Marit Råbu

Professor - Clinical Psychology
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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic Interests

  • Psychotherapy

  • Exploring psychotherapy process with the use of qualitative methods

  • Case studies

  • Psychotherapy integration

  • Developing qualitative research methods 

Teaching

PSYC4400 – Forpraksis voksne. Relasjonskompetanse.

PSYC5410 – Hovedpraksis og etikk 

PSYC6310 – Praktikum 

PSYC4301 – Psykologisk behandling og behandlingsforskning 

PSY9195 – The Qualitative Research Process – Analysis and Result Presentation 

Employment history

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. Has worked in public mental health care and has experience from clinical work with adults, adolescence, children, couples, and families in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Engaged in research on various aspects of psychotherapy processes. Finished PhD in 2011 with the thesis “Relational development in psychotherapy from beginning to end: Connecting structural and interpersonal aspects of psychotherapy”. Teaches courses on psychological treatment and runs a part time psychotherapy practice.

Research and cooperation

Leads 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 Professor Christian Moltu, Helse-Vest/Vestlandet University College, and Professor John McLeod, University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland. Link to some of the results from this project (see also publications below): How Being a Therapist Can Impact Your Personal Life | Psychology Today “A burden and a privilege” – clinical psychologists look back on their life’s work | BPS “A Burden and a Privilege” – Clinical Psychologists Look Back on Their Life’s Work - Mad In America Overføring | Framsyningar | Det Norske Teatret 

Takes part in several projects, for example “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. 

 

Has supervised / supervises the following PhD-Projects:

Ida Stange Bernhardt: The Significance of Therapists’ Personal Experiences and Qualities (graduated in 2020).

Kristine Dahl Sørensen: Managing life and change when diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder: A qualitative inquiry (graduated in 2020). 

Henrik Wang-Iversen: Narratives about recovery: A qualitative study about turning-points for mental health patients with a history of recurring hospitalizations (co-supervisor, cooperation with University of Tromsø) 

Anita Myhre: Long-term and multidisciplinary treatment pathways: Experiences among patients and families affected by a congenital craniofacial anomaly  (co-supervisor, cooperation with Centre for Rare Disorders, Oslo University Hospital) 

Anette Stamland Solvi: Foster parents’ subjective experience of the caregiving role and attachment - a qualitative exploratory study (co-supervisor, cooperation with University of South-East Norway). 

Award

2017: Price in Memory of Bjørn Christiansen for a significant academic contribution (Distributed by the Norwegian Psychological Association)

Administrative duties 

Board member of research committee in Institute for Psychotherapy. 

Member of the appeal committee of the Norwegian Psychological Association (approval of specialists)

Part of Editoral Board in Psychotherapy Research (Routledge) and Counselling Psychology Quarterly (Taylor & Francis). 

 

Tags: Clinical psychology

Publications

  • Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per-Einar & Moltu, Christian (2024). Living the Language of Psychotherapy: How Therapists Use Their Experiences from Being Patients. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. doi: 10.1007/s10879-024-09634-w.
  • Råbu, Marit; Binder, Per Einar & Moltu, Christian (2024). Living the language of psychotherapy. How therapists use their experiences from being patients in psychotherapy. . Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. ISSN 0022-0116. doi: 10.1007/s10879-024-09634-w.
  • Binder, Per-Einar; Råbu, Marit & Moltu, Christian (2024). Hermeneutisk fenomenologi - en refleksiv forskertilnærming. . In Lorås, Lennart & Ness, Ottar (Ed.), Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag . Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245034868. p. 107–120.
  • Binder, Per-Einar; Moltu, Christian & Råbu, Marit (2024). Teambasert eksplorerende refleksiv analyse - en dialogbasert metodetilnærming. In Lorås, Lennart & Ness, Ottar (Ed.), Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag . Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245034868. p. 259–268.
  • Råbu, Marit & Binder, Per-Einar (2024). Kvalitative kasusstudier - å forske på enkeltmennesker og deres liv. . In Lorås, Lennart & Ness, Ottar (Ed.), Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag . Fagbokforlaget. ISSN 9788245034868. p. 165–176.
  • Råbu, Marit & Hytten, Karsten (2023). Relasjonsrettet dynamisk psykoterapi. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 60(12), p. 802–810. Full text in Research Archive
  • Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2023). Ein Blick zurück: Erfahrungen älterer Therapeut:innen zum Zeitpunkt des Renteneintritts. In Strauss, Bernhard & Spitzer, Carsten (Ed.), Psychotherapeuten und das Altern Die Bedeutung des Alterns in der therapeutischen Beziehung und der eigenen Lebensgeschichte. Springer. ISSN 9783662652275. p. 129–140.
  • Myhre, Anita; Råbu, Marit & Feragen, Kristin Judith Billaud (2023). Are We Together in This? Relationship Experiences of Parents of Children with Craniofacial Anomalies. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. ISSN 1055-6656. doi: 10.1177/10556656231180512. Full text in Research Archive
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Råbu, Marit (2014). Kvalitativ psykoterapiforskning: metodiske utfordringer, dilemmaer og muligheter. Matrix. ISSN 0109-646X. 31(1), p. 32–45.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Råbu, Marit (2012). Å få til en god nok avslutning av terapi. Impuls : Tidsskrift for psykologi. ISSN 0801-2911. p. 54–63.
  • Hytten, Karsten & Råbu, Marit (2012). Hva skal vi med psykoterapi? Psykoterapi i utvikling. Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 978-82-321-0015-6. p. 11–26.
  • 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 (2023). Også psykologer bør bade i sjøen av og til. Psykologer er vanlige mennesker som trenger vanlige ting. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470.
  • Råbu, Marit (2023). Psykologistudentene må selv ta grep. Psykologisk.no.
  • Råbu, Marit & Moltu, Christian (2023). Therapists`therapy.
  • Råbu, Marit & Mathiesen, Anlov Peter (2023). Sokrates og samtalemonopolet. Viten - Psykoterapi . [Newspaper]. Aftenposten Innsikt .
  • Råbu, Marit (2023). Psykoterapi mot utenforskap.
  • Råbu, Marit (2023). Selvmordsomtale og varsomhet .
  • Solbakken, Ole Andre; Nissen-Lie, Helene, Amundsen ; Oddli, Hanne Berit Weie; Råbu, Marit; Stänicke, Erik & Hagen, Roger [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Folkeopplysningens konklusjon er misvisende. . Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. p. 1051–1052.
  • Oddli, Hanne Berit Weie; Nissen-Lie, Helene, Amundsen ; Hagen, Roger; Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Råbu, Marit & Solbakken, Ole Andre [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Psykoterapi har god effekt – selv om NRK sår tvil. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Waade, Adrian Løseth; Oddli, Hanne Berit Weie & Råbu, Marit (2022). Folkeopplysning eller folkeforvirring om psykoterapi? [Radio]. Speilvendtpodden, podcasten til psykologistudentenes tidsskr.
  • Råbu, Marit (2022). Psykoterapi er usikkert, men viktig. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Råbu, Marit (2022). Psykoterapi virker. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Råbu, Marit (2021). Begrepene er faget. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470.
  • Sørensen, Kristine Dahl & Råbu, Marit (2021). Some people feel so utterly alone it´s as if they don't exist. Aeon.
  • Råbu, Marit (2019). "Frei aber Einsam" - Johannes Brahms og kjærleiken. Klassisk minifestival På 123. p. 22–23.
  • Råbu, Marit & Haavind, Hanne (2019). "Where did we arrive in the end?" Conjoint explorations of improvements in the last phase of psychotherapy.
  • Råbu, Marit (2018). Fra forskning til scene: Om formidling av kunnskap fra forskningsintervjuer til teater.
  • Råbu, Marit (2018). Maktens grammatikk. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 55(9), p. 872–873.
  • 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). Kunst og kultur i terapirommet.
  • Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2017). Overføring.
  • 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.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters ettertanke - fra forskningsintervju til scene.
  • Skårderud, Finn; Råbu, Marit; Isdal, Per & Tessand, Heidi Elisabeth Svendsen (2017). Roundtable: Terapeutisk utvikling - vekst, stagnasjon og støtte.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Ettertanke - om et liv som terapeut.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Ettertanke - om et liv som terapeut.
  • Kraft, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2017). Ondskap - og skjør kjærlighet. Magasinet Plot. ISSN 1892-4417. p. 72–81.
  • Haugaard, Annette & Råbu, Marit (2017). Terapi forandrer - også psykologer. Psykologernes fagmagasin. ISSN 2445-6322. 10, p. 10–13.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Transference. A theatre play - and how it was created from research interviews with senior therapists.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters erfaringer - fra forskning til teater.
  • Mcleod, John & Råbu, Marit (2017). Wisdom in professional knowledge: Developing a contextualized understanding of insights from senior psychotherapists.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Hvordan påvirker den psykoterapeutiske praksisen terapeutens liv?
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske Teatret.
  • Blystad, Magnus Helgheim ; Råbu, Marit & Wesche Guttormsen, Ellen (2017). Ekko Helg - Treng me meir eller mindre empati? [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Salongen, P2. [Radio]. Nrk .
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Eldre terapeuters erfaringer.
  • Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske teatret.
  • Milde, Svein Harald & Råbu, Marit (2017). Hva gjør 40 år som terapeut med deg? [Internet]. Forskning.no.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Innledning til forestillingen Overføring på Det Norske Teatret.
  • Flottorp, Johanne & Råbu, Marit (2017). Psykoterapeutforsking til teaterscena. [Newspaper]. Nationen.
  • Revheim, Hanna Huglen & Råbu, Marit (2017). Innslag i Dagsrevyen om teaterforestillingen Overføring. [TV]. Nrk .
  • 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.
  • Råbu, Marit & Rhodes, Ella (2017). Deeper awareness. [Business/trade/industry journal]. The Psychologist.
  • Råbu, Marit (2017). Banebrytarar i psykoterapien. Det Norske Teatret, Bakteppet, Repertoarmagasin, Vår 2017.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Råbu, Marit & Tønnessen, Tyra (2016). Disseminating Research and creating art in the same act: Theatre built on Research interviews.
  • 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; Moltu, Christian; Bernhardt, Ida Stange & Mcleod, John (2015). Analyzing single-cases with multiple data sources to capture complexity.
  • 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.
  • Moltu, Christian; Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2015). Using quantitative prompts and serial interviews to achieve greater correspondence and phenomenological proximity in qualitative approaches.
  • Råbu, Marit & Mcleod, John (2015). What are the wisdoms of senior therapists?
  • 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 [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (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). Hvordan få til en god nok avslutning?
  • Råbu, Marit; Haavind, Hanne & Binder, Per-Einar (2012). Metaphors for moving toward the end in psychotherapy.
  • Råbu, Marit (2012). Å avslutte psykoterapi.
  • Råbu, Marit (2012). Brudd og reparasjoner i psykoterapi.
  • Strand, Nina & Råbu, Marit (2012). Å bevare båndet helt til slutt. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. ISSN 0332-6470. 49(2), p. 184–185.
  • Slotnæs, Marit Karine & Råbu, Marit (2011). Psykoterapi virker, det er et etablert funn. [Newspaper]. Morgenbladet.

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