Dialogical practices

Dialogical practices has been established as a concept within international practices and research. (See Network for Dialogical Practices.) The last decades the Agder region has contributed to the development of this field of practice and research. Mental health care has been a primary focus, but also other disiplines as education, social work and organizational theory has been included.

Dialogical practices are based on the recognition that we humans are formed by the dialogues, relationships and interplay that we are part of. When giving help the diversity of dialogues persons is involved in must be included. The aim of this research group is to continue to develop practice and research based on such perspectives. This we want to do through local projects and at the same time within national and international networks.  

The research group is part of UNIK. UNIK is a university-clinical collaboration run by University of Agder and Sorlandet hospital together with municipalities on Agder, ROM – user driven centre on Agder, and ALARM – user organisation for substance abuse.  

Selected publications

2020-2021

Albaek, A. U., Binder, P.-E., & Milde, A. M. (2020). Plunging into a dark sea of emotions: Professionals’ emotional experiences addressing child abuse in interviews with children. Qualitative health research, 30(8), 1212-1224

Albæk, A. U. (2020). Walking children through a minefield.: Qualitative studies of professionals’ experiences addressing abuse in child interviews.

Bertelsen, B. (2021a). Parent Education Beyond Learning: An Ethnographic Exploration of a Multi‐family Program for Families in Post‐divorce Conflict. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 42(3), 292-308.

Bertelsen, B. (2021b). Staying with the conflict–parenting work and the social organization of post-divorce conflict. Journal of Family Studies, 1-17.

Bertelsen, B. (2021c). Whose Life is it Anyway? Exploring the Social Relations of High-Conflict Divorce Cases in Southern Norway. Contemporary Family Therapy, 43(3), 276-289.•Bøe, T. D. (2021a). Demokrati og hjertebank. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 18(1), 25-35.

Bøe, T. D. (2021b). Ethical realism before social constructionism. Theory & Psychology, 31(2), 220-236.•Bøe, T. D., Bertelsen, B., Larsen, I. B., & Topor, A. (2021). A qualitative fallacy: Life trapped in interpretations and stories. Qualitative Research, 14687941211041916

Bøe, T. D., Larsen, I. B., & Topor, A. (2021). «Ikke la meg være i fred»: om et comeback til sosial responsivitet. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 18(3), 283-294.

Friesinger, J. G., Topor, A., Bøe, T. D., & Larsen, I. B. (2020). Materialities in supported housing for people with mental health problems: a blurry picture of the tenants. Sociology of health & illness, 42(7), 1742-1758.

Haugland, S. H., Dovran, A., Albaek, A. U., & Sivertsen, B. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences among 28,047 Norwegian adults from a general population. Frontiers in public health, 1054.

Holmberg, Å., & Sundet, R. (2021). «Ikke-vitende posisjon» i familieterapeutisk praksis-muligheter og utfordringer i dagens samfunn. Fokus på familien, 49(4), 265-284.

Høigilt, A. M., & Bøe, T. D. (2021). Doubt, Hope, Pain, and New Discoveries: Parents’ Experiences of the High‐Conflict Program ‘No Kids in the Middle’. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.

Larsen, I. B., Bøe, T. D., & Topor, A. (2020). Things matter: about materiality and recovery from mental health difficulties. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 15(1), 1802909.•Larsen, I. B., Topor, A., & Bøe, T. D. (2021). Pleieuniformen på sengen–om steder, gjenstander og bedring. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 18(3), 272-282.

Lindvig, G. R., Topor, A., Bøe, T. D., & Larsen, I. B. (2021). “I will never forget him”. A qualitative exploration of staff descriptions of helpful relationships in supportive housing. Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 28(3), 326-334.

Lund, J., Andersen, A. J. W. and Haugland, S. H. (2019) 'The social gradient in stress and depressive symptoms among adolescent girls: a systematic review and narrative synthesis’.

Lund, J., Madsen, O. J. and Haugland, S. H. (2021) 'Å gjøre" det som er liksom planen da"–en kvalitativ intervjustudie av skolestress blant unge jenter som et strukturelt problem', Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk, 7.

Lund, J., Madsen, O. J. and Haugland, S. H. (2021) 'Å gjøre" det som er liksom planen da"–en kvalitativ intervjustudie av skolestress blant unge jenter som et strukturelt problem', Nordisk tidsskrift for pedagogikk og kritikk, 7.

McLeod, J., & Sundet, R. (2020). Working with stuckness in psychotherapy: Bringing together the bricoleur model and pluralistic practices. In Respect for thought (pp. 361-376). Springer

Moen, E. Å., Walseth, L. T. and Larsen, I. B. (2021) 'Experiences of participating in individual placement and support: a meta‐ethnographic review and synthesis of qualitative studies', Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 35(2), pp. 343-352.

Sundet, R. (2021). A just assemblage in mental health services-the necessity of and possibilities for service diversity. Frontiers in Psychology, 3312.

Topor, A., Larsen, I. B., & Bøe, T. D. (2021a). Berättelser på tvärs–erfarenhetsbaserad kunskap utanför det tillåtna? Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 18(3), 260-271.

Topor, A., Larsen, I. B., & Bøe, T. D. (2021b). Kunnskapens prismer. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 18(3), 255-259.

UGLAND, A. K. A. (2021). I spenn mellom «education» og «pädagogik»: En autoetnografisk studie av uro i møte med pedagogisk praksis University of Agder].

Kolb, H., Dovran, A., Fernee, C. R. and Bøe, T. D. (2022) 'The magic in the (extra) ordinary: Intensive validation to recalibrate the life‐worlds of adolescents exposed to abuse', Child & Family Social Work.

Moen, E. Å., Larsen, I. B. and Walseth, L. T. (2022) 'General support versus individual work support: A qualitative study of social workers and therapists in collaboration meetings within individual placement and support', European Journal of Social Work, 25(1), pp. 105-118.

Lund, J. (2022) 'Hverdag og verden er unge jenters psyke. En kontekstualisert forståelse av psykososiale helseplager blant unge jenter’. Doctoral dissertation.Tidligere publikasjoner:

Topor, A., Boe, T. D. and Larsen, I. (2022) 'The lost social context of recovery. Psychiatrization of a social process', Frontiers in Sociology, 7.

Andersen, A. J. W., & Svensson, T. (2012). The dialogical bricoleur? Expectations towards internet-based services in Norway and Sweden. Nordic Social Work Research, 2(2), 137-152.

Bertelsen, B., & Bøe, T. D. (2016). "He is quirky; he’s the world’s greatest psychologist»: On the community of those who have nothing in common. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, In press, July 2016.

Bøe, T. D. (2009). "Ingen kan være eksperter på kjærlighet" - om psykisk helsefremmende arbeid i videregående skole. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid, 6(4), 320-329.

Bøe, T. D. (2010). Samtaler gir samhold. - Der tanker og følelser sette i sving. En kvalitativ studie av et psykisk helsefremmende tiltak i videregående skole. Universitetet i Agder, Kristiansand.  

Bøe, T. D. (2012). Kunnskap er an-svar. Noen tanker om kunnskap i lys av Mikhail Bakthin. In A. J. W. Andersen, I. B. Larsen, & A. B. Thorød (Eds.), Engasjement i praksis. Broer mellom filosofi og praksis i helse- og sosialfeltet. (pp. 137 - 148). Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk

Bøe, T. D. (2013). Stemmen og ansiktet. Bakhtin, Levinas og noen etiske refleksjoner omkring psykisk helse In P. Leer-Salvesen & T. Mesel (Eds.), Makt og avmakt. Etiske perspektiver på feltet psykisk helse (pp. 93-109). Kristiansand: Portal Forlag.

Bøe, T. D., Hasund, I. K., Kristiansen, A., & Vik, K. (2015). Dialogisk praksis på helsestasjonen, i barnehagen og på skolen. In D. Ulland, E. Ulland, & A. B. Thorød (Eds.), Psykisk helse. Nye arenaer, aktører og tilnærminger (pp. 38-49). Oslo: Universitetforlaget

Bøe, T. D., Kristoffersen, K., Lidbom, P. A., Lindvig, G. R., Seikkula, J., Ulland, D., & Zachariassen, K. (2013). Change is an Ongoing Ethical Event: Levinas, Bakhtin and the Dialogical Dynamics of Becoming. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 34(1), 18-31. doi:10.1002/anzf.1003

Bøe, T. D., Kristoffersen, K., Lidbom, P. A., Lindvig, G. R., Seikkula, J., Ulland, D., & Zachariassen, K. (2014). “She Offered Me a Place and a Future”: Change is an Event of Becoming Through Movement in Ethical Time and Space. Contemporary Family Therapy, 36(4), 474-484.

Bøe, T. D., Kristoffersen, K., Lidbom, P. A., Lindvig, G. R., Seikkula, J., Ulland, D., & Zachariassen, K. (2015). ‘Through speaking, he finds himself… a bit’: Dialogues Open for Moving and Living through Inviting Attentiveness, Expressive Vitality and New Meaning. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 36(1), 167-187.

Bøe, T. D., & Ulland, D. (2012). Klassesamtaler som eksistensielt drama: Der psykisk helse oppstår mellom oss Nordic studies in education 32(2), 142-157.

Grosås, A. G. A. (2010). Foreldres indre dialoger i nettverksmøter. (Master), Universitetet i Agder.  

Hauan, A. (2010). Ungdom og "Åpne samtaler i nettverk". Ungdom som har det vanskelig og nettverk som prøver å være til hjelp. Retrieved from Kristiansand:

Holmesland, A.-L., Seikkula, J., & Hopfenbeck, M. (2014). Inter-agency work in Open Dialogue: the significance of listening and authenticity. Journal of interprofessional care(0), 1-7.

Holmesland, A. L., Seikkula, J., Nilsen, O., Hopfenbeck, M., & Erik Arnkil, T. (2010). Open Dialogues in social networks: professional identity and transdisciplinary collaboration. Int J Integr Care, 10.

Lidbom, P. A., Bøe, T. D., Kristoffersen, K., Ulland, D., & Seikkula, J. (2014). A Study of a Network Meeting: Exploring the Interplay between Inner and Outer Dialogues in Significant and Meaningful Moments. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 35(2), 136-149. doi:10.1002/anzf.1052

Lidbom, P. A., Bøe, T. D., Kristoffersen, K., Ulland, D., & Seikkula, J. (2015). How participants’ inner dialogues contribute to significant and meaningful moments in network therapy with adolescents. Contemporary Family Therapy, 37(2), 122-129.

Lidbom, P. A., Bøe, T. D., Kristoffersen, K., Ulland, D., & Seikkula, J. (2016). Shared sequences from network therapy with adolescents only the therapist finds meaningful. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, in press.

Karlsen, L. Å. (2017). Utenfor og innenfor: En kvalitativ studie av skolen som sosial arena–og dens betydning for ungdoms psykiske helse. (Master), Universitetet i Agder, Kristiansand.

Kragstadmoen, I. B. (2011). Hva opplever og erfarer terapeuter som sentrale faktorer i nettverksmøtet? , Universitetet i Agder/University of Agder.

Nielsen, B. B. (2011). Fagfolks erfaringer og opplevelser med nettverksmøter med åpne samtaler. (Master), Universitetet i Agder, Kristiansand.

Ropstad, R. (2010). "- så jeg satt der liksom, jeg håpte på at tiden skulle bli ferdig liksom - ": En studie om ungdoms indre dialoger under en nettverkssamtale. (Master), Universitetet i Agder, Kristiansand.  

Ulland, D., Andersen, A. J. W., Larsen, I. B., & Seikkula, J. (2013). Generating Dialogical Practices in Mental Health: Experiences from Southern Norway, 1998–2008. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 1-10.

Research cooperation

• RVTS South
• Sørlandet Hospital
• Kristiansand Municipality
• The University of South-Eastern Norway
• International network for dialogical practices

Projects

• "The New Helping Landscape in Agder – A Qualitative, Explorative Study of the New Places and Forms of Help After Deinstitutionalization in Mental Health and Substance Abuse." PhD study by Øyvind Hope.
• "Public Health and Life Skills in Schools - An Investigation of Understandings, Practices, and Experiences." Postdoctoral study by Ane Ugland Albæk.
• "No Kids in the Middle." A qualitative study of a service for families living in high conflict after separation. By Anne Margrethe Høigilt, University of Agder (UiA).
• "Children Out of Parental Conflict - Co-Creation of Helpful Measures for Parents and Children Living with High Conflict After Separation. An Action Research Project." PhD study by Bård Bertelsen.
• "On the Border Between Inner and Outer Voices. Exploring the Interplay Between Inner and Outer Dialogues in Network Therapy. A Qualitative Study." By Per Arne Lidbom, Sørlandet Hospital.
• "What Can We Learn from Students’ Learning? A Qualitative Study Based on Students' Descriptions of Their Own Learning." By Odd Kenneth Hillesund, RVTS, and Tore Dag Bøe, UiA.
• "Individual Placement and Support (IPS). What Characterizes the Collaboration Meetings Between Patient, Therapist, NAV Advisor, and Job Specialist in IPS?" PhD study by Ellen Ånestad Moen.
• "A Study on Mental Health - Violence in Close Relationships and Coping. A PhD Study by Helen Kolb, UiA.
• "Social Inequality and Mental Health Problems Among Young Girls in Agder." A PhD study by Janne Lund, UiA.
• "Here and Now Meetings Between Children/Youth, Their Parents, and Helpers. Moments of Interaction in Relation to the Development of Mental Health, in a Dialogue and Network-Based Approach." Master's study by Wenche Winterstø.