Espen Jan Folmo
Espen is currently doing a PhD in psychology, which aims to bridge the current gap between the so-called specific and general factors in psychotherapy. His official title is "Head of Quality Lab for Psychotherapy" at The Norwegian National Advisory Unit. This lab primarily measures adherence and quality for Mentalization-based treatment (MBT), which is an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality disorder. His clinical backbone is working as a psychologist (both group and individual therapy) with borderline patients at Oslo University Hospital. He is currently co-authoring a manual with Professor Sigmund Karterud and Mickey Kongerslev on MBT.
Background
Espen is educated coach from INSEAD (EMC & ICC), psychologist from The University of Oslo, and journalist from The Oslo Metropolitan University. He holds the MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership, focused on Blockchain Technology, AI, and Internet of Things. His path of education also contains music, medicine, and economics.
From 2005 to 2018 he was part of a group in The Diamond Approach (DA) led by Sandra Maitri. He was also part of the teacher training in DA for a couple of years, and has been interested in the psychological tools provided by Buddhism (Mahamudra), Sufism, and other wisdom traditions for a couple of decades. He has studied meditation and hypnosis with Harvard Professor Daniel Brown.
Publikasjoner
Beck, E., Bo, S., Jørgensen, M. P., Gondan, M., Poulsen, S., Storebø, O. J., Andersen, C. F., Folmo, E., Sharp, C., Pedersen, J., & Simonsen, E. (2019). Mentalization-based treatment in groups for adolescents with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13152
Folmo, E. J., Karterud, S. W., Bremer, K., Walther, K. L., Kvarstein, E. H., & Pedersen, G. A. (2017). The design of the MBT‐G adherence and quality scale. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 58(4), 341–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12375
Folmo, E. J., Karterud, S. W., Kongerslev, M. T., Kvarstein, E. H., & Stänicke, E. (2019). Battles of the Comfort Zone: Modelling Therapeutic Strategy, Alliance, and Epistemic Trust—A Qualitative Study of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-018-09414-3
Karterud, S., Folmo, E., & Kongerslev, M. T. (2019). Personality and the group matrix. Group Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316418824210
Kvarstein, E. H., Pedersen, G., Folmo, E., Urnes, Ø., Johansen, M. S., Hummelen, B., ... & Karterud, S. (2018). Mentalization‐based treatment or psychodynamic treatment programmes for patients with borderline personality disorder–the impact of clinical severity. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12179
Simonsen, S., Juul, S., Kongerslev, M., Bo, S., Folmo, E., & Karterud, S. (2018). The mentalization-based therapy adherence and quality scale (MBT-AQS): Reliability in a clinical setting. Nordic Psychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2018.1480406
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Folmo, Espen Jan; Langjord, Tuva; Myhrvold, Nini; Stänicke, Erik; Lind, Majse & Kvarstein, Elfrida Hartveit (2022). Pedagogical stance in mentalization-based treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychology. ISSN 0021-9762. s. 1–21. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23335. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
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Kvarstein, Elfrida Hartveit; Folmo, Espen Jan; Antonsen, Bjørnar Torske; Norman-Eide, Eivind; Pedersen, Geir Arild Feigum & Wilberg, Theresa (2020). Social Cognition Capacities as Predictors of Outcome in Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT). Frontiers in Psychiatry. ISSN 1664-0640. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00691.
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Folmo, Espen Jan; Karterud, Sigmund; Kongerslev, Mickey; Kvarstein, Elfrida H & Stänicke, Erik (2019). Battles of the Comfort Zone: Modelling Therapeutic Strategy, Alliance, and Epistemic Trust—A Qualitative Study of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. s. 1–11. doi: 10.1007/s10879-018-09414-3.
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Folmo, Espen Jan; Karterud, Sigmund; Bremer, Kjetil; Wahlter, Kristoffer Lygren; Kvarstein, Elfrida H & Pedersen, Geir Feigum (2017). The design of the MBT-G adherence and quality scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. ISSN 0036-5564. 58(4), s. 341–349. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12375.