CV

CV

Born: 17^th of March 1957.

Education:

1993: M.A. Psychology, University of Copenhagen.

2001: Ph.D. Psychology, University of Copenhagen.

Professional Qualifications:.

2005: State-registered Specialist in Psychoanalytic Psychoterapy.

1998: Authorization as Clinical Psychologist.

1995-1997: Completed a three year postgraduate education as psychoanalytic psychotherapist at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IPP) in Denmark.

1991-1994: Completed classical psychoanalysis.

Employment:               

2005: Associate Professor, University Clinic, Dep. of Psychology, University of Copenhagen.

2002-2005: Assistant Professor, University Clinic, Dep. of Psychology, University of Copenhagen.

2000-2002: Two-year Post Doc. research scholarship: "The Self in Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology" [Selvet i neuropsykologi og klinisk psykologi] financed by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities.

1999-2000: Neuropsychologist at Frederiksberg Hospital, Stroke Unit,

1994-1996: Neuropsychologist at the Multiple Sclerosis Hospital in Haslev, Denmark.

1993-1994: 3 month appointment as neuropsychologist at Hillerød Hospital, Rehabilitation Unit Esbønderup.

1993: 6 month appointment, as neuropsychologist at Bispebjerg Hospital, Stroke Unit.

1991-1993: Working full time as social work assistant at Thorshøjgaard,

an institution for young people with personality disorders.

1988-1990: Engaged part-time at the Center for Rehabilitation of Brain Injury.

1985-1986: Engaged part-time at Kalleruphus, a psychotherapeutic institution for 18-25-year olds with personality disorders or other psychiatric diseases.

1976-1977: Working in England as a nursery assistant at "Sunshine House", an institution for blind children in Northwood.

Primary fields of research

Personlighedsdiagnostik og -udredning. Personlighedsforstyrrelser og neuropsykologiske forstyrrelser. Spædbarnets neuro-psykodynamiske udvikling i det interpersonelle interaktionsfelt. Forskning i supervision af psykoterapi.

Current research

• Siden 2002 medlem af Center for Psykoterapiforskning v. Susanne Lunn, Stig Poulsen og Susanne Harder og personligt aktiv i dataindsamlingen i Bulimiprojektet (klientoptag stort set slut - mangler 1-2 individer). Jeg har udredt forekomsten af personlighedsforstyrrelser udfra DSM-systemets kategorisering med Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders - Axes II (SCID-II) samt via 3-timers videoptagne interviews ratet klienternes psykodynamiske profil med Karolinska Psychodynamic Profile (KAPP) og har til dato KAPP-profil for godt 70 individer med bulimi. Jeg var iøvrigt initiativtager til todageskonferencen The Copenhagen Conference on Attachment, Loss and Personality Development i juni 2006, der foregik som et samarbejde mellem Universitetsklinikken og bl.a. IPTP.
• Efteråret 2007 medstifter af Center for Supervision sammen med Jan Nielsen (initiativtager) og Peter Elsass samt lektor og klinikleder Claus Haugaard Jacobsen fra Aalborg Universitet. Planlagde og afholdt i 2008 todageskonferencen med titlen: "Supervision: Research and Clinical Practice". Jan Nielsen og undertegnedes supervisions-forskning ligger pr. 2012 under Center for Psykoterapiforskning.
• Medstifter af Center for Psykoanalyse på initiativ af Judy Gammelgaard efter ph.d.kurset "Psychoanalysis at the Frontier" (PAF). Center for Psykoanalyses bestyrelse består af Judy Gammelgaard, Birgit Bork Mathiesen, Simo Køppe, Jan Nielsen, Katrine Zeuthen samt Signe Holm Pedersen. Har sammen med Judy Gammelgaard og Katrine Zeuthen redigeret bogen "Det Taler. Psykoanalytiske dialoger". Yderligere oplysninger fås på psy.ku.dk under Forskning: Centre.
• Næstformand i Institut for PersonlighedsTeori og Psykopatologi (IPTP), der arrangerede XIII International Congress on the Disorders of Personality 16-19 september 2013 her i København. Scientific Comittee-medlem. Det var samtidig the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders' (ISSPD) 25 års jubilæumskongres - den første blev ligeledes afholdt i København.

Teaching

Klinisk psykologi og neuropsykologi på voksenområdet.

Fields of interest

Klinisk neuropsykologi, personlighedsændring efter hjerneskade. Personlighedsforstyrrelser - udredning og behandling. Psykoanalytisk teori og terapi.

Short presentation

Research fields

• Personality Disorders. Theory, assessment, diagnosis, treatment.
• Psychotherapy research
• Supervision research
• Neuropsychology and clinical psychology, especially in relation to personality disorders/borderline, personality change after brain injury, and neuro-psychoanalytic theories.
• Psychoanalytic theory and psychotherapy

Research group memberships

• Department of Psychology: Centre for Psychotherapy Research, of which the former Centre for Supervision is now part
• Department of Psychology: Centre for Psychoanalysis
• The Institute for Personality Theory and Psychopathology (IPTP): Deputy Head of the executive committee. The institute is the Danish branch of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD)
• The Nordic Psychotherapy Training and Supervision Project (NORTRAS). A collaboration between Departments of Psychology in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Participating together with Associate Professor Jan Nielsen from Dep. of Psychology, University of Copenhagen

Research: brief description

Birgit Bork Mathiesen is Associate Professor in clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen. With a background in clinical neuropsychology combined with a 3 year-postgraduate education as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, my research career started with my Ph.D.-dissertation on Personality Change after Brain Injury. This lead to a Post Doc-project on similarities and differences in borderline and organic personality disorder, and an ongoing research related to personality disorders, neuropsychological assessment and personality assessment, and psychoanalytic theory & assessment of personality organization, as well as psychotherapy and psychotherapy training and supervision. As a member of the Centre for Psychotherapy Research, I took part in the Copenhagen Bulimia Trial, both in the assessment of personality disorders and the psychodynamic profile of the patients, and as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. We still publish new papers based on data from this study. Internationally, and in collaboration with Associate Professor Jan Nielsen, we have met with colleagues from Norway and Sweden over the last couple of years in the NORTRAS-group, discussing the initiation of research in our students’ education and professional development as psychotherapists. We have data on our students’ Self-efficacy-development, and are submitting a systematic review on group supervision shortly.

Current research projects

• Supervised Marianne Skovgaard Thomsen’s Ph.D. project on Neuropsychological Impairment in Women with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Study of Cognitive Impairments Associated with Childhood Trauma, Borderline Personality Dimensions and Changes in Cognition after Six Months Treatment with Mentalization Based Therapy. Two outcome papers are resubmitted after review to Journal of Personality Disorders, a third paper on the history of the neuropsychology in borderline personality disorder is ready for submission. The thesis will be handed in before December 2015.
• “Group supervision as psychotherapy training method - An updated review of the research” (Pedersen, S.H., Mathiesen, B.B., & Nielsen, J.), almost ready for submission. Our first outcome related to the NORTRAS-collaboration
• “Self-efficacy beliefs in psychology students training to become therapists: Does working with real clients matter?” Under revision.

Teaching

Teaching and supervision at BA, KA, and PhD. Levels in:

• Master’s theses
• Clinical psychology with personality, personality disorders, and neuroscience aspects