PhD, MA in psychology of religion, Uppsala University, licensed psychotherapist with a relational- and group analytic psychotherapy orientation, specialized in trauma treatment and existential health. During the last five years, she has concentrated her work on group analytic psychotherapy for young adults at a Therapy Center for young people in Stockholm.

Key areas of interest and research:

  • protective and risk factors for existential vulnerability among youth with mental ill-health concerns
  • emotion regulation, meaning-making, ontological security and self-identity in child and youth development
  • clinical existential health intervention
  • trauma treatment
  • applied psychology of religion in public health promotion for youth’s resilience and mental health (now working on a large existential intervention project (“Meningen med mig!”) with Västerås diocese and the Church of Sweden Young (SKU)).

www.christinalloyd.se