Randi Ulberg

• 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
• Lindqvist, Karin; Mechler, Jakob; Carlbring, Per; Lilliengren, Peter; Falkenström, Fredrik; Andersson, Gerhard; Johansson, Roberg; Edbrooke-Childs, Julian; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Bergsten, Katja Lindert; Midgley, Nick; Sandell, Rolf; Thorén, Agneta; Topooco, Naira; Ulberg, Randi & Philips, Björn (2020). Affect-Focused Psychodynamic Internet-Based Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research.  ISSN 1438-8871.  22(3), s 1- 15 . doi: 10.2196/18047
• Siegel, Marte L.; Binder, Eva M Gullestad; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Czajkowski, Nikolai Olavi; Critchfield, Kenneth L.; Høglend, Per Andreas & Ulberg, Randi (2020). Therapeutic Atmosphere in Psychotherapy Sessions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.  ISSN 1660-4601.  17(11) . doi: 10.3390/ijerph17114105 Show summary

  There is uncertainty concerning what the active ingredients in psychotherapy are. The First Experimental Study of Transference interpretations (FEST) was a randomized controlled trial of the effects of transference work (TW) in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Women with low quality of object relations (QOR) showed a large positive effect of transference work, while men with high QOR showed a slight negative effect. The present study aimed to expand the knowledge from the FEST by investigating the therapeutic atmosphere with Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB). Two-way ANOVAs were conducted to investigate differences between SASB cluster scores between subgroups. The therapeutic atmosphere was characterized by Protect-Trust, Affirm-Disclose and Control-Submit. Multilevel modeling was used to assess the relationship between a therapist variable and outcomes for men and women. Contrary to expectations, no significant differences in therapeutic atmosphere between subgroups (with or without TW in women with low QOR and men with high QOR) were observed using the process measure SASB.

• Tallberg, Björn Peter Urban; Ulberg, Randi; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen & Høglend, Per Andreas (2020). Core conflictual relationship theme: the reliability of a simplified scoring procedure. BMC Psychiatry.  ISSN 1471-244X.  20 . doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-02558-4
• Løvgren, André; Røssberg, Jan Ivar; Nilsen, Liv; Engebretsen, Eivind & Ulberg, Randi (2019). How do adolescents with depression experience improvement in psychodynamic psychotherapy? A qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry.  ISSN 1471-244X.  19 . doi: 10.1186/s12888-019-2080-0 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Background There is emerging evidence for the effectiveness of psychodynamic psychotherapy for depressive disorders. However, we know less of how this relation-focused therapy mode is experienced and what the patients themselves identify as helpful. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore adolescents’ experiences of factors promoting improvement in psychodynamic therapy. Methods Eight female patients participating in a Norwegian study on psychodynamic therapy, the First Experimental Study of Transference Work – In Teenagers (FEST-IT), were included. The participants were offered a total number of 28 sessions. Semi-structured qualitative interviews about experiences with therapy were then conducted and analysed with systematic text condensation and hermeneutic interpretation. Results The analysis revealed four main themes. ‘Exploring oneself’ comprises autonomy and acknowledgment, openness, insight and acceptance of oneself. ‘Therapist relation and characteristics’ includes confidence and trust in and support from the therapist as well as having a trustworthy and experienced therapist. ‘Focusing on everyday life’ includes learning and practical orientation. ‘Time factors’ refers to duration and frequency. Conclusions Together with a supportive and listening therapist, the adolescents improve by exploring themselves within the frames of a time-limited treatment period. Improvement seems to be experienced through better relations to oneself and to others and by finding one’s place in the family, or at school. Adolescents value problem solving and help with concrete challenges. Hence, therapy should be tailored to the needs of adolescents with depression and incorporate the challenges they face in their everyday life.

• Sørbye, Øystein; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Eells, Tracy D.; Amlo, Svein; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Haukvik, Unn Kristin H.; Hartberg, Cecilie Bhandari; Høglend, Per Andreas & Ulberg, Randi (2019). Psychodynamic case formulations without technical language: a reliability study. BMC Psychology.  ISSN 2050-7283.  7 . doi: 10.1186/s40359-019-0337-5 Full text in Research Archive.
• Marble, Alice Ruth; Høglend, Per Andreas & Ulberg, Randi (2018). Recovery and Nonrecovery After Psychotherapy With Transference Interpretation: Two Case Studies.. American Journal of Psychotherapy.  ISSN 0002-9564. . doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20180014 Full text in Research Archive.
• Ness, Elisabeth; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Critchfield, Kenneth L. & Ulberg, Randi (2018). Exploring In-Session Process with Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Psychotherapy with an Adolescent. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy (JICAP).  ISSN 1528-9168.  17(4), s 310- 327 . doi: 10.1080/15289168.2018.1526021
• Ness, Elisabeth; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Tallberg, Björn Peter Urban; Amlo, Svein; Høglend, Per Andreas; Thorén, Agnetha; Egeland, Jens & Ulberg, Randi (2018). Assessment of dynamic change in psychotherapy with asdolescents. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH).  ISSN 1753-2000.  12:39, s 1- 11 . doi: 10.1186/s13034-018-0246-z
• Ulberg, Randi; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Amlo, Svein; Blayvas, Phelix & Høglend, Per Andreas (2018). Psykodynamisk kartlegging av ungdom og voksne ved hjelp av semistrukturert intervju og funksjonsskalaer. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511. Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Få redskaper finnes for å kartlegge og evaluere dynamisk endring i forbindelse med psykodynamisk terapi. Psykodynamiske funksjonsskalaer (PFS) er revidert og oversatt til norsk. Basert på et psykodynamisk intervju er skalaene egnet for kartlegging av dynamisk fingering hos ungdom og voksne. I denne artikkelen presenteres en revidert versjon av PFS som er oversatt fra engelsk til norsk. En guide for det semistrukturerte intervjuet er også inkludert.

• Dahl, Hanne Sofie Johnsen; Høglend, Per Andreas; Ulberg, Randi; Amlo, Svein; Gabbard, Glen O.; Perry, John Christopher & Crits-Christoph, Paul (2017). Does Therapists' Disengaged Feelings Influence the Effect of Transference Work? A Study on Countertransference. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy.  ISSN 1063-3995.  24(2), s 462- 474 . doi: 10.1002/cpp.2015
• Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Ulberg, Randi; Marble, Alice Ruth; Gabbard, Glen O.; Røssberg, Jan Ivar & Høglend, Per Andreas (2017). Beyond the Statistics: A Case Comparison Study of Victor and Tim. Psychoanalytic psychology.  ISSN 0736-9735.  34(4), s 461- 477 . doi: 10.1037/pap0000085
• Ulberg, Randi; Amlo, Svein; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen & Høglend, Per Andreas (2017). Does Insight Mediate Treatment and Enhance Outcome?. Psychoanalytic inquiry.  ISSN 0735-1690.  37(3), s 140- 152 . doi: 10.1080/07351690.2017.1285184 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  According to psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theory, insight is an important mechanism which may lead to better interpersonal functioning. In the present paper we have summarized empirical studies attempting to shed some light on insight as a putative mediator of treatment effects. Two case examples illustrate how improved insight might lead to clinical change.

• Korsgaard, Hans Ole; Torgersen, Svenn; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore & Ulberg, Randi (2016). Personality disorders and Axis I comorbidity in adolescent outpatients with ADHD. BMC Psychiatry.  ISSN 1471-244X.  16:175, s 1- 10 . doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0871-0 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Background Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a lifelong condition which carries great cost to society and has an extensive comorbidity. It has been assumed that ADHD is 2 to 5 times more frequent in boys than in girls. Several studies have suggested developmental trajectories that link ADHD and certain personality disorders. The present study investigated the prevalence of ADHD, common Axis I disorders, and their gender differences in a sample of adolescent outpatients. We also wanted to investigate the relationship between ADHD and personality disorders (PDs), as well as how this relationship was influenced by adjustment for Axis I disorders, age and gender. Methods We used a sample consisting of 153 adolescents, aged 14 to 17 years, who were referred to a non-specialized mental health outpatient clinic with a defined catchment area. ADHD, conduct disorder (CD) and other Axis I conditions were assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). PDs were assessed using the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality (SIDP-IV). Results 13.7 % of the adolescents met diagnostic criteria for ADHD, with no significant gender difference. 21.6 % had at least one PD, 17.6 % had CD, and 4.6 % had both ADHD and a PD. There was a significantly elevated number of PD symptoms in adolescents with an ADHD diagnosis (p = 0.001), and this relationship was not significantly weakened when adjusted for age, gender and other Axis I disorders (p = 0.026). Antisocial (χ 2 = 21.18, p = 0.002) and borderline (χ 2 = 6.15, p = 0.042) PDs were significantly more frequent in girls than in boys with ADHD. Conclusions We found no significant gender difference in the prevalence of ADHD in a sample of adolescents referred to a general mental health outpatient clinic. Adolescent girls with ADHD had more PDs than boys, with antisocial and borderline PDs significantly different. The present study suggests that ADHD in girls in a general outpatient population may be more prevalent than previously assumed. It especially highlights the importance of assessing antisocial and borderline personality pathology in adolescent girls presenting with ADHD symptoms.

• Korsgaard, Hans Ole; Torgersen, Svenn; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore & Ulberg, Randi (2016). Substance abuse and personality disorder comorbidity in adolescent outpatients: are girls more severely ill than boys?. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (CAPMH).  ISSN 1753-2000.  10:8, s 1- 9 . doi: 10.1186/s13034-016-0096-5 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Background Substance use disorders (SUDs) constitute a major health problem and are associated with an extensive psychiatric comorbidity. Personality disorders (PDs) and SUDs commonly co-occur. Comorbid PD is characterized by more severe addiction problems and by an unfavorable clinical outcome. The present study investigated the prevalence of SUDs, PDs and common Axis I disorders in a sample of adolescent outpatients. We also investigated the association between PDs and SUDs, and how this association was influenced by adjustment for other Axis I disorders, age and gender. Methods The sample consisted of 153 adolescents, aged 14–17 years, who were referred to a non-specialized mental health outpatient clinic with a defined catchment area. SUDs and other Axis I conditions were assessed using the mini international neuropsychiatric interview. PDs were assessed using the structured interview for DSM-IV personality. Results 18.3 % of the adolescents screened positive for a SUD, with no significant gender difference. There was a highly significant association between number of PD symptoms and having one or more SUDs; this relationship was practically unchanged by adjustment for gender, age and presence of Axis I disorders. For boys, no significant associations between SUDs and specific PDs, conduct disorder (CD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were found. For girls, there were significant associations between SUD and BPD, negativistic PD, more than one PD, CD and ADHD. Conclusions We found no significant gender difference in the prevalence of SUD in a sample of adolescents referred to a general mental health outpatient clinic. The association between number of PD symptoms and having one or more SUDs was practically unchanged by adjustment for gender, age and presence of one or more Axis I disorders, which suggested that having an increased number of PD symptoms in itself may constitute a risk factor for developing SUDs in adolescence. The association in girls between SUDs and PDs, CD and ADHD raises the question if adolescent girls suffering from these conditions may be especially at risk for developing SUDs. In clinical settings, they should therefore be monitored with particular diligence with regard to their use of psychoactive substances.

• Ulberg, Randi; Ness, Elisabeth; Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Høglend, Per Andreas; Critchfield, Kenneth L.; Blayvas, Phelix & Amlo, Svein (2016). Relational interventions in psychotherapy: development of a therapy process rating scale. BMC Psychiatry.  ISSN 1471-244X.  16(310) . doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-1021-4 Full text in Research Archive.
• Korsgaard, Hans Ole; Torgersen, Svenn; Wentzel-Larsen, Tore & ULBERG, RANDI (2015). The Relationship between Personality Disorders and Quality of Life in Adolescent Outpatients. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology.  ISSN 2245-8875.  3(3), s 180- 189 Full text in Research Archive. Show summary

  Background: During recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the benefits of the early detection and treatment of personality disorders in adolescents. Previous studies of adults have shown that the number of personality disorder criteria met is negatively correlated with a patient’s quality of life and general functioning. Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of personality disorders, particularly with regard to the correlation between the number of personality disorder criteria fulfilled and self-perceived quality of life. Distribution according to gender and age in a clinical sample of adolescent outpatients were also considered. Method: This study included 153 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17 years who were referred to a mental health outpatient clinic. Personality disorders were assessed using the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality. Quality of life was assessed using the Youth Quality of Life Instrument - Research Version, which is a 41-item questionnaire that covers broad aspects of quality of life. Axis I disorders were assessed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Results: Results demonstrated that 21.6% of the adolescents met the diagnostic criteria for at least one personality disorder. A relationship between the number of personality disorder criteria met and reduced quality of life was found. No significant gender differences with regard to the prevalence of each of the personality disorders were revealed. Adjustment for the presence of Axis I disorders did not appreciably affect these findings Conclusion: The present study indicates that reduced quality of life as a result of the number of personality disorder criteria met affects adolescents in much the same way that it does adults. This further emphasizes the clinical importance of including quality of life assessment as part of the general diagnostic procedures used with adolescents.

• Lorentzen, Steinar; Fjeldstad, Anette; Ruud, Torleif; Marble, Alice Ruth; Klungsøyr, Ole; ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2015). The Effectiveness of Short- and Long-Term Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy on Self-Concept: Three Years Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. International journal of group psychotherapy.  ISSN 0020-7284.  65(3), s 362- 85 . doi: 10.1521/ijgp.2015.65.3.362
• Dahl, Hanne Sofie; Røssberg, Jan Ivar; Crits-Christoph, Paul; Gabbard, Glen O.; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Perry, John Christopher; ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2014). Long-term effects of analysis of the patient-therapist relationship in the context of patients' personality pathology and therapists' parental feelings. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.  ISSN 0022-006X.  82(3), s 460- 471 . doi: 10.1037/a0036410
• Hersoug, Anne Grete; ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2014). When Is Transference Work Useful in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy? Main Results of the First Experimental Study of Transference Work (FEST). Contemporary psychoanalysis.  ISSN 0010-7530.  50(1-2), s 156- 174 . doi: 10.1080/00107530.2014.880314
• ULBERG, RANDI; Amlo, Svein; Critchfield, Kenneth L.; Marble, Alice Ruth & Høglend, Per Andreas (2014). Transference Interventions and the Process Between Therapist and Patient. Psychotherapy.  ISSN 0033-3204.  51(2), s 258- 269 . doi: 10.1037/a0034708
• ULBERG, RANDI; Amlo, Svein; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Dahl, Hanne Sofie & Høglend, Per Andreas (2014). The Effects of the Therapist’s Disengaged Feelings on the In-Session Process in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology.  ISSN 0021-9762.  70(5), s 440- 451 . doi: 10.1002/jclp.22088
• ULBERG, RANDI; Amlo, Svein & Høglend, Per Andreas (2014). Manual for transference work scale; a micro-analytical tool for therapy process analyses. BMC Psychiatry.  ISSN 1471-244X.  14(1) . doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0291-y
• ULBERG, RANDI; Buran, Taran Nærdal; Eide, Trine Klokseth; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Johannessen, Heidi; Klavenes, Kari Hasaas; Olsen, Ingrid Holen; Olsen, Janne Elisabeth; Falkenberg, Anette Aardal & Dahl, Hanne Sofie (2014). Følelser i møte med ungdommer. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  (30), s 48- 53
• Hersoug, Anne Grete & ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Betydning av søsken, venner og foreldre - pilotstudie av deprimert ungdom undersøkt med Adolescent Relationship Scale. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  28, s 49- 53
• Hersoug, Anne Grete & ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Å bli forstått - og forstå seg selv: om utvikling av allianse i ungdomsterapi. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  29, s 31- 38
• ULBERG, RANDI; Falkenberg, Anette Aardal; Nærdal, Taran Buran; Johannessen, Heidi; Olsen, Janne Elisabeth; Klokseth Eide, Trine; Hersoug, Anne Grete & Dahl, Hanne Sofie (2013). Countertransference feelings when treating teenagers. A psychometric evaluation of the Feeling Word Checklist-24. American Journal of Psychotherapy.  ISSN 0002-9564.  67(4), s 347- 358
• Hersoug, Anne Grete & ULBERG, RANDI (2012). Siblings, friends, and parents: Who are the most important persons for adolescents? A pilot study of Adolescent Relationship Scale. Nordic Psychology.  ISSN 1901-2276.  64(2), s 77- 86 . doi: 10.1080/19012276.2012.726813
• ULBERG, RANDI; Hersoug, Anne Grete & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Treatment of adolescents with depression: the effect of transference interventions in a randomized controlled study of dynamic psychotherapy. Trials.  ISSN 1745-6215.  13(159) . doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-159
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Når, hvordan og for hvem virker overføringsarbeid i psykodynamisk psykoterapi ?, I:  Psykoterapi i utvikling.  Akademisk Forlag.  ISBN 978-82-321-0015-6.  Kapittel.  s 97 - 117
• ULBERG, RANDI; Høglend, Per Andreas; Marble, Alice Ruth & Johansson, Paul Niklas (2012). Women Respond More Favorably to Transference Intervention Than Men: A Randomized Study of Long-Term Effects. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.  ISSN 0022-3018.  200(3), s 223- 229 . doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318247cb6d
• Høglend, Per Andreas; Bøgwald, Kjell-Petter; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Amlo, Svein; Marble, Alice Ruth; Sørbye, Øystein; Røssberg, Jan Ivar; ULBERG, RANDI; Gabbard, Glen O. & Crits-Christoph, Paul (2011). Effects of Transference Work in the Context of Therapeutic Alliance and Quality of Object Relations. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.  ISSN 0022-006X.  79(5), s 697- 706 . doi: 10.1037/a0024863
• Marble, Alice Ruth; Høglend, Per Andreas & ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Change in Self-protect Ion and Symptoms After Dynamic Psychotherapy: The Influence of Pretreatment Motivation. Journal of Clinical Psychology.  ISSN 0021-9762.  67(4), s 355- 367 . doi: 10.1002/jclp.20771
• Johansson, Paul Niklas; Høglend, Per Andreas; ULBERG, RANDI; Amlo, Svein; Marble, Alice Ruth; Bøgwald, Kjell-Petter; Sørbye, Øystein; Sjaastad, Mary & Heyerdahl, Oscar (2010). The Mediating Role of Insight for Long-Term Improvements in Psychodynamic Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.  ISSN 0022-006X.  78(3), s 438- 448 . doi: 10.1037/a0019245
• ULBERG, RANDI; Høglend, Per Andreas; Marble, Alice Ruth & Sørbye, Øystein (2009). From submission to autonomy: approaching independent decision making. A single-case study in a randomized, controlled study of long-term effects of dynamic psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy.  ISSN 0002-9564.  63(3), s 227- 243
• ULBERG, RANDI; Johansson, Paul Niklas; Marble, Alice Ruth & Høglend, Per Andreas (2009). Patient Sex as Moderator of Effects of Transference Interpretation in a Randomized Controlled Study of Dynamic Psychotherapy. Canadian journal of psychiatry.  ISSN 0706-7437.  54(2), s 78- 86
• ULBERG, RANDI; Marble, Alice Ruth & Høglend, Per Andreas (2009). Do gender and level of relational functioning influence the long-term treatment response in dynamic psychotherapy?. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry.  ISSN 0803-9488.  63(5), s 412- 419 . doi: 10.1080/08039480903009126
• Høglend, Per Andreas; Bøgwald, Kjell-Petter; Amlo, Svein; Marble, Alice Ruth; ULBERG, RANDI; Sjaastad, Mary; Sørbye, Øystein; Heyerdahl, Oscar & Johansson, Paul Niklas (2008). Transference interpretations in dynamic psychotherapy: Do they really yield sustained effects?. American Journal of Psychiatry.  ISSN 0002-953X.  165 . doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2008.07061028

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• ULBERG, RANDI; Hersoug, Anne Grete & Knutsen, Tormod (2012). Psykoterapi i utvikling. Akademisk Forlag.  ISBN 978-82-321-0015-6.  414 s.

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• Marble, Alice Ruth; Høglend, Per Andreas & Ulberg, Randi (2018). Patients’ Representation of the Therapeutic Dialogue and the Outcome of Therapy. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.  ISSN 0033-3190.  s 1- 2 . doi: 10.1159/000492618
• Ulberg, Randi & Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen (2018). Empirical support for the psychoanalytic concepts. Lancet psychiatry.  ISSN 2215-0374.  5(7), s 543- 544 . doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30208-6
• Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Calderon, Ana & Ulberg, Randi (2017). A close-up study of psychodynamic therapy process using the Adolescent Psychotherapy Q-sort and the Working Alliance Inventory.
• Løvgren, André; Nilsen, Liv; Engebretsen, Eivind; Røssberg, Jan Ivar & Ulberg, Randi (2017). Adolescents’ experience of change in psychodynamic therapy; a qualitative study.. Show summary

  Aim: There is an emerging empirical support for the effect of psychodynamic psychotherapy in adolescents. However, there is lack of knowledge in how psychodynamic therapy works for depressed adolescents, how they experience the therapy process and the factors contributing to positive change. Little is known when it comes to adolescent patients’ own experiences of what they found helpful and leading to less symptoms and better interpersonal relationships. The aim of this study was to explore what adolescents themselves recognised as helpful during therapy. Method: An interview guide was developed, focusing on the experiences of the therapy process from the adolescents’ point of view, and what they after treatment identified as helpful factors. Main topics were on how therapy was experienced, what within therapy was helpful – or not so helpful, and how therapy affected important relations and areas in the adolescents’ everyday life. Explorative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine, female adolescents. The interviews lasted for approximately one hour, was audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. The transcripts were analysed with thematic content analysis, looking for similarities and differences among the adolescents’ utterances. Results: During the analysis of the transcribed interviews, thematic areas emerged. They were categorised in three main groups with several sub themes. The main areas were Exploring of self, Relational work, and Time. Discussion: Categories and themes will be presented and discussed. Keywords: Psychotherapy change, adolescent depression, patients’ perspective.

• Tallberg, Björn Peter Urban; Ulberg, Randi & Ness, Elisabeth (2017). Structured case formulations in a study on adolescent psychotherapy..
• Ulberg, Randi (2017). Dynamic mechanism, dynamic change, and the depressed adolescents’ experience of change in psychodynamic therapy. Show summary

  Panel Title: Dynamic mechanism, dynamic change, and the depressed adolescents’ experience of change in psychodynamic therapy. Presenters: Randi Ulberg (Moderator), Elisabeth Ness, Peter Tallberg and André Løvgren, University of Oslo Discussant: eleni.vousoura, Greece. The First Experimental Study of Transference Work–In Teenagers (FEST–IT) is a randomized clinical trial with a dismantling design. The study is aimed to explore the effects of transference work in psychodynamic psychotherapy for adolescents with depression. 70 patients aged 16 to 18 years are randomized to one of two treatment groups with or without focus on transference work. Three papers from FEST-IT will be presented. The first paper focuses on case formulations exploring the dynamic mechanisms using a structured guideline for case formulations. The second presentation investigates whether it is possible to measure dynamic change during therapy using an assessment tool, the Psychodynamic Functioning Scales (PFS), originally developed for adults. The third presentation is a qualitative study on how the young patients experienced psychodynamic psychotherapy.

• Ulberg, Randi (2017). Youth psychotherapy.
• Ulberg, Randi; Poulsen, Stig Bernt; Taubner, Svenja; Schmidt, Stefanie; Volkert, Jana & Falkenström, Fredrik (2017). How to Develop Research on Individualized Psychotherapy Treatment of Young People with Mental Disorders?. Show summary

  Aim: The structured discussion aims at encourage a dialogue among members of TREATME and SPR in Europe on the future direction in youth psychotherapy research. Method: The COST Action TREATME is aimed at establishing a sustainable European multidisciplinary researcher network focusing on individualized psychotherapy for young people with mental disorders. 50% of lifetime mental health disorders start by the age of 14, and the number increases to 75% by the age of 24. Mental disorders in youth are associated with direct and indirect costs including personal distress, costs to family and friends, high healthcare costs, barriers to employment and job performance, poverty and economic deprivation and social exclusion. The “Roadmap for Mental Health Research in Europe” concludes on the need for coordinated and multidisciplinary efforts to improve knowledge on individualized psychological treatment for young people. Psychotherapy works for the most frequent mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. Different psychotherapy modalities work on average equally well. However, little is known about how different treatment modalities work (the mechanisms of change/mediators) and for whom (moderators). Thus, empirically informed individualized treatment cannot be delivered. The panel members presents the focus of the five Working Groups in TREATME: The need for more knowledge on putative moderators and mediators (WGs 1&2), age customized measures and research designs (WGs 3&4), communication with stakeholders on what works for whom and how in youth psychotherapy. Discussion: How can psychotherapy researchers meet the European challenge on improving knowledge on individualized psychotherapy for young people? Keywords: youth psychotherapy, moderators, mediators, age customized process and treatment measures age customized study designs,

• Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen & Ulberg, Randi (2016). A portrait of a therapy of a young girl - A pilot study..
• Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen & Ulberg, Randi (2016). Hvor står FEST-IT studien og prosessmålet APQ.
• Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Ulberg, Randi; Friis, Svein; Perry, John Christopher & Høglend, Per Andreas (2016). Therapists' inadequate feelings and long-term effect of transference work. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.  ISSN 0033-3190.  85(5), s 309- 310 . doi: 10.1159/000444647
• Dahl, Hanne-Sofie Johnsen; Ulberg, Randi & Høglend, Per Andreas (2016). Therapists’ Self-reported Countertransference and Patients’ Characteristics.
• Ulberg, Randi (2016). Hva nytter:Empirisk grunnlag for Psykodynamisk psykoterapi..
• Ulberg, Randi (2016). Psykodynamisk terapi for ungdom grunnbegreper og kasus-illustrasjoner.
• Ulberg, Randi (2016). Psykoterapiveiledningspedagogikk, BUP..
• Amlo, Svein; Blayvas, Phelix; Høglend, Per Andreas & ULBERG, RANDI (2015). Relasjons-Intervensjoner (Extra-Transference Interventions): Kliniske eksempler fra First Experimental Study of Transference-interpretations (FEST).
• Ulberg, Randi (2015). Forskning på psykoterapi.Hva nytter:Empirisk grunnlag for Psykodynamisk psykoterapi..
• ULBERG, RANDI (2015). Forskning på psykoterapi.Hva nytter:Empirisk grunnlag for Psykodynamisk psykoterapi..
• ULBERG, RANDI (2015). Psykoterapiveiledningspedagogikk, BUP.
• Ulberg, Randi (2015). Relasjoner i arbeid med ungdom.
• Ulberg, Randi (2015). ULBERG, RANDI. Psykoterapiveiledningspedagogikk, BUP..
• ULBERG, RANDI (2014). Bokanmeldelse av boken "The Developmental Science of Adolescence:History Through Autobiography" Redaktør:Richard M. Lerner. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  (31), s 98- 99
• ULBERG, RANDI (2014). Forskning på psykoterapi.Hva nytter:Empirisk grunnlag for Psykodynamisk psykoterapi.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2014). Forskning på psykoterapi.Hva nytter:Empirisk grunnlag for Psykodynamisk psykoterapi..
• ULBERG, RANDI (2014). Konferanserapport:Fokus på psykoterapi med barn og ungdom på årets internasjonale konferanse i Society of Psychotherapy Research (SPR). Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  (31), s 92- 93
• ULBERG, RANDI (2014). Psykoterapi med ungdom. (Forelesning hele dagen).
• Austad, Yngve; ULBERG, RANDI & Hersoug, Anne Grete (2013). Adolescent Relationship Scale. A new self-report measure.
• Ness, Elisabeth; Hersoug, Anne Grete; Hagen, Monica Myhre & ULBERG, RANDI (2013). A case study with a depressed teenage girl.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2013). : Utvikling av relasjoner mellom barn og foreldre/Depresjon hos ungdom.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Bruk av overføringsintervensjoner i individualterapi.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Empirisk grunnlag for psykodynamisk psykoterapi.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Ord fra redaksjonen. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  28, s 1- 2
• ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Personlighetstrekk og effekt av relasjonelle tolkninger i individualsamtaler.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2013). Psykodynamisk behandling av emosjonelle lidelser hos barn og ungdom.
• Amlo, Svein; ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Kliniske eksempler på overføringstolkninger fra the First Experimental Study of Transference- interpretations (FEST).
• Amlo, Svein; ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Transference work Clinical Examples from the First Experimental Study of Transference-interpretations (FEST).
• Billstrøm, S; Blomberg, Britta & ULBERG, RANDI (2012). Ord från redaktionerna och ansvarig utgivare. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  26, s 1- 5
• ULBERG, RANDI; Amlo, Svein & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Transference Work Scale (TWS).Transference interpretations and the process between therapist and patient.
• ULBERG, RANDI; Amlo, Svein & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Transference interpretations and the process between therapist and patient.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2012). Hvordan responderer pasienten? Betydningen av timing og innhold av overføringsintervensjoner.
• Blomberg, Britta; ULBERG, RANDI & Wikstad, Kristoffer (2011). Ord från redaktionerna och ansvarig utgivare. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  24, s 1- 7
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Bokanmeldelse "Good Enough Endings". Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  24, s 69- 70
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Bokanmeldelse "The Gendered Unconscious Can Gender Discourses Subvert Psychoanalysis?". Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  24, s 65- 66
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Er det kjønnsforskjeller i nytten av samtaleterapi?. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  24, s 57- 58
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Fellesfaktorer og interaksjon mellom terapeut og pasient målt med SASB.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Finnes det effekter av pasientens kjønn på behandlingsutfall ved psykoterapi ? - Kliniske eksempel.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). ”Gender differences in response to transference interpretations” - illustrerende kasus.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Kjønnsforskjeller i respons på psykodynamisk psykoterapi.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2011). Presentasjon av dr.gradsarbeidet "Gender differences in response to transference interpretations in dynamic psychotherapy".
• ULBERG, RANDI & Hersoug, Anne Grete (2011). Bruk av overføringstolkninger i forandringens tid mellom barndom og voksen alder. Mellanrummet: Nordisk tidskrift för barn- och ungdomspsykoterapi.  ISSN 2000-8511.  24, s 27- 33 Show summary

  Hva er overføringstolkninger? Hva er overføringsarbeid? Forståelsen av begrepene og metodeanvendelsen i arbeid med overføringsfenomener i behandling av ungdom, variere sterkt. En norsk studie peker i retning av at enkelte undergrupper av voksne pasienter har spesielt god nytte av terapi med overføringsfokus. Forfatterne lurer derfor på om det kan være slik for enkelte ungdommer også. Er det aktuelt å bruke overføringstolkninger i arbeid med ungdom når sentrale temaer viser seg i relasjonen til terapeuten? Kan denne intervensjonsformen brukes i korttidsterapier? Forfatterne prøver å bidra til en begreps-avklaring omkring overføringstolkninger og overføringsarbeid samt når det kan brukes og hvordan.

• ULBERG, RANDI & Hersoug, Anne Grete (2011). FEST – IT First Experimental Study of Transference work - In Teenagers.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Hersoug, Anne Grete (2011). FEST – IT og Adolescent relationship scales (ARS).
• ULBERG, RANDI & Hersoug, Anne Grete (2011). Hva hjelper for hvem? - Samtaleterapi for ungdom.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2010). Gender differences in response to transference interpretations in dynamic psychotherapy. Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. 1005.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2009). Gender differences in response to transference interpretations.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2009). Short and Long –Term Responses in Women and Men to Transference Interpretation in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2008). Long –Term Responses in Women and Men to Transference Interpretation in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2008). Long-term structural and dynamic change in women after psychotherapy with and without transference interpretations.
• ULBERG, RANDI & Høglend, Per Andreas (2007). The Role of Patient Gender and QOR in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy.
• ULBERG, RANDI (2006). Patient Gender and Outcome in Two Forms of Dynamic Psychotherapy.

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