Find your psychologist in Oslo

Psykologvirke is a family-run business with the goal of being a place of healing, growth and development for both our clients and our psychologists. We have handpicked all of them for their combination of professional strength and personal suitability. 

With more With leading professionals in our team, we conduct research and training activities at home and abroad, and focus heavily on internal teaching, systematic guidance and self-development processes – also with help from international capacities. 

The culture we have built over the past decade makes us an attractive place to work where the needle's eye is narrow. A prerequisite for working here is that we can wholeheartedly recommend each and every one of our psychologists – even to those we are close to. 

Trust your gut feeling and choose from an already carefully selected group. If your personal chemistry still doesn't quite match, we will help you change therapists. Knowing that none of us can help everyone all the time, but together we should be able to lift everyone. 

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Ellen Sofie is a psychology specialist with solid expertise in both individual therapy, couples therapy and family therapy. This provides a very special added value for the client, as she sees you both as an individual and you in a relationship. She also has extensive experience with guidance of health personnel, which she also offers at Psykologvirke.
Jens-Emil is a warm and confident therapist who is particularly experienced in working with trauma, grief and crises. Before joining Psykologvirke, he worked at the Clinic for Crisis Psychology in Bergen, a nationally recognized professional environment within the grief, crisis and trauma field. He has further education in Narrative Exposure Therapy, Enactive Trauma Therapy (dissociation and complex traumatization), and Pain Reprocessing Therapy. He has experience as a speaker and supervisor for various professional environments that deal with traumatized and crisis-affected people, including police, fire services, child welfare and municipal and state health services.
Are you tired of making high demands on yourself? Eirik is an experienced psychologist with in-depth expertise in self-esteem, anxiety and burnout. Read more about the help he offers.
Sindre has many years of experience from the public and private health sector. He is a specialist in family psychology and a certified emotion-focused couples therapist. He offers couple therapy, individual therapy and family therapy.
Stine offers therapy to couples and individuals during the day and evening. She has over 20 years' experience as a psychologist and is a specialist in couple therapy. Welcome to conversation.
Henriette is one of our new psychologists at Psykologvirke. She has solid experience from the specialist health service. She offers individual therapy during the day, afternoon and evening, and is specializing in ISTDP and has expertise in EMDR.
Anna has extensive experience working with adults and adolescents in specialist healthcare, and has special expertise in trauma treatment. She works particularly with difficulties that arise after overwhelming or traumatic experiences – such as anxiety, depression, grief and challenges with emotion regulation.
Inger-Johanne is an experienced psychologist who offers therapy to children, adolescents and adults.
Elise has extensive experience in specialist healthcare and offers daytime therapy for adults. She specializes in treating various anxiety disorders, stress, obsessive thoughts/compulsions and emotional challenges. Elise has specialized in ISTDP, exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Else Sofie has broad experience from many years of work in public mental health care. She has further training in ISTDP and also offers EMDR, a method for processing trauma experiences.
Ida is an experienced psychologist with specialization in intensive dynamic short-term therapy (ISTDP), trauma therapy (EMDR), ketamine-assisted therapy and PRT (pain reprocessing therapy).
Nora has 20 years of experience as a therapist, extensive further education and in-depth expertise in relationship issues and trauma disorders. Nora offers individual therapy, couples therapy, guidance and teaching. Currently, Nora prioritizes accepting new couples.
Øystein works day and night with broad experience from the specialist health service and specialization in mindfulness, ISTDP and existential themes.
Halvor can help you with most things, whether you have symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma or burnout - but you don't need to know exactly what you need help with before you come. He is keen to get to the bottom of your problems, and balances well between support and challenge. He has experience from research, public specialist healthcare and private practice. Further education within ISTDP.
Christian is a specialist in psychology, an expert in therapeutic work with adults and has specialization in intensive psychodynamic depth therapy (ISTDP).
Anders is a specialist in psychotherapy, and has further training in, among other things, ISTDP. He offers therapy during the day and evening hours.
Kristina is an experienced psychologist with special expertise in therapy for adults. She adapts her approach to each individual, based on their unique challenges and needs. She uses various methods such as emotion-focused therapy, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-sensitive approach, mindfulness-based interventions and psychoeducational techniques. With her broad experience, Kristina accepts clients who have everything from milder ailments to more complex challenges.
Camilla has broad experience from the specialist healthcare service. She is trained in experience-based (AEDP) and emotion-focused therapy.
Julie welcomes couples, individuals or families during the day every day + Tuesday evening. Julie has extensive experience as a psychologist, and has worked for many years in public mental health care and as a psychologist in private practice. Issues she works with are, for example: infidelity/betrayal, intimacy/sexuality, jealousy, anger, shame, loss of closeness, communication challenges, anxiety/restlessness, depression/low mood, burnout, eating problems, trauma etc.
Psychologist specialist with long experience and several therapy specializations. She offers individual therapy and couple/family talks, guidance and teaching.
Alexander is one of our new psychologists. He has experience from both adult psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry in the specialist health service, and offers individual therapy in the evenings, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. 
Nils Eivind is a licensed psychologist from NTNU and has worked with both individual and group therapy.
Kristin specializes in couples and family therapy. She has further training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy and ISTDP and accepts both couples and individuals.
Pia is a psychologist specializing in psychotherapy, she has training in ISTDP, EMDR and PRT. She sees both couples and individuals in the evenings.
Jonas is a psychologist specialist and therapy supervisor at Psykologvirke. He has long and broad clinical experience and works with most clinical problems, where he uses methodology from ISTDP, psychodynamic therapy, exposure therapy and EMDR.
Per has many therapy sessions behind him and has particular expertise in relational difficulties and sickness absence issues.
Psychological specialist with long and broad experience from the specialist healthcare service and private practice, and has, among other things, education in ISTDP and EMDR.
Anja is a psychologist with expertise in trauma treatment and specialization in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and EMDR. She is bilingual, and offers therapy in Norwegian and English.
Hilde is the founder and CEO of Psykologvirke. In addition to being a psychology specialist, she has 5 years of further education in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). She works primarily with adults.
Offers therapy to individuals, couples and families, day and evening. She specializes in working with relationships and has further training in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)
Akiah is a specialist in clinical psychology with special expertise in the treatment of reactions after trauma. She has extensive experience in therapy for both young people and adults.
Emma has completed specialist training in emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and has expertise in trauma and dissociation from 5 years at the Trauma Clinic Modum Bad, a leading professional environment in the field.
Martin is a psychology specialist with particular expertise in complex and long-term change processes. He has extensive experience from public mental health care and the field of substance abuse before starting to work at Psykologvirke, in addition to having worked in private practice since 2018. He offers both short- and long-term therapy.
Dimitrij offers individual- and couples therapy. He is a writer and national expert in emotion focused couples therapy.
Kim is a specialist in psychology, and offers individual therapy in the afternoon and evening. He is specialized in ISTDP and has a unique commitment to both subjects and people. Kim usually gets to the root of your difficulties.
Ivar is one of the founders of Psykologvirke. He is a specialist in clinical psychology and works primarily with clients with longstanding and complex difficulties. He is a researcher within the field of psychedelic medicine.

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Ellen Sofie Hovland Austad

Jens-Emil Thunold Furu

Eirik Paulsberg

Henriette Bull Hove

Anna Penayo

Inger-Johanne Borch Rove

Elise Furuly

Else Sofie Årdalen

Ida Holth

Nora Nord Clearing

Øystein Nødtvedt

Christian Aarup Skeie

Anders Solem

Veslemøy Merton

Alexander Petersen

Nils Eivind Holth Landrø

Pia Lunde

Jonas Sharma-Bakkevig

Maja Wilhelmina Dragland

Hilde W. Goksøyr

Akiah Astral Ottesen

Emma Johnson

Dimitrij Samoilow

Kim Dahlby

Our philosophy

Our starting point is that all people deserve good health, freedom, joy, good connections with others and the development of their own potential both at work and in private life. 

We all have our limits when life gets a little too much and we are no longer able to be the best version of ourselves. 

There is always a reason behind seemingly incomprehensible or exaggerated reactions and there is always a way out. 

We commit ourselves to assisting with ourselves as whole people and the best of professional knowledge to help people on their way there, whatever their starting point.

What drives us is the certainty of the differences this work can make for individuals, families and other relatives woven into their lives.

Psychologist office at Psykologvirke in Oslo, used in the section "How to get a psychologist's appointment?"
Teaching about trauma illustrated by a portrait of the Psychologists

What can you expect from us?

You can expect that we are active, friendly, good-listeners, open, honest, direct, challenging, focused and skillful.

All matters will be taken seriously and treated with a high degree of confidentiality and with a high degree of professionalism. We are focused on what is most important for you.

You can schedule a single session, intermittent sessions whenever you need, or set weekly, biweekly or triweekly sessions. It is completely up to you how often and for how long you wish to continue therapy.

During the first conversation, we can together create a realistic picture of how therapy will be able to help you and what will be required to achieve the positive goals you may have.

Sometimes we can make a lot of progress in a few sessions, while other processes can take longer periods of time. Regardless, it is our clear goal to offer something of value to you from the very first session.

Why choose Psykologvirke?

What sets us apart most in the private market is the strength of our professional community and the years of commitment to professional and personal development – together. 

The culture we have built over the past decade makes us an attractive place to work with low turnover and many experienced specialists. 

This allows us to work actively and effectively even with more complex conditions – when tools and techniques are not enough.

We otherwise work based on mainstream psychological assumptions, and master a selection of modern, evidence-based methods. 

We are constantly working on competence development, including through regular internal training, professional and personal guidance, including breathing exercises for the staff group. 

If you schedule an appointment with us you are therefore guaranteed to immediately be dealing with specialized, up-to-date and experienced psychologists, male or female depending on your preference, in the middle of downtown Oslo.

Our psychologists assist with everything from limited life difficulties such as various crises and dilemmas, to anxiety and depression and more long-term difficulties related to self-esteem and relationships.

 

No challenge is too small and no challenge is too big. We have encountered most topics and issues and will meet you with understanding rather than condemnation. We will both support and challenge you. 

If you are uncertain if your difficulties are suited for therapy there is only one way to find out - something we can address openly in the first session.

We also offer couples therapy for couples in all life stages, both single sessions and longer courses.

We adapt the methods to the client. Our psychologists in central Oslo are proficient in psychodynamic therapy, ISTDP, existential psychotherapy, cognitive therapy, mindfulness and metacognitive therapy, among other things.

We can also offer coaching / counseling in connection with various career and life choices, as well as lectures, work environment mapping, conflict management, sickness absence measures, work-oriented therapy, company health services and management development.

We have both male and female psychologists at our office in central Oslo and online. 

Advantages of choosing a private psychologist?

  • Psykologvirke, located in downtown Oslo, is a private practice psychologist office. This means you will not need a referral from a physician.
  • By using us as a private psychologist, you are guaranteed psychological help with a short waiting time, so you get started quickly before the problems develop.
  • Sometimes you can get a private psychologist on the day and you go straight to an experienced, self-selected one psychologist Oslo downtown.
  • There are no specific limitations in the treatment framework. These are clear advantages compared to a public psychologist.

Disadvantages of a private psychologist

  • The disadvantage of a private psychologist is that you have to cover the costs of the treatment yourself, unless you or your employer have health insurance. The vast majority of standard health insurance policies cover 10 therapy hours with a private psychologist.
  • Many employers have health insurance for their employees. In some cases, an employer can also cover the costs of therapy outside of health insurance plans.
  • If you pay yourself, the expense may be eligible for tax deduction (see Tax Act §6-83). You can use this link for more details about what options there are for both public and private psychologists in central Oslo.
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