PhD candidates

Maren Helene Rinke Storetvedt

Storetvedt has a bachelor’s degree in social education and a master’s degree in health promotion and health psychology. Prior to joining ForHelse, she worked as a project worker in the Knowledge Centre in Bergen Municipality.

Storetvedt is writing a PhD in work package H3 – ADHD under UngMeistring, where the goal is to increase access to evidence-based mental health services for children and adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18.

As a social educator, Storetvedt is passionate about user involvement and believes that it is important to work for real participation in service development and avoid symbolic participation. In her PhD project, she will use a user-centered framework called “Person-based approach” (PBA) that combines theory and evidence with mapping of users’ needs and psychological context. Storetvedt is concerned with social cohesion and that everyone should have equal opportunities and access to the benefits of the welfare state.

Main supervisor: Trine Nordgreen

Guri-Elise Holgersen

Holgersen is a trained clinical child welfare educator with specialist training in child and adolescent mental health. She has many years of experience from clinical mental health care for children and adolescents at Haukeland University Hospital.

Holgersen will develop and research the effect of digital treatment of eating disorders. The work is part of work package 1 in UngMeistring. The knowledge Holgersen possesses is relevant in the development of therapies for adolescents, and she also has experience in developing digital tools for treatment. The Psychosis Team has, among other things, developed VR treatment.

Main supervisor: Tine Nordgreen – University of Bergen