study of interruptions and reparations in a mutually challenging psychotherapy.
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Råbu, Marit (2009). Behandling av ustabil personlighetsforstyrrelse. Et psykodynamisk utviklingsperspektiv og et behandlingsforløp.
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Råbu, Marit & Hytten, Karsten (2008). Vær varsom! Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Show summary
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Råbu, Marit (2008). Utvikling gjennom avbrudd og reparasjoner. Kasusstudie av en gjensidig utfordrende psykoterapi.
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Råbu, Marit (2008). Interruptions as ruptures in psychotherapy.
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Råbu, Marit (2006). Psykiatri: Den gode fiende. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
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Hytten, Karsten & Råbu, Marit (2005). Helsefarlig selvmordsomtale. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 125(20).
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Råbu, Marit (2001). Fortellinger om psykoanalysen ved milenniumskiftet. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470.
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Råbu, Marit (2011). Relational development in psychotherapy from beginning to end. Connecting structural and interpersonal aspects. Universitetet i Oslo.
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Høye, Helene & Råbu, Marit (1996). "Skal vi grise?" En seminaturalistisk studie av 2-4 pr gamle barnehagebarns konstruktive samhandling. Psykologisk institutt. ISSN 82-569-1429-7.