Education

2016- 21: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. PhD Clinical psychology. Planning and conducting studies, teaching MA students. Studies discontinued March 2021, due to personal reasons and practical circumstances/covid pandemic.
2016- 18: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. MA Clinical and health psychology.
Master thesis (Research part): «Emotional Recognition and
Expressiveness among Young Adults Born Preterm». A cross sectional online study.
MA thesis (Applied part): «Smoking Cessation Counselling». Developing and implementing a smoking cessation counselling program over 6-8 sessions for application in practice under supervision of Dr.Scient Robert Urban, ELTE.
2015 – 16: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. BA psychology; Behavioral analyst.
2014 – 15: University of Pécs, Hungary, BA Psychology
2014: BA level Psychology courses (50 ECTS) as an external candidate, University of Oslo
2012: Cognitive therapy, part 1, Norsk Forening for KognitivTerapi (Equivalent to 30 ECTS, if the student take an additional college level home exam)
2006 – 07: Master Mental Health Care, Hedmark/Vestfold University College.
Master thesis: ”An Alleviating Room?”
This is a literature resume, studying if architecture and interior in psychiatric inpatient units may have alleviating properties for people suffering from psychosis.
2005: Postgraduate studies in Guiding and Coaching, Vestfold University College
2003 – 04: Postgraduate studies in Mental Healthcare, Vestfold University College (Part 1 of MA studies in Mental Health Care)
1997 – 00: BA Nursing, Ålesund University College
1997: Examen Philosophicum, Ålesund University College/ University of Bergen

Work and experience

2025 Psychologist in private practice
2025 Dedicare (Temp agency) Psychiatric nurse, Nordfjord Psykiatrisenter, Seksjon Rus. 7 week contract ( 01.07.25 – 15.08.24) in an inpatient ward treating addictions.
2024- 2025 Britannica International School, Budapest. School psychologist for secondary grade students ( age 11-18), and teacher of psychology AS and A level
2024 Legeleasing (Temp agency) Psychiatric nurse, Nordfjord Psykiatrisenter, Seksjon Rus. 8 week contract ( 24.06 – 18.08.24) in an inpatient ward treating addictions. 2023 – 2025 Nion.no. Online councelling.
2022- 2023 From July 2022; Having a Sabbatical period, including a 3 month silent meditation winter retreat, “Kyolche” at Eredeti Fény Zen Templom, Esztergom. 2022: Dedicare (temp agency): 3 month assignment for Finnmarkssykehuset, Child and Adolescent outpatient clinic BUP Hammerfest. ADHD assessments, school observations, short term follow-up.
2021: EmmaSofia Klinikk. Psychologist and psychiatric nurse. Assessment/intake, follow-up and administration of ketamine treatment for treatment resistant depression,3 months.
2021: Pandemic centre, Tromsø Kommune. PCR testing, Tracking of infected, overview over daily routines and functions.
2019-2021: Child and adolescent outpatient clinic, University hospital of North Norway, BUP Storslett (Mandatory practice year for obtaining Norwegian authorisation as a clinical psychologist)
2016 – 2021: Therapion.com. Online therapy and counselling.
2014 -2019: Ambulatory Acute Team, Vestfold District Psychiatric Centre.Psychiatric nurse.
Substitute at holidays and vacations. The crisis resolution team provides assessment and treatment to clients being acute suicidal, having an acute psychosis, and other conditions. Home treatment is preferred, but clients are hospitalised when necessary. The team works close with other psychiatrists, other in-and out patient psychiatric facilities, clients families, and other relevant primary and secondary health care and welfare services.
2010 – 14: General psychiatric policlinic, SVDPS. Psychiatric nurse/ therapist. Full time position. Assessing patients, giving treatment in cooperation with psychiatrist and/or psychologist, including acute assessments.Use of MINI, SCID-II, GAF, SCL-90 and other assessment tools.Cooperation with local health and welfare services, and different specialised psychiatric services.
2008 – 10: Rehabilitation inpatient unit 2,(Psychosis), SVDPS.
Psychiatric nurse, full time. Co-researcher and co-author in the milieu therapy project ”When the boundaries dissolve”. This was a co- operative project between Vestfold University College and Rehab inpatient unit 2
2005 – 08: Post B (Psychosis), SVDPS.
Psychiatric nurse, full time night.In this period I did my postgraduate studies in guiding, and my masters studies parallel while working full time.
2004 – 05: Team coordinator/psychiatric nurse post B,(Psychosis), SVDPS.Full time. Coordinating daily management of the unit. Follow up and coordination of treatment in cooperation with the unit manager. Assessing and transfer of patient to local, community based care.
2003 – 04: Postgraduate studies in mental health care. (Part of MA Mental health care). Working every 3rd weekend at Post B, SVDPS during studies.
2002 – 03: Nurse and Team coordinator unit B1.Full time.Coordinating daily management. Follow up and coordination of treatment in co-operation with the unit manager.
2001 – 02: Nurse, Unit B1(Psychosis). Full time. SVDPS
2000 – 01: Nurse, Tjenester i hjemmet, Nesodden Kommune, Nesodden.Full time. Local community care, providing nursing services to people living in their own home.
1999 – 00: Substitute/assistant, Children’s medical unit, Ålesund Hospital
1998 – 00: Substitute/assistant, Unit for Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Ålesund Hospital
1998: Summer substitute, Nevrohjemmet, Ålesund. A rehabilitation home for people suffering different neurological conditions, mainly MS.
1996: Vacation substitute, Gilde, Ålesund. Production of different meat and meat products.
1995: Vacation substitute, Gilde, Ålesund. Production of different meat and meat products.
1995: Substitute, Unit for dementia, Ålesund Sykehjem, Ålesund
1994: Summer substitute, Maid, Scandic Hotell, Ålesund
1993: Summer substitute, Vågsøy Sjukeheim, Måløy
1992 – 93: Assistant at Førde Central Hospital, at Medical unit and Unit for Physical medicine and rehabilitation.
1989 – 91: Substitute, Apoteket Måken (Pharmacy), Måløy

Courses

2024: General nursing update course (online), University of Agder, Norway
2018: Online courses in R (Datacamp.com) Completed courses:
Introduction to R course,
Importing data to R course (part 1), Datamanipulation in R with Dplyr course, Datavisualization with ggplot2 (part 1) course, Datavizualization with ggplot2 (part 2) course
2014: SCID-II – extended course
2011: SCID-II
2011: MINI
2011: Assessing suicidal risk
2010: Introduction GAF/SCL-90
2010: Health personnel and their duty to witness
2010: Writing patient journal
2008: First aid. Suicidal risk
2008: How to meet patients pain, and how to stand in the painful field.
2008: Research course
2006: SCL-90
2005: Practical work with patients suffering double diagnosis; addiction and psychiatric disorders.
2004: Basic course in guiding
2003: Ethical and legal challenges in working with psychiatric patients 2002: Cognitive problems in schizophrenia and consequences for treatment 2002: Course for guiding nurses
2002: Follow up seminar, Individual plan
2001: ”The inner dialogue” – Introduction to cognitive therapy
2001: Aggressive behavior and violent behavior
2001: Seminar, Individual Plan

*Note that the above mentioned courses are usually of 1, 2 or 3 days duration.

Publications

Hovland-Hegg, I.(2018). Can hypnotherapy be useful for parents and preterm infants
in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ?

«Extremely low birthweight infants; gender differences in developmental quotient»

Poster section, Illyés Sándor Memorial Conference, Budapest, 16-18.03 2016:

Poster section, DUCOG VIII, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28.04-01.05.2016

«Extremely low birthweight infants; gender differences in developmental quotient»

Hovland-Hegg I, Brekke M., Syse J, Andvig E. (2009). Forskningsprosjektet Miljøterapi ”Når rammene løses opp”. Miljøterapiens verdigrunnlag og innhold. Notat nr. 1. Tønsberg: Høgskolen i Vestfold

Grants
Talented Student Program of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, offered financial support for covering the registration fee for the DUCOG VIII conference, 2016

Award
Illyés Sándor Nívódíj Külnd.jat, 18 march 2016.

Volunteer/charity work
In 2015 I made the initiative and started a Facebook based knitting group «Strikk til premature,Budapest» («Knitting for preterm infants, Budapest»), where members contribute with knitted hats, socks and blankets for preterm infants, which was handed over to Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Budapest. This project is now closed.

Languages
Norwegian – mother tongue, including nynorsk English – fluent, both oral and written
Hungarian – A1

Other
Experienced in data, both Windows and Mac
DIPS Arena
Meona