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is a detective chief superintendent and associate professor at the Norwegian Police University College in Oslo, and has 15 years’ experience as a senior detective in the Oslo Police department and at ...

is a therapist and metacognitive specialist, managing several clinics in Denmark and providing metacognitive therapy online in English. She has a PhD from Manchester University and trained with the ...

is head of division for health sciences at Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland. She also chairs the Pluralistic Practice steering committee, leads the team running the annual International ...

is a clinical psychologist and accredited therapist working as a senior fellow in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford and at King’s College London.

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