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is a therapist and metacognitive specialist, managing several clinics in Denmark and providing metacognitive therapy online in English. She has a PhD from Manchester University and trained with the ...

is a detective chief superintendent and associate professor at the Norwegian Police University College in Oslo, and has 15 years’ experience as a senior detective in the Oslo Police department and at ...

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is a cartographer and writer living and working in Minneapolis.

is a psychologist and personality researcher at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. His work focuses on motivated (self-)perception, specifically examining individual differences in self-knowledge ...