Parental guidance
Being a parent is often demanding, and it can lead to bad thoughts and feelings when you experience challenges. It is not unusual to be unsure of how to understand the child's needs, or handle the child's expression and behaviour.
Many parents want concrete advice and guidance, and others may feel the need for help to manage their own feelings and thoughts related to the child or the parenting role.
Whatever the reason, it can sometimes be very useful to talk to an outside professional, to get new perspectives, knowledge, tools, guidance, or support to find good solutions yourself.
What is parental guidance?
In parental guidance, the psychologist will listen to your challenges and have the overall goal of guiding you to an experience of mastering the parenting role. Among other things, you will learn to meet the child and his feelings and behavior in a good way, while at the same time setting safe boundaries and safeguarding the bond between you.
The psychologist starts from research-based knowledge, and you put together a plan to work with what feels significant and useful.
Parental guidance is offered over video or at our clinic in Vika in Oslo, to one or both parents, without children present.
Who is parental guidance suitable for?
Parental guidance is suitable for anyone who wants tools to give their child a safe and good upbringing, increase their own well-being in the parental role and increase the opportunities for a better relationship with the child.
Price and information
We recommend that the first conversation with the psychologist lasts 90 minutes. This is to ensure that the psychologist gets to know you/you well, and needs are mapped and assessed. Then you have better conditions for a good collaboration. After the first lesson, you can also choose other appointment lengths.
| Parental guidance (1 person) – 90 min | 2885NOK | |
| Parental guidance (1 person) – 75 min | 2400NOK | |
| Parental guidance (1 person) – 45 min | 1475NOK | |
| Parental guidance (2 persons) – 90 min | 3125NOK | |
| Parental guidance (2 persons) – 75 min | 2615NOK | |
| Parental guidance (2 persons) – 60 min | 2100NOK |
Book appointment
Get to know the psychologists who offer parental guidance and book an appointment below.
Mikaela Lindgren
Offers appointments over video and at Kry Vika in Oslo. Offers counseling to individuals of all ages, including children.
Mikaela has a degree in psychology and is currently specializing in child and youth psychology.
Through several years of experience in the Specialist Health Service and the private sector, Mikaela has worked with a wide range of difficulties, problems, and therapeutic directions.
She is an expert on working with children and young people, families, and couples. Mikaela mainly works with individual therapy and parent guidance but also offers couple therapy. She has further education in developmental disorders, parental guidance, eating disorders, and can tailor the sessions to your needs. In addition, Mikaela works as an expert member of the County Board (Fylkesnemnda).
She can offer conversations to children, young people, and adults. Mikaela accepts individuals, couples, families, and parents who want guidance. She can offer conversations in Norwegian and English and to Swedish and Danish-speaking clients.
Ida Rolfsnes
Offers appointments over video and at Kry Vika in Oslo. Offers counseling to individuals aged 16 and above.
I have a degree in psychology from the University of Oslo with specialization in clinical psychology, and have started specializing in adult psychiatry. I have worked for several years with the assessment and treatment of adults in the specialist health service, with a wide range of mental disorders, addiction problems and life difficulties. I have also worked with children and families, including parent guidance.
I can offer conversations to individuals and couples, in Norwegian and English, and to Swedish and Danish-speaking clients.
Kristoffer Kostveit
Offers appointments over video and at Kry Vika in Oslo. Offers counseling to individuals aged 16 and above.
I have a degree from the University of Oslo, and have worked in psychiatry, substance abuse care, municipal mental health services for adults, and family offices. I have gained extensive experience from working with people from all age groups with a wide range of mental health problems, from pervasive mental disorders and developmental disorders, substance abuse problems, to mild to moderate mental health problems.
I can offer conversations to individuals and couples, in Norwegian and English, and to Swedish and Danish-speaking clients.
Miriam Voreland Nilsen
Offers appointments over video and at Kry Vika in Oslo. Offers counseling to individuals aged 18 and above.
I am a trained psychologist at the University of Oslo, and I now specialize in clinical adult psychology. I have courses in trauma understanding and trauma treatment for adults, and further education in psychological work with children, young people and families. I have broad experience from working with people of all ages in the specialist health service and the municipality.
I can offer conversations to individuals in Norwegian and English, and to Swedish and Danish-speaking clients.
Sidrah Mukhtar
Offers appointments over video. Offers counseling to individuals of all ages.
I have a degree in psychology from the University of Oslo. I have several years of experience in mental health care from the specialist health service DPS with adults and BUP (child and youth psychiatry) with children/families. I also have education in affect awareness, cognitive behavioral therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and manual evidence-based treatment for mental disorders such as anxiety/depression. I have broad expertise in the investigation/mapping and treatment of mental disorders. In addition to this, I have experience from PPT (pedagogical psychological service) and child protection.
I can offer calls to individuals in Norwegian and English, and to Swedish and Danish-speaking clients.
Daniel Aga
Offers appointments over video. Offers counseling to individuals aged 16 and above.
I am educated at the University of Tromsø, and have extensive experience with investigations and treatment from the specialist health service. Now I work at a low-threshold service in the municipality for families in Oslo. This has helped me to meet those seeking help where they are and in the phase of life they are currently in. I am now further training to become a psychologist specialist in the field of clinical adult psychology, which I will have completed by 2024.
I can offer calls to individuals via video, in Norwegian and English, and to Swedish and Danish-speaking clients.