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Appendix 1 . About the contributors
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Nora Sveaass . A clinical psychologist and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology , University of Oslo , Nora Sveaass chairs Health and Human Rights Info and until 2013 was a member of the UN Committee against Torture . She has worked for many years with survivors of trauma and forced migration at Oslo University ’ s Psychosocial Centre for Refugees , and is currently directing a research project on transitional justice .
Doris Drews is a specialist in psychiatry , who for many years has treated severely traumatised clients . In addition to working as a therapist and teaching , she is currently head of the emergency unit at a large psychiatric outpatient clinic near Oslo .
Katinka Salvesen is a clinical psychologist who works with trauma patients at the Modum Bad Clinic in Oslo . An experienced trainer , she has trained helpers working with survivors of sexual violence in Congo . A graduate in art and expressive therapy , she lectures at the Regional Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress , Oslo , on mapping and diagnosis , training and specialisation , and relational trauma and processing .
Annika With is an actress and an artistic and expressive therapist with postgraduate studies in sensorimotor psychotherapy , and eye movement desensitisation reprocessing ( EMDR ). She runs projects on and gives counselling to dissociative patients , as well as working with trauma patients in the Modum Bad Clinic , Oslo .
Solveig Dahl , a psychiatrist , was one of the founders of the Rape Victims Services in an emergency ward in Oslo . Her doctorate thesis examined rape as a health risk . She was a Special Adviser to Norwegian People ’ s Aid on women ’ s projects during the war in the Balkans from 1993 to 1995 , and Mental Health Coordinator for the World Health Organisation ’ s Rehabilitation of War Victims programme in 1995-1996 . She has worked with traumatised refugees in Norway at Oslo University ’ s Psychosocial Centre for Refugees .
Helen Christie is a clinical psychologist and special adviser at the Regional Centre for Children and Adolescent Mental Health , East and South ( R-BUP ). She has worked for many years with refugee children in Norway and children in war zones , on trauma , sexual abuse of children , and the effects of child sexual abuse in adulthood .
Josefin Larson has a Master ’ s Degree in psychology . Her research focuses on culture and social psychology , especially in multicultural societies .
Elisabeth Ng Langdal is the Executive Director of Health and Human Rights Info . She has a master ’ s degree in human geography and a bachelor in media studies from Oslo University .