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

• 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)
• Marius Veseth; Per-Einar Binder; Signe Hjelen Stige (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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige (2011). A Stabilization Group Approach for Heterogeneous Populations of Trauma Clients. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Jorunn Halvorsen; Ellen Tvedt Solberg (2019). Pathways to Understanding – How Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Came to Understand that they had been Sexually Abused. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Per-Einar Binder (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)
• Anders Christian Geertsen; Signe Hjelen Stige (2022). Norwegian Firefighters’ Experiences of Rescue Work at Severe Traffic Accidents- A Qualitative Study. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Bente Træen; Jan H Rosenvinge (2013). The Process Leading to Help Seeking Following Childhood Trauma. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Marion Hernes Torrissen; Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen et al. (2024). Training students to become responsive therapists: implications from a sequential mixed-methods study on situations that therapists find challenging. (external link)
• Marius Veseth; Signe Hjelen Stige; Per-Einar Binder (2018). Medicine and meaning - How experienced therapists describe the role of medication in recovery processes in bipolar disorder. (external link)
• Jorunn Halvorsen; Ellen Tvedt Solberg; Signe Hjelen Stige (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)
• 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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Hanne Weie Oddli; Aslak Hjeltnes et al. (2024). The researcher as instrument - how our capacity for empathy supports qualitative analysis of transcripts. (external link)
• Hege Hansen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Christian Moltu 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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Per-Einar Binder; Marius Veseth (2017). The role of therapy in personal recovery - Trauma clients' use of resources to continue positive processes following group therapy. (external link)
• Ingrid Dundas; Elin Mæhle; Signe Hjelen Stige (2021). Finding One's Footing When Everyone Has an Opinion. Negotiating an Acceptable Identity After Sexual Assault. (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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Marius Veseth; Per-Einar Binder (2018). Trauma Clients’ Continuing Work on Relationships with Their Self and Others after Trauma-Specific Group Therapy. (external link)
• Per-Einar Binder; Ingrid Dundas; Signe Hjelen Stige 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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Vibeke Mathisen Grøtte; Kjersti Utstøl (2015). Individualbehandleres erfaringer med traumespesifikk gruppebehandling på et mindre DPS. (external link)
• Mali Strand; Signe Hjelen Stige (2021). Combining mindfulness and compassion in the treatment of complex trauma – a theoretical exploration.. (external link)
• Margrethe S. Halvorsen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Jorunn Halvorsen et al. (2024). Detecting child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a survey study of healthcare professionals’ assessment practice. (external link)
• Ane Wilhelmsen-Langeland; Hanna Aardal; V Hjelmseth et al. (2019). An Emotion Focused Family Therapy workshop for parents with children 6-12 years increased parental self-efficacy. (external link)
• Hege Hansen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Larry Davidson et al. (2019). "Needing different things from different people" - a qualitative exploration of recovery in firstepisode psychosis.. (external link)
• Tonje Barca; Christian Moltu; Marius Veseth 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)
• Katinka Thorne Salvesen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Malin Wästlund et al. (2023). Change despite obstacles: A mixed-methods pilot study of a trauma-sensitive mindfulness and compassion intervention. (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)
• Hege Almeland Hansen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Larry Davidson et al. (2023). How do young adults experience and understand the process of developing a first episode of psychosis? A qualitative exploration. (external link)
• Jorunn Beate Helle; Jon Vøllestad; Elisabeth Schanche 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)
• Emilie Sektnan Nordby; Sigrid Gilje; Daniel Andre Jensen et al. (2021). Goal management training for adults with ADHD – clients’ experiences with a group-based intervention. (external link)
• Marie Munch; Signe Hjelen Stige; Steinunn Adolfsdottir et al. (2025). “They are just as different as the rest of us”–a focus group study of primary teachers’ perceptions of children with ADHD who struggle socially. (external link)
• Marthe Johanne Grue; Marie Bytingsvik; Signe Hjelen Stige (2019). «Ingen vet hvem du er» – flyktningers opplevelse av omstillingsprosessen i Norge. (external link)
• Sathya Jeganathan; Ingrid Kvestad; Santhini Rajendran et al. (2025). Continuation of Kangaroo Mother Care when transitioning from facility to community: maternal and familial perspectives from South India. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Gro Sydnes Fjellheim; Irene Bircow Elgen 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)
• Signe Stige; Anders Martin Fjell; Lars Smith et al. (2007). The Development of Visual P3a and P3b. (external link)
• Ellen Tvedt Solberg; Jorunn E. Halvorsen; Signe Hjelen Stige (2021). What do survivors of child sexual abuse believe will facilitate early disclosure of sexual abuse?. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Ingrid Dundas; Elisabeth Schanche et al. (2019). Kva typar mellommenneskelege situasjonar opplever norske psykologar o�ftast og som mest krevjande?. (external link)
• Hilde Wiberg Bøyum; Signe Hjelen Stige (2017). "Jeg forstår henne bedre nå" : en kvalitativ studie av foreldres opplevelse av relasjonen til egne barn etter emosjonsfokusert foreldreveiledning. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Jan H Rosenvinge; Bente Træen (2013). A meaningful struggle: Trauma clients' experiences with an inclusive stabilization group approach. (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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Nora Sveaass (2010). Living in exile when disaster strikes at home. (external link)
• Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen; Vivian Irena Woodfin; Signe Hjelen Stige (2025). Experiential Trajectories of Weight Gain: A Qualitative Study of People With Larger Bodies’ Understanding of Their Weight Changes Throughout Life in Norway. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Endre Visted; Elisabeth Schanche et al. (2026). Mapping core competencies for clinical psychologists: A qualitative meta-analysis of nine international standards and accreditation documents.. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Endre Visted (2026). Virtual reality as a tool to enhance clinical psychology students' self-knowledge and self-awareness—a proof-of-concept study. (external link)
• Nadia Ansar; Signe Hjelen Stige; Selma Marie Pedersen Engeset et al. (2025). Reinventing fatherhood -exploring men' experiences of participating in emotion-focused skills training. (external link)
• Per-Einar Binder; Elisabeth Schanche; Helge Holgersen et al. (2016). Why do we need qualitative research on psychological treatments? The case for discovery, reflexivity, critique, receptivity, and evocation. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Per-Einar Binder; Jan H Rosenvinge et al. (2013). Stories from the road of recovery - How adult, female survivors of childhood trauma experience ways to positive change. (external link)
• Malin Wästlund; Katinka Thorne Salvesen; Signe Hjelen Stige (2023). Clients’ experiences with a Trauma-sensitive mindfulness and compassion group intervention: a first-person perspective on change and change mechanisms. (external link)
• Ingrid Dundas; Aslak Hjeltnes; Elisabeth Schanche et al. (2020). Does it get easier over time? Psychologists’ experiences of working with suicidal patients. (external link)
• Ingrid Dundas; Kari Kristine Ravnanger; Per-Einar Binder et al. (2020). A Qualitative Study of Use of Mindfulness to Reduce Long-Term Use of Habit-Forming Prescription Drugs. (external link)
• Ingrid Dundas; Per-Einar Binder; Tia G.B. Hansen et al. (2017). Does a short self-compassion intervention for students increase healthy self-regulation? A randomized control trial. (external link)
• Anita Fjærestad; Signe Hjelen Stige; Atle Dyregrov et al. (2025). Terror-bereaved parents experiences of professional help and support: A qualitative analysis. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Tonje Barca; Kristina O. Lavik et al. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Adults – Experiences That Differentiate Adolescents’ Trajectories Through Mental Health Care. (external link)
• Anita Fjærestad; Pål Kristensen; Atle Dyregrov et al. (2022). Grief trajectories among bereaved parents after the 2011 Utøya terror attack: A qualitative analysis. (external link)
• Oda Ulven; Signe Hjelen Stige; Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen (2025). Premature termination of eating disorder treatment - a qualitative study of therapist perspectives. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Ingrid Eik; Hanne Berit Weie Oddli et al. (2021). Negotiating System Requirements to Secure Client Engagement – Therapist Strategies in Adolescent Psychotherapy Initiated by Others. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Margrethe S. Halvorsen (2016). From cumulative strain to available resources: A case study of the potential effects of new trauma on recovery. (external link)

Conference poster

• Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen; Charlotte Lindseth; Sara Skiple Sataøen et al. (2022). Therapist responsiveness to ambivalence in eating disorder (ED) treatment- A qualitative study of therapist perspectives. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Elisabeth Schanche; Ingrid Dundas et al. (2022). Therapist responsiveness in challenging situations – Results from two surveys on what situations therapists find most challenging. (external link)
• Hege Hansen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Christian Moltu 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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige (2011). The help-seeking process among women with trauma-related symptoms. Preliminary results from a qualitative research project. (external link)
• Hege Hansen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Christian Moltu 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)

Conference lecture

• Signe Hjelen Stige; Marion Hernes Torrissen; Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen et al. (2024). Å lære studentar å bli responsive terapeutar: Implikasjonar frå ein sekvensiell mixed-methods studie om situasjonar som terapeutar finn særleg krevjande. (external link)
• Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Guro Årdal Rekkedal et al. (2024). Traumatic experiences and the effectiveness of eating disorder treatment. (external link)
• Endre Visted; Signe Hjelen Stige (2024). Using Virtual Reality to Foster Self-Knowledge in Students. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige (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)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Hanne Berit Weie Oddli; Aslak Hjeltnes et al. (2024). Researcher empathy as a facilitator and potential resource for qualitative data analyses . (external link)

Letter to the editor

• Signe Hjelen Stige (2011). Mediedekninga - eit hinder for hjelp?. (external link)
• Endre Visted; Reidar Jakobsen; Signe Hjelen Stige (2025). Viktig kompetanse kan gå tapt ved Universitetet i Bergen. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige (2024). The facilitative interpersonal skills performance task—A potential resource for identifying skilled psychotherapists.. (external link)
• Andreas Teisner Høstmælingen; Harald Bækkelund; Marit Coldevin et al. (2025). Hvem er psykologene til for?. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Signe Hjelen Stige; Hanne Berit Weie Oddli (2024). Vitskapsteori – kva er det, og kvifor er det viktig når vi gjer forsking?. (external link)
• Signe Hjelen Stige; Aslak Hjeltnes; Hanne Berit Weie Oddli et al. (2024). Empati i kvalitativ analyse. (external link)

Lecture

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

Academic literature review

• Signe Hjelen Stige; Ann Christin Andersen; Jorunn Halvorsen 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)
• Hege Hansen; Signe Hjelen Stige; Larry Davidson et al. (2017). How do people experience early intervention services for psychosis? A meta-synthesis. (external link)

Popular science article

• Signe Hjelen Stige; Vibeke Mathisen Grøtte; Kjersti Utstøl (2015). Fleksible terapeutar i faste strukturar. (external link)
• Eivind Alexander Valestrand; Hilde Grimstad; Signe Hjelen Stige et al. (2025). Klinisk usikkerhet er ikke bare et onde. (external link)

Professional article

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

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Signe Hjelen Stige; Jan H. Rosenvinge (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)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Stige, S. H., & Visted, E. (2026). Virtual reality as a tool to enhance clinical psychology students' self-knowledge and self-awareness—a proof-of-concept study. Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 16 - 2025. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1659873

Valestrand, E. A., Grimstad, H., Stige, S. H., & Hofmann, B. M. (2025). Klinisk usikkerhet er ikke bare et onde. Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke, 145(10), 10.4045/tidsskr.25.0270. https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.25.0270

Jeganathan, S., Kvestad, I., Rajendran, S., & Stige, S. H. (2025). Continuation of Kangaroo Mother Care when transitioning from facility to community: maternal and familial perspectives from South India. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), 1444. doi:10.1186/s12913-025-13615-7

Fjærestad, A., Stige, S. H., Dyregrov, A., & Kristensen, P. (2025). Terror-bereaved parents experiences of professional help and support: a qualitative analysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2025.2529743

Ansar, N., Stige, S. H., Pedersen Engeset, S. M., Nilsen, B., Schanche, E., & Hjeltnes, A. (2025). Reinventing fatherhood -exploring men’ experiences of participating in emotion-focused skills training. Psychotherapy Research, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2025.2494747

Stige, S. H., Greve, M. M., & Trefall, K. A. (2025). Wanting to provide the childhood they never got – a meta-synthesis of how survivors of childhood abuse experience becoming a parent. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2523175

Danielsen, Y. S., Woodfin, V., & Stige, S. H. (2025). Experiential Trajectories of Weight Gain: A Qualitative Study of People With Larger Bodies’ Understanding of Their Weight Changes Throughout Life in Norway. Qualitative Health Research, 10497323251342217. doi:10.1177/10497323251342217

Ulven, O., Stige, S. H., & Danielsen, Y. S. (2025). Premature termination of eating disorder treatment - a qualitative study of therapist perspectives. Journal of Eating Disorders, 13(1), 76. doi:10.1186/s40337-025-01268-0

Munch, M., Stige, S. H., Adólfsdóttir, S., Sørensen, L., & Osnes, B. (2025). “They are just as different as the rest of us” – a focus group study of primary teachers’ perceptions of children with ADHD who struggle socially. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2465215

Stige, S. H. & Oddli, H. B. W. (2024). Vitskapsteori – kva er det, og kvifor er det viktig når vi gjer forsking? I Lorås, L. & Ness, O. (red). Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning for helse- og sosialfag, s. 31-44. Fagbokforlaget

Stige, S. H., Hjeltnes, A., Oddli, H. B. W., Watson, J., & Stige, B. (2024). Empati i kvalitativ analyse. I Lorås, L. & Ness, O. (red). Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning for helse- og sosialfag, s. 121-134. Fagbokforlaget

Stige, S. H., Oddli, H. W., Hjeltnes, A., Watson, J., & Stige, B. (2024). The researcher as instrument - how our capacity for empathy supports qualitative analysis of transcripts. Qualitative Research in Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2024.2368046

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

Halvorsen, M. S., Stige, S. H., Halvorsen, J. E., Binder, P. E., Måkestad, E., Albaek, A. U., & Andersen, A. C. (2024). Detecting child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a survey study of healthcare professionals' assessment practice. International journal of mental health systems, 18(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-024-00632-y

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.

Stige, S., Fjell, A., Smith, L., Lindgren, M., & Walhovd, K. B. (2007). The Development of Visual P3a and P3b. Developmental Neuropsychology, 32(1), 563-584.