Academic article

• Hanna Aardal; Elisabeth Schanche; Helge Molde et al. (2026). Childhood trauma and outcome in time-limited emotion-focused and cognitive behavioral treatment for depression. (external link)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Malene Alden Spurkeland; Stine Nygård Sætrang et al. (2026). The components of the early working alliance and their relation to outcome on depression in CBT and EFT. (external link)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Elisabeth Schanche (2026). Exploring poor outcome cases in emotion-focused therapy—a mixed-method study. (external link)
• Linda Severinsen; Jan Reidar Stiegler; Helene Amundsen Nissen-Lie et al. (2026). The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Among Parents of Children With Mental Health Disorders in Norway. (external link)
• Hanna Aardal; Elisabeth Schanche; Aslak Hjeltnes et al. (2025). Cognitive behavioral therapy and emotion-focused therapy for depression in a routine care setting: A randomized controlled pilot trial. (external link)
• Hanna Aardal; Aslak Hjeltnes; Elisabeth Schanche et al. (2025). Shared or different pathways to change? Clients’ experiences of change in cognitive behavioral therapy and emotion-focused therapy for depression. (external link)
• Linda Severinsen; Jan Reidar Stiegler; Helene, Amundsen Nissen-Lie et al. (2025). Effectiveness of emotion-focused skills training (EFST) for parents: A randomized controlled trial investigating remission of mental health diagnosis and symptom reduction in children. (external link)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Elisabeth Schanche; Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen et al. (2024). Growth in challenging situations: A qualitative investigation of therapists’ experience of delivering emotion-focused therapy. (external link)
• Nadia Ansar; Helene, Amundsen Nissen-Lie; Jan Reidar Stiegler (2023). The effects of emotion-focused skills training on parental mental health, emotion regulation and self-efficacy: Mediating processes between parents and children. (external link)
• Rune Zahl-Olsen; Linda Severinsen; Ben Shahar et al. (2023). Emotion-focused skills training for parents with anxious children. A pilot study. (external link)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Victoria Uleberg Vildalen; Tora Heggem et al. (2022). The effect of the two-chair dialogue intervention on self-compassion - adding an emotional evocative component to a basic Rogerian condition. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Per-Einar Binder; Jan Reidar Stiegler et al. (2021). Clients’ Perspective on Predetermined Time Limits for Therapy in the Context of the Norwegian Welfare System. (external link)
• Nadia Ansar; Aslak Hjeltnes; Signe Hjelen Stige et al. (2021). Parenthood—Lost and Found: Exploring Parents’ Experiences of Receiving a Program in Emotion Focused Skills Training. (external link)
• Øystein Ottesen Nødtvedt; Per-Einar Binder; Signe Hjelen Stige 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)
• Elisabeth Schanche; Aslak Hjeltnes; Geir Høstmark Nielsen 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)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Helge Molde; Elisabeth Schanche (2018). Does the two-chair dialogue intervention facilitate processing of emotions more efficiently than basic Rogerian conditions?. (external link)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Helge Molde; Elisabeth Schanche (2018). Does an emotion-focused two-chair dialogue add to the therapeutic effect of the empathic attunement to affect?. (external link)
• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Aslak Hjeltnes; Signe Hjelen Stige et al. (2018). “It’s heavy, intense, horrendous and nice”: Clients’ experiences of processing emotions in a two-chair dialogue.. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Rune Zahl-Olsen; Linda Severinsen; Jan Reidar Stiegler et al. (2023). Effects of emotionally oriented parental interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Nadia Ansar; Helene, Amundsen Nissen-Lie; Robert Elliott et al. (2021). Emotion Focused Skills Training: A randomized controlled trial for parents of children with mental health symptoms. Paper-in-Panel on "Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) in various forms", chaired by Franz Caspar. (external link)
• Aslak Hjeltnes; Tonje Moe Thompson; Jan Reidar Stiegler (2019). On becoming an Emotion-Focused Therapist. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Jan Reidar Stiegler; Elisabeth Schanche (2018). Processing emotions in emotion-focused therapy. Exploring the impact of the two-chair dialogue intervention. (external link)

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