Publications

Beck, E., Bo, S., Jørgensen, M. P., Gondan, M., Poulsen, S., Storebø, O. J., Andersen, C. F., Folmo, E., Sharp, C., Pedersen, J., & Simonsen, E. (2019). Mentalization-based treatment in groups for adolescents with borderline personality disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13152

 

Folmo, E. J., Karterud, S. W., Bremer, K., Walther, K. L., Kvarstein, E. H., & Pedersen, G. A. (2017). The design of the MBT‐G adherence and quality scale. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 58(4), 341–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12375

 

Folmo, E. J., Karterud, S. W., Kongerslev, M. T., Kvarstein, E. H., & Stänicke, E. (2019). Battles of the Comfort Zone: Modelling Therapeutic Strategy, Alliance, and Epistemic Trust—A Qualitative Study of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-018-09414-3

 

Folmo, E.J., Langjord, T., Myhrvold, N.C.S., Lind, M. (2021). Metaphors in Mentalization-Based Treatment: Reintroducing the Language of Change in “Plain Old Therapy”. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-021-09512-9

 

Folmo, E., Langjord, T., Myhrvold, N. S., Stänicke, E., Lind, M., & Kvarstein, E. H. (2022). Pedagogical stance in mentalization-based treatment. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23335

 

Folmo, E. J., Stänicke, E., Johansen, M. S., Pedersen, G. A. F., & Kvarstein, E. H. (2020). Development of therapeutic alliance in Mentalization-based treatment – goals, tasks and bond in a specialized treatment for borderline personality. Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2020.1831097

 

Karterud, S., Folmo, E., & Kongerslev, M. T. (2019). Personality and the group matrix. Group Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316418824210

 

Kvarstein, E. H., Pedersen, G., Folmo, E., Urnes, Ø., Johansen, M. S., Hummelen, B., ... & Karterud, S. (2018). Mentalization‐based treatment or psychodynamic treatment programmes for patients with borderline personality disorder–the impact of clinical severity. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12179

 

Kvarstein, E. H., Folmo, E., Antonsen, B. T., Normann-Eide, E., Pedersen, G., & Wilberg, T. (2020). Social cognition capacities as predictors of outcome in Mentalization-based treatment (MBT). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00691

           

Pedersen, G., Kvarstein, E. H., Wilberg, T., Folmo, E. J., Burlingame, G. M., & Lorentzen, S. (2021). The Group Questionnaire (GQ)—Psychometric properties among outpatients with personality disorders. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/gdn0000176

 

Simonsen, S., Juul, S., Kongerslev, M., Bo, S., Folmo, E., & Karterud, S. (2018). The mentalization-based therapy adherence and quality scale (MBT-AQS): Reliability in a clinical setting. Nordic Psychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2018.1480406

 

EDITOR

Grealy, M. K., Godfrey, E., Brady, F., O’Sullivan, E. W., Carroll, G. A., & Burke, T. (2022). Borderline personality disorder traits and mentalising ability: The self-other social cognition paradox. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1023348

 

BOOKS

Karterud, S., Folmo, E., Kongerslev, M. (2020). MBT Mentaliseringsbasert terapi. Gyldendal. https://www.gyldendal.no/faglitteratur/medisin/psykiatri/mbt-mentaliseringsbasert-terapi/p-824006-no/

 

SUPERVISOR (MASTER'S THESES)

Garred, S., Gough, E. M. (2021). Den terapeutiske relasjonen i DBT og MBT [Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Oslo]. https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/87426/1/Hovedoppgave_Den-terapeutiske-relasjonen-i-DBT-og-MBT_Elina_Susanne.pdf

 

Stølsnes, M. (2021). ‘Chronic Feelings of Emptiness’ – a Useful Criterion in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder? [Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Oslo]. https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/86649/thesis.pdf

 

Sundal, T., Tobiassen, A. H. (2022). The cultural change narrative as a core component of therapeutic change [Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Oslo].https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/86649/thesis.pdf

 

MASTER THESIS

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DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Measuring MBT – A marriage of the common and specific psychotherapy factors

 

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