PSYCHOTHERAPY IS NOT THE REFLECTION OF A PRE-EXISTING TRUTH, BUT LIKE ART, THE ACT OF BRINGING TRUTH INTO BEING - Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Life. Therapy. Art.
Expression gives the possibility to speak what is unspeakable. It helps to see things from a different perspective. Perspective makes our mental space bigger, so we can explore. Exploring leads us to creation. Creation is a movement. With every step we get a new chance. To understand ourselves, others and the world.
This page is created to show my work as a psychotherapist and Expressive Art Psychotherapy in use.
I hope that this page can inspire, support and help you. We are all masters of art. Art brings the truth. The truth within you.
The quote I use as a title of my page is a paraphrase of Merleau-Ponty words which says: "Philosophy is not the reflection...". Phenomenology is one of the main pillars in ExA psychotherapy approach.

EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY
Kunst- og uttrykksterapi (KUT) er en psykoterapeutisk behandlingsform der forestillingsevnen og kreative skapende uttrykk kombineres med samtale. Expressive Arts Therapy er velkjent i hele verden og brukt i norske helsevesen. Kunst- og Uttrykksterapi refererer til kognitive evner samtidig som den utforsker kreative sider av mennesker og deres ressurser.

DRAWING
I have discovered drawing as an adult. One day I just sat down and tried. Drawing need a little bit of talent but mostly practice and finding out of what do you like and how do you want to see your work. And the best thing is that if you don't find your own way it is also perfectly ok. There is no "must" in art, unless you are the guy who painted Mona Lisa. Then you can feel a bit of pressure ;) I use mostly aquarelle but also other technics like: charcoal, oil and acrylic painting.

PHOTOGRAPHY
I loved to look at and take pictures since I remember. In 2007 I met Thomas who was a huge photo enthusiast. So we thought that it would be great if we did something with our passion. We started to travel across Norway and world to take all kinds of pictures. Wedding, street, commercial. Some years later we opened our photo-atelier i Bergen. At some point we decided to focus on other things in life than pictures, but on this page you can see only some of pictures I have chosen from our huge portfolio.

WRITING
I wrote my first story in age of 13. It was a romantic story of a summer love. It did not end well. Which summer love does? ;) I still have it! Twenty years later I won literary competition and after this I wrote my first book. Some years later came next books. I had been writing also for magazines: "Zwierciadło", "Bluszcz", and on line for "Przystań Literacka". I do hope that blog on this page will bring those of you liked my writing back and that you will enjoy it.