Katharine Cecilia Williams

Foto: Thomas Brun/NTB
Editor-in-Chief
Email: katharine@psykologtidsskriftet.no
Telefon: 908 45 076
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katharinececiliawilliams/
Affiliations
None
Previous affiliation: National Unit for Hearing Impairment and Mental Health, Oslo University Hospital
Education
2010-2015: University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, PhD in clinical psychology
Thesis title: Avoidance, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mental Distress in Hearing Impaired Employees
2013: Norwegian Psychological Association, specialist in clinical psychology
2007: Norwegian Psychological Association, specialist in industrial-organizational psychology
1996–2000: University of Bergen, Faculty of Psychology. Cand.psychol. (PSyD)
Thesis title: Time Pressure and Decision Making – testing an inventory on hypervigilant decision making in a simulated search and rescue operation
Professional appointments
2020- to date: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Norwegian Psychological Association
2019- 2020: Head of Test Development, Hogrefe Norge
2015- 2019: Editor, Gyldendal akademisk
2009- 2015: PhD student/candidate and specialist in psychology,
National Unit for Hearing Impairment and Mental Health, Oslo University Hospital
2005–2009: Clinical psychologist specialist, Aker University Hospital
Published works, mostly in Norwegian.
(English translations in italics)
Books
Williams, K.C. (2018). Hørselstap – stress og mestring. Gyldendal (ISBN 978-82-05-513914).
Hearing loss: Stress and coping
Williams, K.C. (2013). Tinnitus - bryt lydbarrieren med kognitiv terapi. Gyldendal Akademisk (ISBN 978-82-05-40744-2).
Tinnitus: Breaking the sound barrier with cognitive therapy
Journals
Williams, K.C., Falkum, E., Martinsen, E.W. (2015). Fear of negative evaluation, avoidance and mental distress among hearing-impaired employees. Rehabilitation Psychology, 60(1), pp. 51–58.
Williams, K.C., Martinsen, E.W., Falkum, E. (2015). A cognitive therapy program for hearing-impaired employees suffering from mental distress. International Journal of Audiology, 54(4), pp. 227–233.
Williams, K.C. (2014). Psykologens bidrag til alternativindustrien. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 51, pp. 574–575.
The psychologist's contribution to the alternative medicine industry
Williams, K.C. (2013). Etikk- forvaltning og rådgivning på samme tid? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 133(04), p. 387.
Ethics: Managing and consulting simultaneously?
Williams, K.C. (2010). Kunsten å skape en felles plattform med pasienten - ABC i å konseptualisere forbindelsen mellom tanke og følelse. Tidsskrift for kognitiv terapi, (3), pp. 20–26.
The art of creating a common ground with the patient: An ABC in conceptualizing the connection between thought and feeling.
Williams, K.C. (2009). Hørselstap - sorg og aksept, stress og mestring. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 46(5), pp. 460–465.
Hearing loss: Grief and acceptance, stress and coping
Williams, K.C. (2009). Når den blinde skal lede den døve - tolkebruk i psykisk helsevern. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening, 46(11), pp. 1056–1061.
The blind leading the deaf: Use of interpreters in mental health care