Hillevi Bergvall

I am a researcher and director of studies at the Competence Centre for Psychotherapy, within the Centre for Psychiatry Research, which is part of both KI and Region Stockholm Healthcare Services. I have a PhD from Karolinska Institutet 2025 and graduated from the psychology programme at Stockholm university in 2009. My clinical experience includes seven years in specialised psychiatric outpatient care of depression and anxiety disorders, and co-founding a psychiatric clinic. Currently, my role as a director of studies for the psychologists' internship in Region Stockholm includes the education of 170 novice psychologists and their supervisors yearly.

Does training and education improve competence? Is CBT for anxiety and depression delivered competently within routine clinical care, according to guidelines, and is this related to patient outcome? What CBT techniques and procedures are delivered, according to patients? My doctoral thesis focused on the quality assurance of CBT for adults with depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post traumatic stress disorder. Previous research includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the treatment of stress among social workers: a randomized controlled trial and an observational study of the psychological internships during the pandemic.