Using an Organisational Perspective to Intervene When Disaster Strikes: Learning from Experience following the Terror Attacks in Norway on 22 July, 2011*

Specialist in clinical, occupational and organisational psychology. Since 1986, as a leader and a consultant, she has been offering specialised psychological support in the aftermath of national and municipal traumas and severe crises, especially, but not exclusively, in Norway. In her consultation to leaders following a trauma she focuses on psychological structure, role, and task. She has been a director in the public health system in Norway, a deputy for the Norwegian Red Cross and Norwegian Peoples Aid in war-conflicted areas in the Balkans and Mozambique. She has directed group relation conferences and worked as staff member in Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Faroe Islands. She is a member of ISPSO, OPUS, and AGSLO.