Charlotte Fiskum

About

Background as a clinical psychologist with two specializations, one in clinical community psychology and the other in child and adolescent psychology. Trained in EMDR and somatic trauma-therapy.

Ph.D. in psychology from NTNU with a focus on intersubjective psychotherapy, autonomic regulation, heart rate variability and psychopathology in children.

I am particularly interested in the intersection of mind-body-context and regulation in psychopathology. I am also very interested in innovative research on transdiagnostic interventions that can strengthen basic regulation in disorders of arousal. This includes systematic use of breath-work, physical activity, visual stimuli, nature, animal-assisted therapy, music, and dyadic co-regulation and neuromodulation. The goal is to contribute to developing and quality-testing low-cost interventions that can be used in low-treshold interventions across systems and with groups less likely to benefit from talk-therapy.

I currently focus a lot of my time on behavioral and non-behavioral addictions within a trauma- and neuroscience-informed regulatory framework.

I like to throw in complexity/chaos theory where I can.

Research

Ongoing research projects:

As project manager/ PI:

What is it about the horse? (Implementering av hesteassisterte intervensjoner i Dialectic Behavioural Therapy). In collaboration with Sykehuset Innlandet Hospital trust.

Psychotherapy with horses in substance use disorders. In collaboration with Kirkens bymisjon.

Drug use and regulation: Searching for the window of tolerance. Development of a regulation-based intervention model for substance-use disorders. In collaboration with St. Olavs Hospital.

Outreach work and regulation. Investigation of regulatory thinking in outreach work with vulnerable young people at risk. In collaboration with Trondheim and Bergen municipalities.

Interoception and trauma. Investigation of links between trauma and interoception.

Internalized weight bias and trauma. Investigation of links between trauma, weight and internalization of weight stigma.

Project-member as a specialist/researcher:

Confident Body, Confident Child / Trygge Kropper, Trygge Barn. Prevention of childhood obesity, body image difficulties and eating disorders. In collaboration with Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes at the Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Trondheim Municipality, and Harvard University.

MHOBY (Mental Health and Obesity). I am a specialist and researcher in the project MHOBY (led by Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes) which develops and tests new treatments for binge eating disorder with an emphasis on trauma and body-based interventions.

Planned projects:

Neuromodulation and regulation. Can the use of tools such as tVNS or tDCS affect regulation positively across conditions?

Completed projects:

Autonomic regulation and psychological difficulties in children.

Right-right hemispheric psychotherapy. Examination of change after time-limited intersubjective child psychotherapy.

Forskningsgruppe: Regulation and Health (RegHe)

Publications

2022

Fiskum, Charlotte. (2022) Betydningen av autonom regulering for psykisk helse og hvordan påvirke denne positivt. Psykologi i kommunen (PIK).
Academic literature review
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Johns, Unni Tanum; Jacobsen, Karl. (2022) Changes in Affect Integration and Internalizing Symptoms After Time-Limited Intersubjective Child Psychotherapy—A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 13.
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Johns, Unni Tanum; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Jacobsen, Karl. (2022) Parents' Experiences of Change in Developmental and Transactional Processes After Time-Limited Intersubjective Child Psychotherapy -A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 13.
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Riiber, Åshild; Eik-Nes Tetlie, Trine. (2022) Prevention of Unhealthy Weight, Disordered Eating, and Poor Body Image in Children. Perspectives From Norwegian Parents and Healthcare Professionals. Frontiers in Psychiatry. volum 13.
Academic article

2021

Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Fiskum, Charlotte; Jacobsen, Karl; Lydersen, Stian; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Inhibitory Control Moderates the Effect of Anxiety on Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability: Findings from a Community Sample of Young School-Aged Children. Cognitive Therapy and Research. volum 45.
Academic article
Berg, Kjersti Hognes; Fiskum, Charlotte; Eik-Nes Tetlie, Trine. (2021) Utredning av kroppsbildeforstyrrelse hos personer med fedme og overspisingslidelse. Fysioterapeuten. volum 21 (6).
Article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Johns, Unni Tanum; Jacobsen, Karl. (2021) Differences in affect integration in children with and without internalizing difficulties. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. volum 9.
Academic article
Tetlie Eik-Nes, Trine; Fiskum, Charlotte. (2021) Trygge Kropper Trygge Barn.Foreldreveiledning for å hjelpe barn vokse opp med trygge kropper. NTNU, Trondheim. 2021.
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2019

Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Fiskum, Charlotte; Aslaksen, Per M; Flaten, Magne Arve; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2019) Internalizing problems and attentional control: Effects on cardiac autonomic responses after the induction of negative affect. Journal of Psychophysiology.
Academic article
Fiol-Veny, Aina; Balle, Maria; Fiskum, Charlotte; Bornas, Xavier. (2019) Sex differences in adolescents? cardiac reactivity and recovery under acute stress: The importance of nonlinear measures. Psychophysiology.
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte. (2019) Psychotherapy beyond all the words: Dyadic expansion, vagal regulation, and biofeedback in psychotherapy. Journal of psychotherapy integration. volum 29 (4).
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Flaten, Magne Arve; Aslaksen, Per M; Bornas, Xavier; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2019) Reactive Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Entropy in Children with Internalizing Disorder and Healthy Controls. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. volum 44 (4).
Academic article

2018

Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Bornas, Xavier; Aslaksen, Per M; Flaten, Magne; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2018) Non-linear heart rate variability as a discriminator of internalizing psychopathology and negative affect in children with internalizing problems and healthy controls. Frontiers in Physiology. volum 9 (561).
Academic article

2017

Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Aslaksen, Per M; Svendsen, Birgit Anita; Flaten, Magne; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2017) Cardiac complexity and emotional dysregulation in children. International Journal of Psychophysiology. volum 121.
Academic article

Journal publications

Fiskum, Charlotte. (2022) Betydningen av autonom regulering for psykisk helse og hvordan påvirke denne positivt. Psykologi i kommunen (PIK).
Academic literature review
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Johns, Unni Tanum; Jacobsen, Karl. (2022) Changes in Affect Integration and Internalizing Symptoms After Time-Limited Intersubjective Child Psychotherapy—A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 13.
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Johns, Unni Tanum; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Jacobsen, Karl. (2022) Parents' Experiences of Change in Developmental and Transactional Processes After Time-Limited Intersubjective Child Psychotherapy -A Qualitative Study. Frontiers in Psychology. volum 13.
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Riiber, Åshild; Eik-Nes Tetlie, Trine. (2022) Prevention of Unhealthy Weight, Disordered Eating, and Poor Body Image in Children. Perspectives From Norwegian Parents and Healthcare Professionals. Frontiers in Psychiatry. volum 13.
Academic article
Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Fiskum, Charlotte; Jacobsen, Karl; Lydersen, Stian; Wichstrøm, Lars. (2021) Inhibitory Control Moderates the Effect of Anxiety on Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability: Findings from a Community Sample of Young School-Aged Children. Cognitive Therapy and Research. volum 45.
Academic article
Berg, Kjersti Hognes; Fiskum, Charlotte; Eik-Nes Tetlie, Trine. (2021) Utredning av kroppsbildeforstyrrelse hos personer med fedme og overspisingslidelse. Fysioterapeuten. volum 21 (6).
Article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Johns, Unni Tanum; Jacobsen, Karl. (2021) Differences in affect integration in children with and without internalizing difficulties. Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. volum 9.
Academic article
Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Fiskum, Charlotte; Aslaksen, Per M; Flaten, Magne Arve; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2019) Internalizing problems and attentional control: Effects on cardiac autonomic responses after the induction of negative affect. Journal of Psychophysiology.
Academic article
Fiol-Veny, Aina; Balle, Maria; Fiskum, Charlotte; Bornas, Xavier. (2019) Sex differences in adolescents? cardiac reactivity and recovery under acute stress: The importance of nonlinear measures. Psychophysiology.
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte. (2019) Psychotherapy beyond all the words: Dyadic expansion, vagal regulation, and biofeedback in psychotherapy. Journal of psychotherapy integration. volum 29 (4).
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Flaten, Magne Arve; Aslaksen, Per M; Bornas, Xavier; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2019) Reactive Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Entropy in Children with Internalizing Disorder and Healthy Controls. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. volum 44 (4).
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Bornas, Xavier; Aslaksen, Per M; Flaten, Magne; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2018) Non-linear heart rate variability as a discriminator of internalizing psychopathology and negative affect in children with internalizing problems and healthy controls. Frontiers in Physiology. volum 9 (561).
Academic article
Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Aslaksen, Per M; Svendsen, Birgit Anita; Flaten, Magne; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2017) Cardiac complexity and emotional dysregulation in children. International Journal of Psychophysiology. volum 121.
Academic article

PRODUKT

Tetlie Eik-Nes, Trine; Fiskum, Charlotte. (2021) Trygge Kropper Trygge Barn.Foreldreveiledning for å hjelpe barn vokse opp med trygge kropper. NTNU, Trondheim. 2021.
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Teaching

Courses

Ongoing educational projects:

Resources for work inclusion. Development of a EVU course in clinical community psychology at masters-level.

Media

Hei Kropp og selvfølelse

Bidratt i utvikling av et sett samtalekort rundt kropp, kroppsbilde, selvfølelse og prestasjonspress.

Trygge Kropper, Trygge Barn

Oversetting og kulturell tilpasning av Confident Body, Confident Child til norsk. Sammen med Åshild Riiber og Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes.

2021

Lecture

Tetlie Eik-Nes, Trine; Fiskum, Charlotte; Berg, Kjersti Hognes. (2021) Fagdag: Kroppsregulering. Jubileumsuke. Enhet for fysioterapitjenester/Friskliv & Mestring . Trondheim Kommune; Trondheim. 2021-11-24 - 2021-11-24.
Academic lecture

Tetlie Eik-Nes, Trine; Fiskum, Charlotte; Riiber, Åshild; Hart, Laura. (2021) Trygge Kropper, Trygge Barn. Et foreldrekurs for utvikling av et positivt kroppsbilde og sunne matvaner hos barn i førskolealder. Fedmeforskningsdagene 2021 . Norsk Forening for Fedmeforskning; Bergen. 2021-10-21 - 2021-10-22.

2017

Poster

Fiskum, Charlotte. (2017) Cardiac complexity predicts degree of internalizing psychopathology in children with internalizing problems. Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences 27th Annual International Conference . Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences; Cincinnati. 2017-08-11 - 2017-08-13.
Poster

Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Aslaksen, Per M; Flaten, Magne Arve; Jacobsen, Karl Henry. (2017) Non-linear heartrate complexity predicts degree of anxiety problems in children with internalizing difficulties and healthy controls. SPR Annual Meeting . Society for Psychophysiological research; Wien. 2017-10-11 - 2017-10-13.
Poster

Fiskum, Charlotte; Andersen, Tonje Grønning; Jacobsen, Karl Henry; Nordbotn, Merete; Brubakk, Katrin Glatz; Svendsen, Birgit Anita. (2017) the affect integration interview as a tool to asses change in affect integration. 12th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology . University of Roehampton; London. 2017-07-17 - 2017-07-19.

2013

Poster

Svendsen, Birgit; Fiskum, Charlotte; Flaten, Magne Arve; Jacobsen, Karl. (2013) Attachment, emotion regulation and the developmental process of integration of emotional and cognitive processes. 6th International Attacment Conference . International Assosiation of Attachment; Pavia. 2013-08-30 - 2013-09-01.

Språkvelger

Charlotte Fiskum