Camilla von Below Assistant Professor
Contact
Name and title: Camilla von BelowAssistant Professor
Phone: +468163838
ORCID0000-0003-4846-0965 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Department of Psychology Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Albanovägen 12
Postal address Psykologiska institutionen106 91 Stockholm
About me
I combine research, teaching, writing and lecturing with clinical work as a psychologist and psychotherapist for individuals and couples, as well as a supervisor. In research, my focus is on psychodynamic psychotherapy, particularly naturalistically studies with a focus on patient and therapist experiences of therapeutic alliance and helpful/hindering factors in psychotherapy.
Another area of interest is psychology in culture - existential and psychological questions and issues in film, media and literature. I am part of an idea collective named På spaning efter själen (In search of the soul) focusing on existential questions in contemporary culture, producing a podcast, lectures and more for a general public (in Swedish).
I teach mentalization theory and practice, attachment theory and practice and psychotherapy with young adults at the psychological departments at Stockholm University and Uppsala University.
Dissertation title
When psychotherapy does not help ...and when it does: Lessons from young adults' experiences of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. (2017). Download here.
Young adult psychotherapy patients' experiences of psychotherapies where goals were not met, or the patients dissatisfied, were the starting point for an exploration of hindrances in psychodynamic psychotherapy. I analysed the material from a developmental perspective, as well as from the broader perspective of psychodynamic theory, including mentalization and attachment theory.