Field of work
I am a trained primary school teacher (grades 1-10) with extensive experience working with children and youth in schools, extracurricular activities, and the foster care system. Due to my growing interest in mental health, I pursued further education in 2018 by taking a course in psychosocial work with children and youth at HVL (Høgskulen på Vestlandet). I integrated this education into my master’s degree in Health-Promoting Relationship Work (2022).
I have been particularly focused on the concept of the “team around the student” and how various services can and should collaborate to support children and youth facing complex challenges.
Relevant topics I have explored include health promotion for children and youth, risk and protective factors, attachment, trauma-informed care, regulation work, trauma-sensitive approaches in practice, conversations with children, school refusal/absenteeism, collaboration, communication, interaction, and service development
- FHS8201, Counselling, Fall 2024, subject responsible
- FHS8202, Individual and group counselling, Fall 2024, subject responsible
- FHS8202, Individual and group counselling, Spring 2025, subject responsible
- MS1-307, Master's Thesis in Cooperation and Public health, Spring 2025
- MS1-307, Master's Thesis in Cooperation and Public health, Fall 2024
- MS1-323, Collaboration – service users and the professional , Fall 2024
- MS1-328, Project plan, Spring 2025
- PSBU101, Mental health of children and youth, Fall 2024
- PSBU103, Organization and interactions in services for children and youth, Fall 2024, subject responsible
- PSBU104, Psychosocial work with children, youth and their families ¿ different practices, theory and ethical dilemmas, Spring 2025, subject responsible
- SYKF250, Public Health in a National and Global Perspective, Fall 2024
- TPHR501, Perspectives on Mental Health, Substance Use and Addiction, Fall 2024