The main focus of my research has been in the field of trauma and qualitative psychotherapy research, and I am a co-researcher on several projects in these areas. I am also interested in health service research, including the therapist’s perspective on treatment and clinical decision-making.

In addition, I am very interested in clinical training and lead the subgroup “clinical training”, which is part of the research group Bergen Psychotherapy Change Lab. We are several colleagues at the department of clinical psychology who over several years have laid the foundation for research on the clinical training we offer at the university. Traditionally, universities ensured that students learned what they needed through assessments within each course during training, as well as approved practicum periods. However, both nationally and internationally, there is very little systematization of experience with clinical training, and it has only to a small extent been investigated whether students strengthen key therapeutic skills through training. Although the group has worked to lay the foundation for such research over several years, the group and research portfolio are still under development and construction. However, the group has several specific areas where we work systematically: Area 1: Formulation of what competence is necessary to have as a clinical psychologist; Area 2: Measurement of relevant clinical skills; Area 3: Investigation of what situations Norwegian clinicians experience as particularly demanding; Area 4: Establishment of a video library with relevant, clinical situations in a Norwegian context; Area 5: VR vs. Screen - Does VR Make a Difference?; Area 6: Deliberate Practice as a Pedagogical Model for Acquiring Clinical Competence; Area 7: How to facilitate the development of students’ therapist responsiveness?; and Area 8: Video coding of therapy as an opportunity for modeling. For more information, see the website of the research group (Bergen Psychotherapy Change Lab | University of Bergen (uib.no).

I am also interested in developing thinking about the-researcher-as-instrument in qualitative research and the implications this has for training. I have, for example, led a project on the role of empathy in qualitative analysis, and have recently initiated a project on expertise in qualitative analysis.

Research interests:

Clinical training

Psychotherapy research

Qualitative methods

Complex trauma

Health service research

Academic article

• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Torrissen, Marion Hernes; Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø et al. (2024). Training students to become responsive therapists: implications from a sequential mixed-methods study on situations that therapists find challenging. (external link)
• Halvorsen, Margrethe S.; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Halvorsen, Jorunn E. et al. (2024). Detecting child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a survey study of healthcare professionals’ assessment practice. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Oddli, Hanne Weie; Hjeltnes, Aslak et al. (2024). The researcher as instrument - how our capacity for empathy supports qualitative analysis of transcripts. (external link)
• Hansen, Hege Almeland; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Davidson, Larry et al. (2023). How do young adults experience and understand the process of developing a first episode of psychosis? A qualitative exploration. (external link)
• Wästlund, Malin; Salvesen, Katinka Thorne; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2023). Clients’ experiences with a Trauma-sensitive mindfulness and compassion group intervention: a first-person perspective on change and change mechanisms. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Fjellheim, Gro Sydnes; Elgen, Irene Bircow et al. (2023). Krevjande situasjonar i psykisk helsevern for born og unge – behandlarar si erfaring med og haldning til målretta trening og virtuell røyndom. (external link)
• Salvesen, Katinka Thorne; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Wästlund, Malin et al. (2023). Change despite obstacles: A mixed-methods pilot study of a trauma-sensitive mindfulness and compassion intervention. (external link)
• Geertsen, Anders Christian; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2022). Norwegian Firefighters’ Experiences of Rescue Work at Severe Traffic Accidents- A Qualitative Study. (external link)
• Fjærestad, Anita; Kristensen, Pål; Dyregrov, Atle et al. (2022). Grief trajectories among bereaved parents after the 2011 Utøya terror attack: A qualitative analysis. (external link)
• Helle, Jorunn Beate; Vøllestad, Jon; Schanche, Elisabeth et al. (2022). From seeing difficult behaviour to recognizing legitimate needs–A qualitative study of mothers' experiences of participating in a Circle of Security Parenting program in a public mental health setting. (external link)
• Solberg, Ellen Tvedt; Halvorsen, Jorunn E.; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2021). What do survivors of child sexual abuse believe will facilitate early disclosure of sexual abuse?. (external link)
• Nordby, Emilie Sektnan; Gilje, Sigrid; Jensen, Daniel Andre et al. (2021). Goal management training for adults with ADHD – clients’ experiences with a group-based intervention. (external link)
• Strand, Mali; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2021). Combining mindfulness and compassion in the treatment of complex trauma – a theoretical exploration.. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Barca, Tonje; Lavik, Kristina O. et al. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Adults – Experiences That Differentiate Adolescents’ Trajectories Through Mental Health Care. (external link)
• Ansar, Nadia; Hjeltnes, Aslak; Stige, Signe Hjelen et al. (2021). Parenthood—Lost and Found: Exploring Parents’ Experiences of Receiving a Program in Emotion Focused Skills Training. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Eik, Ingrid; Oddli, Hanne Berit Weie et al. (2021). Negotiating System Requirements to Secure Client Engagement – Therapist Strategies in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Others. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Binder, Per-Einar; Stiegler, Jan Reidar et al. (2021). Clients’ Perspective on Predetermined Time Limits for Therapy in the Context of the Norwegian Welfare System. (external link)
• Dundas, Ingrid; Mæhle, Elin; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2021). Finding One's Footing When Everyone Has an Opinion. Negotiating an Acceptable Identity After Sexual Assault. (external link)
• Dundas, Ingrid; Ravnanger, Kari Kristine; Binder, Per-Einar et al. (2020). A Qualitative Study of Use of Mindfulness to Reduce Long-Term Use of Habit-Forming Prescription Drugs. (external link)
• Dundas, Ingrid; Hjeltnes, Aslak; Schanche, Elisabeth et al. (2020). Does it get easier over time? Psychologists’ experiences of working with suicidal patients. (external link)
• Halvorsen, Jorunn; Solberg, Ellen Tvedt; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2020). “To say it out loud is to kill your own childhood.” – An exploration of the first person perspective of barriers to disclosing child sexual abuse. (external link)
• Barca, Tonje; Moltu, Christian; Veseth, Marius et al. (2020). The nature of youth in the eyes of mental-health care workers: Therapists' conceptualization of adolescents coming to therapy at others' initiative. (external link)
• Schanche, Elisabeth; Hjeltnes, Aslak; Nielsen, Geir Høstmark et al. (2019). “Nothing is just smooth or perfect”: What can students learn from intensively reviewing psychotherapy conducted by experienced therapists whilst being focused on emotional processes?. (external link)
• Hansen, Hege; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Moltu, Christian et al. (2019). “We all have a responsibility”: a narrative discourse analysis of an information campaign targeting help-seeking in first episode psychosis. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Halvorsen, Jorunn; Solberg, Ellen Tvedt (2019). Pathways to Understanding – How Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Came to Understand that they had been Sexually Abused. (external link)
• Wilhelmsen-Langeland, Ane; Aardal, Hanna; Hjelmseth, V et al. (2019). An Emotion Focused Family Therapy workshop for parents with children 6-12 years increased parental self-efficacy. (external link)
• Binder, Per-Einar; Dundas, Ingrid; Stige, Signe Hjelen et al. (2019). Becoming Aware of Inner Self-Critique and Kinder Toward Self: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Outcome After a Brief Self-Compassion Intervention for University Level Students. (external link)
• Grue, Marthe Johanne; Bytingsvik, Marie; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2019). «Ingen vet hvem du er» – flyktningers opplevelse av omstillingsprosessen i Norge . (external link)
• Hansen, Hege; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Davidson, Larry et al. (2019). "Needing different things from different people" - a qualitative exploration of recovery in firstepisode psychosis.. (external link)
• Nødtvedt, Øystein Ottesen; Binder, Per-Einar; Stige, Signe Hjelen et al. (2019). “You Feel They Have a Heart and Are Not Afraid to Show It”: Exploring How Clients Experience the Therapeutic Relationship in Emotion-Focused Therapy. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Dundas, Ingrid; Schanche, Elisabeth et al. (2019). Kva typar mellommenneskelege situasjonar opplever norske psykologar o�ftast og som mest krevjande?. (external link)
• Veseth, Marius; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Binder, Per-Einar (2018). Medicine and meaning - How experienced therapists describe the role of medication in recovery processes in bipolar disorder. (external link)
• Stiegler, Jan Reidar; Hjeltnes, Aslak; Stige, Signe Hjelen et al. (2018). “It’s heavy, intense, horrendous and nice”: Clients’ experiences of processing emotions in a two-chair dialogue.. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Veseth, Marius; Binder, Per-Einar (2018). Trauma Clients’ Continuing Work on Relationships with Their Self and Others after Trauma-Specific Group Therapy. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Binder, Per-Einar; Veseth, Marius (2017). The role of therapy in personal recovery - Trauma clients' use of resources to continue positive processes following group therapy. (external link)
• Dundas, Ingrid; Binder, Per-Einar; Hansen, Tia G.B. et al. (2017). Does a short self-compassion intervention for students increase healthy self-regulation? A randomized control trial. (external link)
• Bøyum, Hilde Wiberg; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2017). "Jeg forstår henne bedre nå" : en kvalitativ studie av foreldres opplevelse av relasjonen til egne barn etter emosjonsfokusert foreldreveiledning. (external link)
• Veseth, Marius; Binder, Per-Einar; Stige, Signe Hjelen (2017). 'If there's no stability around them': Experienced therapists' view on the role of patients' social world in recovery in bipolar disorder. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Binder, Per-Einar (2016). From painstaking work to a new way of meeting the world—Trauma clients’ experiences with skill training in a stabilization group approach.. (external link)
• Binder, Per-Einar; Schanche, Elisabeth; Holgersen, Helge et al. (2016). Why do we need qualitative research on psychological treatments? The case for discovery, reflexivity, critique, receptivity, and evocation. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Halvorsen, Margrethe S. (2016). From cumulative strain to available resources: A case study of the potential effects of new trauma on recovery. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Grøtte, Vibeke Mathisen; Utstøl, Kjersti (2015). Individualbehandleres erfaringer med traumespesifikk gruppebehandling på et mindre DPS. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Træen, Bente; Rosenvinge, Jan H (2013). The Process Leading to Help Seeking Following Childhood Trauma. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Binder, Per-Einar; Rosenvinge, Jan H et al. (2013). Stories from the road of recovery - How adult, female survivors of childhood trauma experience ways to positive change. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Rosenvinge, Jan H; Træen, Bente (2013). A meaningful struggle: Trauma clients' experiences with an inclusive stabilization group approach. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen (2011). A Stabilization Group Approach for Heterogeneous Populations of Trauma Clients. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Sveaass, Nora (2010). Living in exile when disaster strikes at home. (external link)
• Stige, Signe; Fjell, Anders Martin; Smith, Lars et al. (2007). The Development of Visual P3a and P3b. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Stige, Signe Hjelen (2023). Including therapists in public mental health care as co-researchers in psychotherapy research – A potential pathway to bridge the practitioner-researcher divide?. (external link)

Poster

• Danielsen, Yngvild Sørebø; Lindseth, Charlotte; Sataøen, Sara Skiple et al. (2022). Therapist responsiveness to ambivalence in eating disorder (ED) treatment- A qualitative study of therapist perspectives. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Schanche, Elisabeth; Dundas, Ingrid et al. (2022). Therapist responsiveness in challenging situations – Results from two surveys on what situations therapists find most challenging. (external link)
• Hansen, Hege; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Moltu, Christian et al. (2016). Experiences of meeting early intervention services for psychosis. Results from a narrative meta-synthesis of 17 qualitative studies on service user experiences. (external link)
• Hansen, Hege; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Moltu, Christian et al. (2016). Experiences of meeting early intervention services for psychosis. Results from a narrative meta-synthesis providing a systematic integration of 17 qualitative studies on service user experiences. (external link)
• Stige, Signe Hjelen (2011). The help-seeking process among women with trauma-related symptoms. Preliminary results from a qualitative research project. (external link)

Lecture

• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Ghetti, Claire (2022). Keynote: Konsonanser og dissonanser over Dagens Grunntone: Forskning. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Andersen, Ann Christin; Halvorsen, Jorunn et al. (2022). Possible paths to increase detection of child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a meta-synthesis of survivors’ and health professionals’ experiences of addressing child sexual abuse. (external link)
• Hansen, Hege; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Davidson, Larry et al. (2017). How do people experience early intervention services for psychosis? A meta-synthesis. (external link)

Popular scientific article

• Stige, Signe Hjelen; Grøtte, Vibeke Mathisen; Utstøl, Kjersti (2015). Fleksible terapeutar i faste strukturar. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Stige, Signe Hjelen (2013). Stabilization groups for heterogeneous samples of trauma clients. Presentation of a new treatment approach, and a hermeneutical-phenomenological analysis of help seeking, treatment participation, and ways to positive change. (external link)

Reader opinion piece

• Stige, Signe Hjelen (2011). Mediedekninga - eit hinder for hjelp?. (external link)

Article in business/trade/industry journal

• Stige, Signe Hjelen (2009). Brubygging og vegen mot eit kultursensitivt helsevesen. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Stige, S. H. (2024). The facilitative interpersonal skills performance task—A potential resource for identifying skilled psychotherapists.Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 31(2), 227–229. https://doi.org/10.1037/cps0000206

Stige, S.H., Torrissen, M.H., Danielsen, Y.S., Jakobsen, R., Morken, K. T. E., & Dundas, I. (2024). Training students to become responsive therapists: implications from a sequential mixed-methods study on situations that therapists find challenging. BMC Medical Education 24, 261. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05236-1

Salvesen, K. T., Stige, S. H., Wästlund, M., & Vrabel, K. (2023). Change despite obstacles: A mixed-methods pilot study of a trauma-sensitive mindfulness and compassion intervention. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 7(4), 100361. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2023.100361

Hansen, Hege Almeland; Stige, Signe Hjelen; Davidson, Larry; Løberg, Else-Marie; Veseth, Marius. (2023). How do young adults experience and understand the process of developing a first episode of psychosis? A qualitative exploration. Psychosis

Wästlund, M., Salvesen, K., & Stige, S. H. (2023). Clients’ experiences with a Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and Compassion Group Intervention – A first person perspective on change and change mechanisms. Psychotherapy Research

Stige, S. H., Fjellheim, G., Elgen, I., & Visted, E. (2023). Krevjande situasjonar i psykisk helsevern for born og unge - Behandlarar si erfaring med og haldning til målretta trening og virtuell røyndom. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening.

Helle, J., Vøllestad, J., Schanche, E., & Stige, S. H. (2023). From seeing difficult behaviour to recognizing legitimate needs - A qualitative study of mothers' experiences of participating in a Circle of Security Parenting program in a public mental health setting. Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, 33(4), 482–493. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2022.2132888

Fjærestad, A., Kristensen, P., Dyregrov, A., & Stige, S. H. (2022). Grief trajectories among bereaved parents after the 2011 Utøya terror attack: A qualitative analysis. Death Studies, DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2135045

Geertsen, A. C., & Stige, S. H. (2022). Norwegian Firefighters' Experiences of Rescue Work at Severe Traffic Accidents - A Qualitative Study. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health and Human Resilience, 24(7), p 91-101.

Stige, S. H., Andersen, A. C., Halvorsen, M. S., Måkestad, E., Halvorsen, J. E., Binder, P.-E., & Albæk, A. U. (2022). Possible paths to increase detection of child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a meta-synthesis of survivors’ and health professionals’ experiences of addressing child sexual abuse. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 17(1), DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2022.2103934

Stige, S. H., Eik, I., Oddli, H. W., & Moltu, C. (2021). Negotiating system requirements to secure client engagement – Therapist strategies in adolescent psychotherapy initiated by others. Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology for Clinical Settings

Dundas, I., Mæhle, E., & Stige, S. H. (2021). Finding One's Footing When Everyone Has an Opinion. Negotiating an Acceptable Identity After Sexual Assault. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 649530. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.649530

Solberg, E. T., Halvorsen, J. E., & Stige, S. H. (2021). What Do Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Believe Will Facilitate Early Disclosure of Sexual Abuse?. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 639341. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.639341

Ansar, N., Hjeltnes, A., Stige, S. H., Binder, P. E., & Stiegler, J. R. (2021). Parenthood-Lost and Found: Exploring Parents' Experiences of Receiving a Program in Emotion Focused Skills Training. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 559188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.559188

Stige, S. H., Binder, P.-E., Stiegler, J. R., Schanche, E., Hummelslund, D. A., & Hjeltnes, A. (2021). Clients’ Perspective on Predetermined Time Limits for Therapy in the Context of the Norwegian Welfare System. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211009506

Strand, M., & Stige, S. H. (2021). Combining mindfulness and compassion in the treatment of complex trauma – a theoretical exploration. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 5(3), 100217. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2021.100217

Nordby, E. S., Gilje, S., Jensen, D. A., Sørensen, L., & Stige, S. H. (2021). Goal management training for adults with ADHD – clients’ experiences with a group-based intervention. BMC psychiatry, 21(1), 113. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03114-4

Stige, S. H., Barca, T., B., Lavik, K. O., & Moltu, C. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Adults – Experiences That Differentiate Adolescents’ Trajectories Through Mental Health Care. Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology for Clinical Settings, manuscript ID 633663

Dundas, I., Ravnanger, K., Binder, P.-E., & Stige, S. H. (2020). A Qualitative Study of Use of Mindfulness to Reduce Long-Term Use of Habit-Forming Prescription Drugs. Frontiers, doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.493349

Barca, T. B., Moltu, C., Veseth, M., Fjellheim, G., & Stige, S. H. (2020). The nature of youth in the eyes of mental-health care workers: therapists’ conceptualization of adolescents coming to therapy at others’ initiative. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 14(1), doi: 10.1186/s13033-020-00363-w 

Halvorsen, J. E., Soltveit, E. T., & Stige, S. H. (2020). “To say it out loud is to kill your own childhood.” – An exploration of the first person perspective of barriers to disclosing child sexual abuse. Children and Youth Services Review, 113:104999, doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104999

Dundas, I., Hjeltnes, A., Schanche, E., & Stige, S. H. (2020). Does it get easier over time? Psychologists’ experiences of working with suicidal patients. Death Studies. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2020.1740831

Binder, P.-E., Dundas, I., Stige, S. H., Hjeltnes, A., Woodfin, V., & Moltu, C. (2019). Becoming Aware of Inner Self-Critique and Kinder Toward Self: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Outcome After a Brief Self-Compassion Intervention for University Level Students. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(2728). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02728

Hansen, H., Stige, S. H., Davidson, L., Løberg, E.-M., & Veseth, M. (2019). "Needing different things from different people" -a qualitative exploration of recovery in first episode psychosis. Social Work in Mental Health, 18(5). doi: 10.1080/15332985.2019.1679324

Grue, M., Bytingsvik, M., & Stige, S. H. (2019). «Ingen vet hvem du er» – flyktningers opplevelse av omstillingsprosessen i Norge. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 16(3). doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2019-03-03

Nødtvedt, Ø. O., Binder, P.-E., Stige, S. H., Schanche, E., Stiegler, R., & Hjeltnes, A. (2019). “You Feel They Have a Heart and Are Not Afraid to Show It”: Exploring How Clients Experience the Therapeutic Relationship in Emotion-Focused Therapy. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01996

Wilhelmsen-Langeland, A., Aardal, H., Hjelmseth, V., Fyhn, K. L., & Stige, S. H. (2019). An Emotion Focused Family Therapy workshop for parents with children 6-12 years increased parental self-efficacy. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 25(1). doi: 10.1080/13632752.2019.1655921

Stige, S. H., Dundas, I., Schanche, E., & Hjeltnes, A. (2019). Kva typar mellommenneskelige situasjonar opplever norske psykologar oftast og som mest krevjande? Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 56(8).

Stige, S. H., Halvorsen, J. E., & Soltvedt, E. T. (2019). Pathways to Understanding – How Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Came to Understand that they had been Sexually Abused. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29(11). doi: 10.1080/10538712.2019.1643432

Hansen, H., Stige, S. H., Moltu, C., Johannesen, J. O., Joa, I., Dybvig, S., & Veseth, M. (2019). "We all have a responsibility": a narrative discourse analysis of an information campaign targeting help-seeking in first episode psychosis. Internation Journal of Mental Health Systems, 13(32). doi: 10.1186/s13033-019-0289-4

Schanche, E., Hjeltnes, A., Nielsen, G., Stige, S. H., & Stiegler, J. R. (2019). “Nothing is just smooth or perfect”: What can students learn from intensively reviewing psychotherapy conducted by experienced therapists whilst being focused on emotional processes? Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 19(3). doi: 10.1002/capr.12211

Stige, S. H., Veseth, M., & Binder, P.-E. (2018). Trauma client's continuing work on relationships with their self and others after trauma-specific group therapy. Self & Society. An International Journal for Humanistic Psychology.

Veseth, M., Stige, S. H., & Binder, P.-E. (2018). Medicine and meaning - How experienced therapists describe the role of medication in recovery processes in bipolar disorder. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 19(2). doi: 10.1002/capr.12193

Stiegler, J. R., Hjeltnes, A., Stige, S. H., Schanche, E., & Binder, P. E. (2018). “It’s heavy, intense, horrendous and nice”: Clients’ experiences of processing emotions in a two-chair dialogue. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 1-21. doi:10.1080/14779757.2018.1472138

Hansen, H., Stige, S. H., Moltu, C., Davidson, L., & Veseth, M. (2017). How Do People Experience Early Intervention Services for Psychosis? - A meta-synthesis. Qualitative Health Research, 28(2), 259-272. doi:10.1177/1049732317735080

Stige, S. H., Binder, P. E., & Veseth, M. (2017). The role of therapy in personal recovery - Trauma clients' use of resources to continue positive processes following group therapy. Qualitative Social Work, doi: 10.1177/1473325017699264

Dundas, I., Binder, P. E., Hansen, T. G. B., & Stige, S. H. (2017). Does a Short Self-Compassion Intervention for Students Increase Healthy Self- Regulation? A Randomized Control Trial. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 58(5), 443-450. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12385

Bøyum, H., & Stige, S. H. (2017). «Jeg forstår henne bedre nå» – En kvalitativ studie av Foreldres opplevelse av relasjonen til egne barn etter emosjonsfokusert foreldreveiledning. Scandinvian Psychologist, 4, e11. https://doi.org/10.15714/scandpsychol.4.e11

Veseth, M., Binder, P. E., & Stige, S. H. (2017). “If there’s no stability around them”: experienced therapists’ view on the role of patients’ social world in recovery in bipolar disorder. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11(55). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-017-0166-y

Stige, S. H., & Binder, P. E. (2016). From painstaking work to a new way of meeting the world—Trauma clients’ experiences with skill training in a stabilization group approach. Psychotherapy Research, 1-12. doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1138335

Binder, P. E., Schanche, E., Holgersen, H., Nielsen, G. H., Hjeltnes, A., Stige, S. H., Veseth, M., & Moltu, C. (2016). Why do we need qualitative research on psychological treatments? The case for discovery, reflexivity, critique, receptivity, and evocation. Scandinavian Psychologist, 3, e8. http://dx.doi.org/10.15714/scandpsychol.3.e8

Stige, S. H., & Halvorsen, M. S. (2016). From cumulative strain to available resources: A narrative case study of the potential effects of new trauma exposure on recovery. Illness, Crisis & Loss, 26(4), 270-292. doi: 10.1177/1054137316664177

Stige, S. H., Grøtte, V. M., & Utstøl, K. (2015a). Individualbehandleres erfaringer med traumespesifikk gruppebehandling på et mindre DPS. Tidsskrift for Psykisk Helsearbeid, 12(3), 229-238.

Stige, S. H., Grøtte, V. M., & Utstøl, K. (2015b). Fleksible terapeutar i faste strukturar. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening.

Stige, S. H., Træen, B., & Rosenvinge, J. H. (2013). The Process Leading to Help Seeking Following Childhood Trauma. Qualitative Health Research, 23(10), 1295-1306. doi:10.1177/1049732313503907

Stige, S. H., Rosenvinge, J. H., & Træen, B. (2013). A meaningful struggle: Trauma clients' experiences with an inclusive stabilization group approach. Psychotherapy Research, 23(4), 419-429. doi:10.1080/10503307.2013.778437

Stige, S. H., Binder, P. E., Rosenvinge, J. H., & Træen, B. (2013). Stories from the road of recovery – How adult, female survivors of childhood trauma experience ways to positive change. Nordic Psychology, 65(1), 3-18. doi:10.1080/19012276.2013.796083

Stige, S. H. (2011). A Stabilization Group Approach for Heterogeneous Populations of Trauma Clients. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 20(8), 886-903. doi: 10.1080/10926771.2011.627583

Stige, S. H., & Sveaass, N. (2010). Living in exile when disaster strikes at home. Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 20(2), 76-92.

Stige, S. H. (2009). Brubygging og vegen mot eit kultursensitivt helsevesen. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 46(4), 362-365.

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