Marit Råbu

Associate Professor - Department of Psychology

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Email mariraa@psykologi.uio.no

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Academic Interests

Psychotherapy
Exploring psychotherapy process with the use of qualitative methods
Case studies
Psychotherapy integration
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)

Tags: Clinical psychology

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. ISSN 1660-4601. . doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134628
Råbu, Marit; Mcleod, John; Tønnessen, Tyra & 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. Show summary
The growing scope and influence of qualitative research methodologies has generated an interest in the use of art-informed approaches to disseminating research findings. In the present article, our aim is to present a methodological case study of the development of a theatre play based on a qualitative study of senior therapists' life and work. Lessons learned from this project are presented in relation to ethical issues, the process through which qualitative data are transformed into a theatre performance, and the distinctive perspective afforded by a dramaturgical approach. Implications for research practice are discussed.
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. . doi: 10.1007/s10879-020-09469-1 Show summary
To explore how clients and therapists experience and engage in a therapeutic relationship which the client can make use of. We explored 11 psychotherapy dyads using in-depth qualitative methods. Selected dyads were ones in which the client experienced the therapy as useful. The data collection method was serial interviews with both therapists and clients. Therapists and clients were interviewed separately, four and two times, respectively, about their personal development, their views on and experiences with therapy, and their collaboration in the concrete therapeutic dyad. Transcripts of interviews were analyzed using a hermeneutic phenomenological qualitative analysis. The analysis yielded an overarching theme identified as “engaging each other.” This theme consisted of three constituent processes, developed from complementary descriptions from clients and therapists: 1) opening up to an encounter between humans, 2) trusting professionality, and 3) creating space for an unbearable story. We discuss how technical skill and personal warmth underlie the development of a helping relationship within which humans can open up to a personal encounter with suffering. We discuss how the personal aspect of the therapist position relates to psychotherapy as a moral practice, and suggest that this perspective is meaningful in understanding the therapist factor and the real relationship.
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.
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. . doi: 10.1080/09515070.2019.1671319 Full text in Research Archive.
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.
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), s 959- 970 . doi: 10.1080/10503307.2018.1490972 Full text in Research Archive.
Rønnestad, Michael Helge; Nissen-Lie, Helene A; Oddli, Hanne; Benum, Kirsten; Ekroll, Vidar Blokhus; Gullestad, Siri Erika; Haavind, Hanne; Reichelt, Sissel; Råbu, Marit; Stänicke, Erik; Lippe, Anna Louise von der & Halvorsen, Margrethe S. (2018). Expanding the Conceptualization of Outcome and Clinical Effectiveness. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. 49, s 87- 97 . doi: 10.1007/s10879-018-9405-z
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), s 1- 17 . doi: 10.1002/jclp.22740
Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2017). Coming to terms: Client subjective expereience of ending psychotherapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. ISSN 0951-5070. 31(2), s 223- 242 . doi: 10.1080/09515070.2017.1296410 Full text in Research Archive.
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), s 284- 293
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), s 776- 792 . doi: 10.1080/10503307.2016.1265685 Full text in Research Archive.
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), s 737- 749 . doi: 10.1080/10503307.2015.1065354
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), s 124- 143 . doi: 10.1080/19012276.2015.1071204
Råbu, Marit (2014). Ettertanke. Hva har det å være terapeut gjort med livet mitt?, I: Anna Louise von der Lippe; Helene A Nissen-Lie & Hanne Oddli (red.), Psykoterapeuten. En antologi om terapeutens rolle i psykoterapi. Gyldendal Akademisk. ISBN 9788205472136. Kapittel 14. s 291 - 306
Råbu, Marit (2014). Kvalitativ psykoterapiforskning: metodiske utfordringer, dilemmaer og muligheter. Matrix. ISSN 0109-646X. 31(1), s 32- 45
Binder, Per-Einar & Råbu, Marit (2013). Terapi som skreddersøm med utgangspunkt i relasjon og emosjon, I: Kirsten Benum; Eva Axelsen & Ellen Johanne Hartmann (red.), God Psykoterapi: Et Integrativt Perspektiv. Pax Forlag. ISBN 978-82-530-3598-7. 4.. s 115 - 141
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), s 274- 295 Full text in Research Archive.
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), s 71- 80 Full text in Research Archive.
Hytten, Karsten & Råbu, Marit (2012). Hva skal vi med psykoterapi?, I: Psykoterapi i utvikling. Akademisk Forlag. ISBN 978-82-321-0015-6. Kapittel 1, Del 1: Ulike behandlingsformer og rammer for terapi. s 11 - 26
Råbu, Marit (2012). Å få til en god nok avslutning av terapi. Impuls : Tidsskrift for psykologi. ISSN 0801-2911. (2), s 54- 63
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), s 109- 117 . doi: 10.1080/14733145.2011.608131 Full text in Research Archive.
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), s 23- 33 . doi: 10.1080/14733145.2011.546073 Full text in Research Archive.
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, s 287- 302 Full text in Research Archive.
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), s 141- 150 Show summary
Forfatteren har utforsket lydopptak av samtaler med tre av sine egne pasienter etter et uplanlagt åtte ukers opphold i langtidspsykoterapi, og sett på måter å forstå samhandlingen på i etterkant av et slikt brudd. Avbruddet kan forstås som en krise i alliansen mellom terapeut og pasient som krever et reparasjonsarbeid i ettertid. I samtalene beveget pasientene seg fra å være konvensjonelt hensynsfulle i retning av å gi mer direkte uttrykk for vanskelige følelser og fantasier knyttet til fraværet. Det at terapeuten åpent og aktivt utforsket betydningen av avbruddet, fremstår som et særlig vesentlig bidrag til å gjenopprette kontakt og tillit. Pasientene bidrog aktivt og konstruktivt til å bekrefte alliansen og gjenetablere relasjonene etter fraværet, på tross av ubehaget de var blitt påført.
Råbu, Marit & Hytten, Karsten (2005). Selvmord i mediene. Samtiden. ISSN 0036-3928.
Råbu, Marit & Hytten, Karsten (1998). Psykoanalysen hinsides Freud. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 118(30), s 4746- 4750

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Råbu, Marit (2019). "Frei aber Einsam" - Johannes Brahms og kjærleiken. Klassisk minifestival På 123. s 22- 23
Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2019). "Where did we arrive in the end?" Conjoint explorations of improvements in the last phase of psychotherapy.
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.
Råbu, Marit (2018). Fra forskning til scene: Om formidling av kunnskap fra forskningsintervjuer til teater.
Råbu, Marit (2018). Kunst og kultur i terapirommet.
Råbu, Marit (2018). Maktens grammatikk. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 55(9), s 872- 873
Andenæs, Agnes; Benum, Kirsten; Carlquist, Erik; Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Hauge, Mona-Iren; Madsen, Ole Jacob; Moss, Sigrun Marie; Oddli, Hanne; Roen, Katrina; Råbu, Marit; Skjelsbæk, Inger; Stänicke, Erik; Strømme, Hanne; Sveaass, Nora & Tjersland, Odd Arne (2017). Sneversynt om psykologisk kunnskap. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. 198(5), s 28- 29
Axelsen, Eva Dalsgaard; Benum, Kirsten; Bernhardt, Ida S.; Gullestad, Siri Erika; Halvorsen, Margrethe Seeger; Hartmann, Ellen Johanne; Haavind, Hanne; Killingmo, Bjørn; Von der Lippe, Anna Louise; Mauseth, Tori; Monsen, Jon Trygve; Mossige, Svein; Nissen-Lie, Helene A; Oddli, Hanne; Reichelt, Sissel; Rø, Frida Gullestad; Rønnestad, Michael Helge; Råbu, Marit; Tjersland, Odd Arne; Stänicke, Line Indrevoll; Strømme, Hanne; Sveaas, Nora; Zachrisson, Anders & Øiestad, Guro (2017). Historien Psykologtidsskriftet ikke forteller. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 54(12), s 1197- 1199
Blystad, Magnus Helgheim; Råbu, Marit & Wesche Guttormsen, Ellen (2017, 13. mai). Ekko Helg - Treng me meir eller mindre empati?. [Radio]. NRK P2.
Flottorp, Johanne & Råbu, Marit (2017, 24. februar). Psykoterapeutforsking til teaterscena. Nationen.
Haugaard, Annette & Råbu, Marit (2017). Terapi forandrer - også psykologer. Psykologernes fagmagasin. ISSN 2445-6322. 10, s 10- 13
Kraft, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2017). Ondskap - og skjør kjærlighet. Magasinet Plot. ISSN 1892-4417. s 72- 81
Mcleod, John & Råbu, Marit (2017). Wisdom in professional knowledge: Developing a contextualized understanding of insights from senior psychotherapists.
Milde, Svein Harald & Råbu, Marit (2017, 22. januar). Hva gjør 40 år som terapeut med deg?. [Internett]. Forskning.no.
Revheim, Hanna Huglen & Råbu, Marit (2017, 16. februar). Innslag i Dagsrevyen om teaterforestillingen Overføring. [TV]. Nrk.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Banebrytarar i psykoterapien. Det Norske Teatret, Bakteppet, Repertoarmagasin, Vår 2017.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters erfaringer.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters erfaringer - fra forskning til teater.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters ettertanke - fra forskningsintervju til scene.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Ettertanke - om et liv som terapeut.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Ettertanke - om et liv som terapeut.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Hvordan påvirker den psykoterapeutiske praksisen terapeutens liv?.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske Teatret.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske Teatret.
Råbu, Marit (2017, 05. mai). Salongen, P2. [Radio]. Nrk.
Råbu, Marit (2017). Transference. A theatre play - and how it was created from research interviews with senior therapists..
Råbu, Marit & Rhodes, Ella (2017, 01. februar). Deeper awareness. [Fagblad]. The Psychologist.
Råbu, Marit & Torp, Åsne Dahl (2017, 06. januar). Teaterpodden, Det Norske teatret. Fredagssamtalen - Erik Hivju og Marit Råbu om laust og fast. [Radio]. Det Norske teatret, Podcast.
Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske teatret.
Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2017). Overføring.
Skårderud, Finn; Råbu, Marit; Isdal, Per & Tessand, Heidi Elisabeth Svendsen (2017). Roundtable: Terapeutisk utvikling - vekst, stagnasjon og støtte.
Strand, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2017, 01. mars). 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.. [Tidsskrift]. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.
Tønnessen, Tyra & Råbu, Marit (2017). Overføring - basert på psykolog Marit Råbus intervju med eldre kollegaer. Til teater ved Tyra Tønnessen.
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.
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.
Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2016). Disseminating Research and creating art in the same act: Theatre built on Research interviews.
Moltu, Christian; Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2015). Using quantitative prompts and serial interviews to achieve greater correspondence and phenomenological proximity in qualitative approaches.
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.
Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2015). What are the wisdoms of senior therapists?.
Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian; Bernhardt, Ida Stange & Mcleod, John (2015). Analyzing single-cases with multiple data sources to capture complexity.
Råbu, Marit; Moltu, Christian; Binder, Per-Einar & Mcleod, John (2014). Looking back: How did being a therapist affect my personal life?.
Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Benum, Kirsten; Haavind, Hanne; Von der Lippe, Anna Louise; Nissen-Lie, Helene A; Oddli, Hanne; Råbu, Marit; Stänicke, Erik & Rønnestad, Michael Helge (2014). How does alliance work develop in phases of psychotherapy?.
Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2013). Creating analytical procedures in the service of making results from psychotherapy research relevant for clinical practice.
Råbu, Marit (2012). Brudd og reparasjoner i psykoterapi.
Råbu, Marit (2012). Hvordan få til en god nok avslutning?.
Råbu, Marit (2012). Å avslutte psykoterapi.
Råbu, Marit; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2012). Metaphors for moving toward the end in psychotherapy.
Strand, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2012). Å bevare båndet helt til slutt. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 49(2), s 184- 185
Råbu, Marit (2011). Brudd og reparasjoner i psykoterapiprosesser.
Råbu, Marit (2011). Relational development in psychotherapy from beginning to end. Connecting structural and interpersonal aspects.
Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Haavind, Hanne (2011). Negotiating ending: a qualitative study of the process of ending psychotherapy.
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.
Slotnæs, Marit Karine & Råbu, Marit (2011, 23. september). Psykoterapi virker, det er et etablert funn. Morgenbladet.
Råbu, Marit (2010). Negotiating an end. A case study of an ambigous process of ending.
Råbu, Marit; Halvorsen, Margrethe S. & Haavind, Hanne (2010). Early relationship struggles. A case study of alliance formation and reparation.
Råbu, Marit (2009). A case study of interruptions and reparations in a mutually challenging psychotherapy.
Råbu, Marit (2009). Behandling av ustabil personlighetsforstyrrelse. Et psykodynamisk utviklingsperspektiv og et behandlingsforløp.
Råbu, Marit (2008). Interruptions as ruptures in psychotherapy.
Råbu, Marit (2008). Utvikling gjennom avbrudd og reparasjoner. Kasusstudie av en gjensidig utfordrende psykoterapi.
Råbu, Marit & Hytten, Karsten (2008). Vær varsom!. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. Show summary
Råd om hvordan selvmord kan omtales i mediene.
Råbu, Marit (2006). Psykiatri: Den gode fiende. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
Hytten, Karsten & Råbu, Marit (2005). Helsefarlig selvmordsomtale. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 125(20), s 2757
Råbu, Marit (2001). Fortellinger om psykoanalysen ved milenniumskiftet. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. (9), s 836
Høye, Helene & Råbu, Marit (1996). "Skal vi grise?" En seminaturalistisk studie av 2-4 pr gamle barnehagebarns konstruktive samhandling.

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Projects

The Nordic Psychotherapy Training Study (NORTRAS)