Find a Certified Trainer
Certification as a FIT Trainer is a rigorous process involving the completion of extensive coursework, passing a standardized competency exam, subjecting training skills to peer review, and ongoing participation in continuing education activities.
Certified FIT Trainers are an elite group who work in diverse locations around the world.
If you need help in your use of FIT or DP — whether onsite or remotely — you can find the complete list of ICCE CFT’s below.
List of ICCE FIT certified trainers
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Dirk Kehr
Dirk works in the non-profit social sector with a dedicated focus in the areas of mental health promotion, addiction recovery and work integration.
With a background in psychology of religion and social entrepreneurship systematic feedback has been and continues to be a central source of inspiration for innovation and improvement within social work.
Dirk has been actively working with FIT since 2017
Sweden
Heidi Mei Larsen
Heidi is an educated social worker, and has worked in social psychiatry for some years now and finds each day instructive. She currently works on a residential offer, in the countryside, and loves it.
Denmark
Ryan Melton
Ryan Melton is the clinical director for the EASA Center for Excellence at Oregon Health and Science University and a Associate Professor at Northwest Christian University. He oversees the University’s Clinical Mental Health Clinic and the statewide implementation of the early identification and treatment of psychosis (EASA) program in Oregon where feedback informed treatment is utilized.
United States
Michael Wai Doung Koo, MA, RCC, Certified FIT Trainer
Doung is a Registered Clinical Counsellor in Vancouver Canada and has been using FIT since 2003. In 2012, Doung implemented FIT in the B.C. gambling support program which he has managed for the past eight years.
Canada
Lotta Heiskanen, Certified FIT Trainer
Lotta Heiskanen works as a development manager at Komppi, Helsinki, Finland. Komppi is one of the largest companies in Finland offering evidence-based services for mental well-being. Lotta is a psychologist (Lic. A. Psych., specialist degree in psychotherapy), licensed psychotherapist and psychotherapy trainer in integrative psychotherapy. She offers training, consultation, supervision and helps implementing FIT in several organizations.
Finland
Ingrid Van Den Berg, Certified FIT Trainer
Ingrid is a clinical psychologist-psychotherapist working with youth in the Netherlands. Ingrid is experienced in implementing FIT in child and adolescent psychiatry. Her primary goal is getting people involved in the progress of treatment, reflection about this progress, and the practitioner’s ability to use feedback.
Holland
Bob Bertolino
Bob Bertolino, Ph.D., is Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at Maryville University in St. Louis , Missouri. He is also Sr. Clinical Advisor at Youth In Need, Inc. He has taught over 500 workshops Youth Care Work. Bob is a licensed marital and family therapist and professional counselor in the state of Missouri, a National Certified Counselor, a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, a National Board Certified Fellow in Hypnotherapy, and a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage throughout the United States and 11 countries and authored or co-authored 15 books including Effective Counseling and Psychotherapy: An Evidence-Based Approach, Strengths-Based Engagement and Practice: Creating Effective Helping Relationships and Thriving on the Front Lines: Strengths-Based and Family Therapy.
United States
Eeuwe Schuckard
Eeuwe Schuckard is a Psychologist currently working for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Porirua, New Zealand. This public service offers multidisciplinary assessment and intervention for children and adolescents experiencing mental health difficulties. Eeuwe started his practice after completing the Child and Family Psychology programme at Canterbury University in 2009. In 2012, Eeuwe completed both the Advanced FIT and Training of Trainers courses and, with the assistance of other CAMHS clinicians, set up formalised outcome management at the service. Gathering outcome data is now routine and many clinicians have sufficient data to estimate their relative effectiveness. There are also ongoing efforts to improve and tailor services using client feedback.
New Zealand
Alan Scheuermann
With 18 years of experience in a wide variety of settings and the last 10 years working directly with military members and their families, Alan has developed a fierce advocacy for the central role of the client’s voice in decisions regarding ongoing clinical work. He has utilized client-directed, outcome informed processes to enhance outcomes and meet clients’ needs in challenging settings. Specific work has focused on introducing and expanding the practice of priviledging the client’s voice in treatment decisions in schools and in military behavioral health systems. Alan has presented at international conferences regarding the use of client ratings of outcome and alliance feedback to inform therapist decision-making while being grounded in APA’s definition of evidenced-based practice.
United States
Robbie Babins-Wagner
Robbie Babins-Wagner, MSW, PhD (C) is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor with over 31 years experience as a therapist and clinical supervisor having worked in the Health, Mental Health and Nonprofit sectors in Canada. Robbie has taught in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary since 1982. She is currently the CEO of Calgary Counselling Centre, the largest community based provider of counselling services in Calgary, where she implemented CDOI / FIT practice. Robbie has spearheaded the development of the Calgary Centre for Counselling Research in partnership with the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, which will explore and develop ways to encourage a closer integration of counselling education, research and practice. With a passion for training clinicians, Robbie has presented at conferences and workshops, locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. In 2006, the Calgary Herald named Robbie as one of Calgary’s new pioneers who will shape our future.
Canada
Leslie Berfknecht, MSW, LCSW, ICCE Certified Trainer
Leslie is a licensed clinical social worker with a background in criminal justice. She works with offender and high-risk populations and serves as a treatment supervisor at in a sexual offender treatment program for civilly committed adult males. She has been using FIT since 2012.
United States
Christophe Cazauvieilh
France
Laure Tang Jensby, MA, PSYCHOLOGIST, ICCE Certified Trainer
Laura works with children, youth and families at an agency in Copenhagen where she leads the implementation and supervision of FIT. Laura has been using FIT since 2010.
Denmark
Barry McClatchey, MSW, ICCE Certified Trainer
Co-director of the Halifax Brief Therapy Centre, a therapy training & clinical supervision consultancy in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Barry also works as a clinical therapist with individuals, couples and families for the Department of National Defense.
Canada
Daryl Chow, MA, Registered Psychologist
Originally from Singapore, Daryl is currently based in Western Australia,working with the Specialist Psychological Outreach Team.. As part of my PhD, I have been researching the development and practices of highly effective psychotherapists. He has been using FIT since 2004.
Australia
Russ Hansen, MA, ICCE Certified Trainer
Russ Hansen is the Clinical Director, Quality Assurance Director and Staff Development Trainer for Youth for Change, a California-based non-profit agency. He is also in private practice, the co-owner of Wellspring Therapeutic Alliance LLC., and a Community College Instructor
United States
Gregg Loo, MA, RCC, ICCE Certified Trainer
Gregg is a Registered Clinical Counselor in Vancouver, Canada. He specializes in the field of concurrent disorders and providing training on working with addictions. Gregg has been using FIT since 2004.
Canada
Randy Moss, PHD, LP, Certified Addictions Specialist, ICCE Certified Trainer
Randy specializes in co-occurring disorders, trauma informed practices, and work with adolescents and transitional aged adults. He has been working with FIT since 2004.
United States
Kerstin Oqvist, BA, ICCE Certified Trainer
Kerstin Öqvist is a social worker. She has primarily worked with teenagers with risk behavior and their families at Maria Ungdom in Stockholm where she has been involved in implementing Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT). She is presently a consultant at local social services, assigned to different municipalities. Kerstin came in contact with ORS & SRS back in 2002 and is now working with FIT as a practitioner, trainer and supervisor.
Sweden
Henrik Vesterhauge-Petersen, BA, LICENSED FAMILY THERAPIST, ICCE Certified Trainer
Henrik teaches, supervises and works as a consultant for family services, child protection workers, foster home services, disabled children, teenagers at risk, addiction treatment, and recovery oriented rehabilitation. He has been using FIT since 2007.
Denmark
Johnny Engedal, BA, ICCE Certified Trainer
Johnny provides couples and family therapy with children, youth, and adults, as well as clinical supervision. He has been using FIT since 2009.
Denmark
Tove Snedker, BA, ICCE Certified Trainer
Tove is a family therapist who works with couples, children, youth, & adults. She does sandplay therapy and has been using FIT since 2011.
Denmark
David Prescott, ICCE Certified Trainer
David Prescott serves as Director of Professional Development and as a Clinical Director for the Becket Family of Services in Northern New England. He has produced 14 book projects and numerous articles and chapters in the areas of assessing and treating sexual violence and trauma. He is also the lead editor for the upcoming book, Feedback-Informed Treatment in Clinical Practice: Reaching for Excellence, in press with the American Psychological Association Press. Mr. Prescott is a past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, the largest professional organization of its kind in the world. He is also the 2014 recipient of that organization’s Distinguished Contribution award, one of only a handful of recipients. He has lectured and consulted to programs around the world, including serves on the editorial boards of three journals, including Motivational Interviewing: Training, Research, Implementation, and Practice, as well as Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment and the Journal of Sexual Aggression.
United States
Liz Pluut, ICCE Senior Associate and Certified Trainer
Liz Pluut is Psychologist (Drs) , Psychotherapist (BIG) and a Clinical Supervisor . After working several years at the university clinic in Amsterdam ( PI) Liz has now more than 30 years of experience in treating children, adolescents and families in her private practice in Castricum, Holland. Since 2006 she has worked with FIT in her private practice . Liz is committed to exploring how CDOI/FIT/PCOMS can be applied more widely in The Netherlands and Europe. In 2013 she organized the 2nd International Achieving Clinical Excellence (ACE)Conference in Amsterdam. Liz offers training, consultation and supervision to colleagues and Mental Health Institutes in Holland. She also advises Institutes on how to implement FIT in a sustainable way.
Holland
Arnold Woodruff, Certified FIT Trainer
Arnold is currently a licensed marriage and family therapist at Help Your Way in Richmond, VA. He is an Approved Supervisor for AAMFT and provides supervision to persons seeking licensing in Virginia.
United States
Daniel Buccino, Certified FIT Trainer
A Certified FIT Trainer since 2011, Daniel L. Buccino LCSW-C, BCD, is the clinical manager at the Johns Hopkins Hospital Broadway Center for Addiction and is on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He was formerly the clinical director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Mood Disorders Clinic. Mr. Buccino is also the director of the Johns Hopkins Civility Initiative and the founder and director of the Baltimore Psychotherapy Institute and engages in further Deliberate Practice as a drummer and a runner.
United States
Cindy Hansen, Certified FIT Trainer
After more than 10 years leading the Team at MyOutcomes and working with agencies and practitioners around the globe, Cindy has now branched out to form CindyHansenCFT.com, a consulting practice focused on helping talk therapy professionals and students develop Feedback-Informed Treatment and Deliberate Practice core competencies.
Canada
Bogdan Cezar Ion, Certified FIT Trainer
Bogdan Cezar Ion, PHD, is a clinical psychologist, a clinical supervisor and a trainer in psychotherapy. He is trained and certified in a couple of clinical methods including Brief Therapies (SFBT, Collaborative and Narrative Approaches, Strategic Therapy), CBT and Clinical Hypnosis, but his main focus is beyond models in promoting practice based evidence and supporting documented professional improvement. He has used ORS/SRS from 2002 and is involved in the last six years in spreading FIT to mental health practitioners and in providing consultancy and supervision to support FIT implementation.
Bogdan has served for more than 19 years as a catalyst for meaningful learning and change both in private practice and in Bucharest University, where he teaches as a lecturer in the Master Degree Programs in Clinical Psychology. He is the head of the Romanian Brief Therapies Association and also a founding member of some high prestige professional associations and institutes.
Romania
Magnus Johanssen, Certified FIT Trainer
Magnus works as a social worker at the Addiction Center in Stockholm, Riddargatan 1. He also does research at Karolinska Institute, focused on Internet based interventions and training in Motivational Interviewing. Magnus has been using FIT in 2006.Magnus works as a social worker at the Addiction Center in Stockholm, Riddargatan 1. He also does research at Karolinska Institute, focused on Internet based interventions and training in Motivational Interviewing. Magnus has been using FIT in 2006.
Sweden
Charles LeMieux, Certified FIT Trainer
Using ongoing feedback from his clients, Charles creates dynamic partnerships to achieve positive outcomes. Charles has a Masters Degree from Fairfield University, a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard College, and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
United States
David Nylund, Certified FIT Trainer
David Nylund, LCSW, PhD is a professor of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento and the Clinical Director of the Gender Health Center.
United States
Sidney Shaw, Certified FIT Trainer
Sidney Shaw is a faculty member in a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and works in private practice with adolescents and adults. He lives in Missoula, Montana and has been using FIT since 2006.
United States
Von Borg, Certified FIT Trainer
Von F. Borg, MS, LPCC, LADC is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor with Board Approved Supervisor status with more than twenty years of experience in the counseling field. Von has worked since 1997 as a therapist and clinical supervisor providing prevention, education, and counseling services to adolescents and their families of US service members stationed in Germany. Since 2004, Von has been part of the leading edge in behavioral health research and practice, using CDOI/FIT for tracking effectiveness in his work with adolescents and with those he supervises. Von specializes in computer training and support, developing supervisory/management tools used to establish and maintain case records, tracking patient outcome measures, and evaluating counselor and program utilization.
United States
Bill Andrews, Certified FIT TrainerBill Andrews, ICCE Certified Trainer, ICCE Certified Trainer
Following a former career as a dentist, Bill trained as a human givens therapist, graduating in 2004. He is also an accredited Human Givens supervisor. He completed his MSc in psychological trauma at University of Chester in 2013.
For the last 10 years, Bill has championed the role that client feedback has to play in assisting practitioners of all persuasions to understand the client perspective more clearly. In addition to his therapy practice, he works as a consultant and supervisor in relation to outcome informed practice. A senior associate with ICCE, Bill has published several articles about using feedback in treatment and has lectured internationally on the subject.
United Kingdom
Steve Bush, ICCE Certified Trainer
Steve is Director of Children and Young People’s Services at Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust in the United Kingdom. He trained as a Clinical Psychologist and has spent his career working to improve outcomes within systems of health and social care. Steve is currently working to implement Feedback Informed Treatment and Deliberate Practice to support integrated working between different services and professional groups
United Kingdom
Gunnar Lindfelt, Certified FIT Trainer
Gunnar works as an alcohol and drug counsellor, supervisor and educator of Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Feedback Informed Treatment. Gunnar has worked with the ORS/SRS for over 8 years.
Sweden
Aaron Frost, Ph.D, Certified FIT Trainer
Aaron is a Clinical Psychologist with over 15 years of experience in Research, Teaching and Practice. He is the director of an outcome based practice that currently has 12 consulting therapists, and provides training and consultation to healthcare organisations around FIT implementation
Australia
Kari Markkula, Certified FIT Trainer
Kari has been a social worker and family therapist for 40 years, for the moment mostly doing couples counselling. Kari stumbled over FIT by chance in 2009 and loved it since. He has been implementing FIT widely in the city of Linköping, Sweden.
Sweden
Steffen Meinhardt, Certified FIT Trainer
Steffen Meinhardt is a licensed Psychologist. He works with children, adolescents and adults in at risk families. He also works young adults who has spent their childhood in foster care or institutional care. He is part of the team that leads the implementation and supervision of FIT in his organization, and he has experience in implementing FIT in other agencies as well. Steffen has been using FIT in 2011.
Denmark
Rikke Baes, ICCE Certified Trainer
I work as a family therapist in the public sector and provide family therapy to at-risk families, couples, young children, and adolescents. I teach and supervise in FIT and helps to implement FIT at my workplace. I was first introduced to FIT back in 2004, have had a strong interest ever since and from 2011 I have been applying FIT actively in all my therapeutic work.
Denmark
Jeb Sawyer, ICCE Certified Trainer
Jeb is the co-owner and president of the Relationship Therapy Center in Minnesota where he specializes in using Feedback Informed Treatment in a couples’ therapy setting. Jeb is passionate about promoting accountability and encouraging his staff to live by the motto of “do what works” with their clients.
United States
Michael Thomas, Certified FIT Trainer
Michael is a psychologist and training director at a health and wellness center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FIT has become an integral component to Michael’s clinical training program and he has been actively providing consultation, coaching, and supervision to support FIT implementation within his organization. Michael is known for his attention to detail in program design, implementation, and evaluation.
United States
Marlene Stokholm, Certified FIT Trainer
Marlene is a clinical psychologist working therapeutically with families in a public agency in Copenhagen. She also teaches, supervises and is in charge of FIT implementation processes and trainings in different professional services. Marlene has a special interest in developing and implementing FIT practices around work with children and their families and their professional network.
Denmark
Christopher Schmitz, Certified FIT Trainer
Christopher is the owner of Komphash – Navigation i hashmisbrug! and is a specialist in treatment of cannabis addiction. He has written a book about parents coaching “Forælder Til hashryger”, for parents who have children with cannabis addiction. Besides teaching professionals on how to approach children with cannabis addiction, he is the initiator and coordinator of Netværk af Danske Cannabis Behandlere, a national network of Danish cannabis addiction counselors. He is also responsible for the Danish HAP-education together with founder of the HAP-treatment approach Thomas Lundqvist. Christopher uses Feedback Informed Treatment in his setting of addiction treatment and is a FIT-supervisor for addiction counselors.
Denmark
Bruno Vinther, Certified FIT Trainer
Bruno is a trainer psychologist working in a family therapy center in Denmark as well as in private practice. He has extensive experience working with FIT in a variety of settings and with a variety of populations. Bruno currently works with families, adults, group therapy, couples therapy, families and individuals. He is also a FIT-teacher and FIT-supervisor, as well as workshop organizer.
Denmark
Elisabeth Staberg, Certified FIT Trainer
Elisabeth has been a social worker for many years working in health care and in schools with children. Since 2009 she has been working with a focus on couple’s counselling and supervision for professionals. She has been using FIT since 2011 and says “I am still amazed over how stimulating and useful it is!”
Sweden
Jonas Friedrichsen, Certified FIT Trainer
Jonas is an authorized psychologist, working at a youth center in Aarhus, Denmark. His primary field is therapy and clinical examinations with young people and their families. He is currently teaching, counselling and doing supervision at different family and treatment centers.
Denmark
Erika Norman, Certified FIT Trainer
Erika is grateful for having the good fortune of being introduced to FIT at the start of her clinical career, and now has 11 years of experience using FIT. More recently, she has facilitated workshops to agencies integrating FIT into their settings. Additionally, Erika works as a Concurrent Disorder counsellor, with a strong focus on mindfulness, in Vancouver, Canada.
Canada
Ulla Qwist, Certified FIT Trainer
Ulla Qwist works with adolescents and young adults (age 16-30 years) experiencing mental illness including emotional instability, personal disorder, anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Ulla has been using FIT since 2011 and has been implementing FIT over the last years in the organisation where she works. Ulla received training at Malborough Family Service Center London, Inpraxis and Solution, Denmark.
Denmark
René Essom, Certified FIT Trainer
René has been using FIT since 2011 and implemented FIT in a social psychiatry organization where he worked until recently. Currently, he is working as head of a Child and Family treatment agency that offers testing, assistance, counselling and therapy and is integrating FIT as part of his work there. René has received training at Marlborough Family Service Center, London, Inpraxis, Attractor, Villa Venire and Copenhagen Business School (MPG), Denmark.
Denmark
Anita Harder, Certified FIT Trainer
Anita is a Registered Psychologist in private practice in Calgary Alberta, Canada. She has been using FIT since 2010, and spent 6 years leading FIT implementation, training and supervision for a local non-profit agency. In her current role, Anita utilizes FIT with her clients as well as supporting private practices and clinicians in integrating FIT into their work.
Canada
Linette Soldan , Certified FIT Trainer
Linette a Registered Social Worker, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As Program Manager of the Community Services Counselling Program at the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Linette is responsible for the operations of the Community Services Counselling Program ( Community Services Counsellors, Children’s Outreach Counsellor and Court Case Coordinators) which offers services for clients living with family violence and abuse out in the community.
In her role as a co-lead of FIT implementation, training and supervision for the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Linette is most excited to provide the leadership and support of this valuable tool throughout the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter.
Canada
Trine Uhrskov, Certified FIT Trainer
Trine is a psychologist and co-owner of a private consultancy firm. Trine mainly works with adults with cognitive disabilities or mental health issues and challenging behavior. Trine teaches and supervises staff on citizen participation in order to prevent the use of force, and she counsels the Danish National Board of Social Services about citizens with particularly complex issues. Trine teaches the use of FIT in relation to young adults and adults with cognitive disabilities or mental health issues.
Denmark
Jakob Brixen, Certified FIT Trainer
Jakob is a clinical psychologist working with children and adolescents in a public clinic in Copenhagen. He has been using FIT since 2010 in individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. Jakob also works with FIT implementation in different therapeutic organizations, and he teaches, supervises, and trains professional staff in using FIT.
Denmark
Bjarne Richter Bjelke, Certified FIT Trainer
Bjarne is an anthropologist who is working with method (what works), user involvement, empowerment and professional development in the field of social services and disability in Denmark. As such he is introducing FIT in various dialogues, settings and agencies, working with practitioners, municipalities (local government) and the National Board of Social Services in Denmark. As an anthropologist, he is particularly interested in the perspectives of FIT becoming a structurally significant “tool” for systematic user involvement and co-creation. Also, what matters to Bjarne is to transmit and communicate why and how it is that FIT fits in our current welfare context.
Denmark
Michael McGuire, Certified FIT Trainer
Michael McGuire is a Clinical Assistant Professor and the Director of the Substance Use and Addiction Specialty program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. He is a licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), and Clinical Addictions Specialist (LCAS), and a credentialed supervisor. His areas of expertise include adolescent and family development, childhood trauma, substance use treatment, experiential learning, military lifecycle, Motivational Interviewing, Feedback Informed Treatment and clinical supervision. Michael consults nationally and internationally regarding clinical supervision, workforce development, and clinical model implementation. Buckle your seatbelt and get ready for a fun, educational, and useful training experience.
United States
Heidi Nygård-Michelsson, Certified FIT Trainer
Heidi is a social psychologist who has been working since 2004 with youth, young adults and families suffering from mental illness and social difficulties at HelsinkiMissio, a non-governmental organization for social services. She has eagerly been learning about FIT since 2014 and is currently working with the implementation of FIT, providing training and supervision as well for her own agency as for other organizations in Finland.
Finland
Bjørn Hansen, Certified FIT Trainer
Bjørn is a social worker in Copenhagen, Denmark. He works primarily with education programs for adolescents and adults within social psychiatry. He is currently working with the implementation of FIT at AskovFonden, providing training and supervision for all branches of the organization.
Denmark
Leigh Couture, ICCE Certified Trainer
In the role of Associate Executive Director, Leigh is an administrator of two social service organizations delivering services in Youth Justice, Child Welfare and Children’s Mental Health contexts. Responsible for agency-wide service delivery and continuous program improvement she is the co-lead for agency-wide FIT implementation, training and supervision.
Canada
David Brown, ICCE Certified Trainer
David Brown, Ph.D. is a psychologist in Vermont and has been in independent practice since 1984. He is a leader in an effort sponsored by BCBS of VT to implement FIT statewide among agencies and independent practitioners.
United States
Else Brunvand, ICCE Certified Trainer
Else is a clinical psychologist working therapeutically with children, adolescent and adults in her private clinic in Aarhus. She also teaches, supervises and works with FIT implementation processes and training. Else is particularly interested in how to establish and keep an ongoing deliberate practice alive and how to engage both professionals and clients in this process. Else is Norwegian and can therefore teach both in Norway and Denmark.
Denmark
Chantal Tasse, ICCE Certified Trainer
Chantal is the Supervisor of Quality Assurance and Community Planning at Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell, Ontario. Coming from a clinical background, she has led FIT implementation and is the primary trainer for FIT practice within the agency since 2011.
Canada
Niklas Waitong, Certified FIT Trainer
Niklas is a licenced social worker and has been working in treatment with families, teenagers, substance abuse and multiple diagnoses for more than 30 years, 17 of which were spent as director of Älgeredskollektivet, a small high quality residential care home. Today Niklas works mainly with training and supervision. He has been working with FIT since 2006.
Sweden
David Low, Certified FIT Trainer
David Low is a Senior Psychotherapist and Faculty member at the Family Institute of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a Licensed Couple and Family Therapist and AAMFT Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor. He worked 14 years within Child, Adolescent and Mental Services (CAMHS) in England as a Systemic Family Therapist and Supervisor. Ten of those years in the UK he was a Clinical Team Supervisor/Manager. David helped developed guidance manuals and training videos on the use of FIT with young people and families within the National Health Service in UK.
United States
Rikke Addis, Certified FIT Trainer
Rikke Addis currently works as an evaluation consultant in California focusing on helping behavioral health organizations improve their services. Prior to this, Rikke provided research and quality improvement services to children’s mental health organizations. Rikke has a background in cultural anthropology with a focus on social suffering among at-risk youth. Rikke was born in Denmark and immigrated to the US at the age of 21.
United States
Mette Vesterhauge-Petersen, Certified FIT Trainer
With more than 25 years of experience, Mette works as a therapist, trainer, supervisor, and consultant in private practice: SOLUTION, Denmark’s leading Solution Focused Training Centre. As a Feedback Informed Treatment certified trainer and Licensed Signs of Safety trainer and consultant she assists front-line practitioners and managers adapt and implement FIT, Signs of Safety, and Solution Focused Brief Therapy.
Denmark
Karsten Langberg, Certified FIT Trainer
Karsten Langberg is a Psychotherapist Fadp and addiction specialist in Denmark. Karsten is trained in Multifamily therapy. Since 2011, he has practiced psychotherapy treatment, and provided consultation, counselling and educational services for substance abuse in young people below 25 and associated family remedies. Karsten is listed by the Social Agency of Denmark as a specialist for high profile and critical cases. He has incorporated FIT in his practice since 2012.
Denmark
Rasmus Møller , Certified FIT Trainer
Rasmus has a BA in intercultural & international social work, who started his career in child protective services. Since 2006 he has been working with children youths and parents in mainly therapeutic settings. Rasmus has been using FIT since 2011 and is project manager of FIT implementation in a municipality in the Copenhagen area. Here he is e.g. implementing FIT in child protective services teaching/supervising staff and management.
Denmark
Erica Manderhjelm , Certified FIT Trainer
Erica is a Social worker with long experience of leadership and organisational development. Erica is focused on the opportunities of growth and excellence that opens when we actively gather feedback and put it to use in improving ourselves.
Sweden
Flemming W. Licht, Certified FIT Trainer
Flemming W. Licht, Master in Health Education is a qualified teacher, life and business coach. He holds a Diploma in Management and education/training in narrative/systemic/appreciative approaches. For the last 6 years he has been Head of Helsingung in the municipality of Helsingor, Denmark, a treatment center for young people under 25 with drug problems. He is also head of “fitplatform” a Danish based data management program.
Denmark
Linette Solden, Certified FIT Trainer
Linette a Registered Social Worker, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As Program Manager of the Community Services Counselling Program at the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Linette is responsible for the operations of the Community Services Counselling Program (Community Services Counsellors, Children’s Outreach Counsellor and Court Case Coordinators) which offers services for clients living with family violence and abuse out in the community. In her role as a co-lead of FIT implementation, training and supervision for the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Linette is most excited to provide the leadership and support of this valuable tool throughout the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter.
Canada
Marie Lindgren, Certified FIT Trainer
Marie is a licensed psychologist who has worked many years in social services. In the last seven years, her primary focus has been training and supervising staff groups in a variety of fields such as social psychiatry, people with cognitive disabilities, drug treatment for example. Besides her regular commitment, she has been working with supervising FIT and organizational implementation of FIT for 6 years.
Sweden
Christina Bäckblom Fahlén, Certified FIT Trainer
Christina has many years of experience in clinical work and leadership in mental health care and social services. Since 2001 she has worked with couple´s counseling and for the last 6 years she has worked with FIT in clinical practice, supervision and also with organizational implementation of FIT.
Sweden
Joanna Price, Certified FIT Trainer
Jo is a registered nurse with a Master of Nursing, and works as a trained therapist in primary mental health and addictions care. Jo has been using FIT since 2014 and is currently helping lead the implementation of FIT within the acute mental health ward, and in addition provides supervision to community mental health clinicians using FIT.
New Zealand
Stacy Bancroft, LCSW, Certified FIT Trainer
Stacy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker based in Oregon. In addition to providing consultation, training, and licensure supervision, she also works for a local Medicaid funder leading the implementation of Feedback Informed Treatment in mental health agencies across the Portland Metro Region.
United States
Dr. Keith Klostermann, Certified FIT Trainer
Dr. Keith Klostermann is an award-winning clinician, educator, and researcher. He is licensed as both a mental health counselor and marriage and family therapist, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and is recognized as a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) and certified family therapist (CFT).
United States
Heidi Rouhiainen, Certified FIT Trainer
Heidi is head of crisis counseling at HelsinkiMissio, which is a non-profit organization. She has been involved in FIT since 2014 and is currently working with the implementation of FIT, providing training and supervision within and outside her own organization in Finland.
Finland
Charlotte Wieliczko-Krutkiewicz, Certified FIT Trainer
Charlotte is a social psychologist and therapist working with FIT since 2017. She teaches and consults professionals in the use and implementation of FIT on individual, team and organizational levels and has a special interest in ways of strengthening client voice and influence in the processes that they are part of.
Finland
Anders Lassen, Certified FIT Trainer
Anders is a clinical psychologist working at a public family service center in Denmark. He specializes in treatment of children, adolescents and families. Anders has been practicing FIT since 2012. He has since then been involved with implementing FIT at different agencies facilitating strategic planning, FIT training and FIT supervision.
Denmark
Ina Jeannette Fried, Certified FIT Trainer
Ina Fried has over two decades of experience as a social worker, especially with teenagers with risk behavior and their families. Ina has worked as supervisor in foster care education. She has 10 years’ experience in teaching, as a consultant in social matters to municipalities and other stakeholders.
She is presently employed as a social coordinator at a homeless center, where they are working with and have implemented FIT.
Ina is now working with FIT as a practitioner, supervisor and internal teacher.
Denmark
Rint de Jong
Rint works as a Clinical Psychologist and (family) Psychotherapist at Karakter, centre for Child- and adolescent Psychiatry in the Netherlands. Rint believes FIT offers the opportunity for the therapist to see himself in the mirror of the client and in turn the client sees himself mirrored by the therapist. Rint has worked with FIT since 2014. As a researcher he published an RCT study about the effect of FIT on treatment-outcome (symptom-severity and quality of life) in a child psychiatry sample.
Holland
Maarten Roovers
Maarten Roovers works as psychomotor therapist at GGMD, center for social work and mental health and deafness, tinnitus and hyperacusis in the Netherlands. He has been using FIT since 2013 and became a certified FIT trainer in 2021. His mission is to provide the best possible care to patients by using clients feedback and tailoring the care to the individual needs and FIT is the perfect way to do so!
By implementing FIT in the organization, he wants to inspire colleagues to further develop themselves as practitioners through deliberate practice. works as psychomotor therapist at GGMD, center for social work and mental health and deafness, tinnitus and hyperacusis in the Netherlands. He has been using FIT since 2013 and became a certified FIT trainer in 2021. His mission is to provide the best possible care to patients by using clients feedback and tailoring the care to the individual needs and FIT is the perfect way to do so!
By implementing FIT in the organization, he wants to inspire colleagues to further develop themselves as practitioners through deliberate practice.
Holland
RaeLynn Wicklein, Certified FIT Trainer
RaeLynn is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist with over 20 years of experience in supervision, training, and psychotherapy across a diverse range of settings (universities, hospitals, community mental health, and private practice) and populations (across age and diversity) in the U.S. and Australia. RaeLynn is providing coaching, mentoring, supervision, training, and helps implementing FIT in organisations and has been committed to improving client well being outcomes using FIT work in her own practice since 2004.
Australia
Steve Carroll, DPsych, ICCE
Steve is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years experience working with youths and adults in both private and public mental health settings. He is director and principal psychologist of Better Outcomes Psychology (BOP) based in Geelong, Victoria. Steve offers training, supervision and clinical care with a particular interest in clinician development using both FIT and DP practices.
Australia
Dr Nathan Castle, D. Psych, Certified Trainer
Nathan is a Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in the intersection between Value Based Healthcare, Feedback Informed Treatment and Deliberate Practice. He is a co-author of “Creating Impact: The Four Pillars of Private Psychology Practice” (2022), provides coaching internationally, implements data-driven strategies into organisations and runs his own outcome based practice which publishes its results every two years.
Australia
Kristian Rem, Certified FIT Trainer
Kristian is a psychologist from the University of Oslo in Norway. He works with children, adolescents, parents and families in a municipality outside Oslo. He has used FIT since 2014, and has led the process of implementating a feedback culture in his agency since 2015. Kristian values what he has learned in his clinical performance from the experience of using FIT with my own clients, supervising others, and teaching other agencies.
Norway
Siv Maude, Certified FIT Trainer
Siv is a Licenced Psychologist and Specialist in Drug and Addiction Psychology, and has worked clinically with patients in psychiatric and addiction services. She currently works at a regional drug and alcohol competence centre in northern Norway and teaches FIT to mental health services, primarily in municipalities
Norway
Dr. Darren Malone, Certified FIT Trainer
Darren is a consultant psychiatrist (adults and older age) and clinical director of mental health at Lakes district health board. Other roles include honorary senior lecture and clinical teacher with Auckland University and private practice work. Darren works alongside Joanna Price at Lakes DHB where FIT is used in an acute inpatient psychiatric unit setting.
New Zealand
Jason Seidel, ICCE Certified Trainer
Jason Seidel is a psychologist and director of The Colorado Center for Clinical Excellence, a Denver-based practice devoted to feedback-informed psychotherapy and research. He served as research director (from 2009 to 2019) for the ICCE. In addition to providing presentations and trainings for organizations on the appropriate use of clinical outcome data, Jason was one of the first psychotherapists in the world to report his own treatment outcomes in rigorous detail on the Internet. He also has toiled in the fields of biopsychiatry, business development, clinical training, and the mythopoetic initiation of boys and men.
United States
Elise Elisabeth Nielsen, Certified FIT Trainer
Elise is trained in social and health assistance. She has worked in social psychiatry for many years and is passionate about it.
Denmark
Linda Svorken, Certified FIT Trainer
Linda is a North Norwegian psychologist specialized in clinical work with children and adolescents. She gives lectures and workshops about FIT and Deliberate Practice, in addition to FIT supervision for groups and individual therapists. Linda is particularly engaged in how to give children and adolescents a voice in therapy.
Norway
Envor Madeline Bjørgo Skårdalsmo, Certified FIT Trainer
Envor is by education both a clinical psychologist and civil engineer currently working in the municipality of Drammen, Norway. She is enthusiastic finding out about how other people view the world and how health services both can be more helpful and effective.
Norway
Louise Lange, Certified FIT Trainer
Louise is in her best age, happily married, and a mother of two. She works as a psychologist at a treatment center in the commune supporting children and families with their process into better mental health. She also has the privilege of teaching and supervising her colleagues in FIT.
Denmark
Henrik Hansen, Certified FIT Trainer
Henrik has a bachelor’s degree in Social and Special Education. Henrik has a background as an addiction therapist and has for the past two years been employed as a consultant at Tidlig Forebyggelse in Aabenraa. Henrik uses FIT together with the families and in group sessions. The latest group he has established with a colleague is called; Understanding Your Teenager. Henrik has a diploma in the involvement of children and families.
Denmark
Patrik Ulander, Certified FIT Trainer
Patrik has an MSc in Business Administration and is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of working in Business Consulting, Public Sector, and Social Services. A business, organization, and services development professional skilled in coaching, entrepreneurship, strategic planning, and quality management. FIT competence is part of striving to achieve results, outcome and impact in social services, based on individual support and feedback within practice-based evidence.
Sweden
Jørgen Enstrøm, Certified FIT Trainer
Jorgen is a clinical psychologist with FIT-experience since 2009. He has been using FIT both as a leader, implementing FIT in a family therapeutic agency, and as a therapist himself. He has supported FIT-implementations in various organizations and presented his FIT-experiences at international conferences. Today Jorgen works in private therapeutic practice in Jutland and offers FIT inspiration, FIT training, and FIT implementations, as well as FIT supervision.
Denmark
Simone Nørrebo Pedersen, Certified FIT Trainer
She is a Psychologist working with children, adolescents, and families in Denmark. The users often have complex difficulties with cognitive disabilities, mental health issues, and challenging behavior. She has a special interest in implementing FIT practices in this context with a focus on engaging private and professional networks. She has always incorporated FIT in her work as a Psychologist. She is curious about using feedback to adjust her practice. She has been using FIT since January 2018.
Denmark
Adam Giancarlo, Certified FIT Trainer
Adam is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker currently in private practice. Adam has been using Feedback Informed Treatment with various populations since 2007. He is excited to be a part of the ICCE team and willing to share his experience with, and knowledge of, FIT with practitioners and agencies alike
United States
Hanne Christiansen, Certified FIT Trainer
Hanne is working in a public agency, who provides family therapy to families, children, and couples.
She teaches, supervises and is in charge of FIT implementation processes in an agency with 35 professional. Hanne has been working as FIT trainer in different public services.
She has been applying FIT as a therapist herself from back in 2015.
Denmark
Anne Sofie Götzsche, Certified FIT Trainer
Anne Sofie is a family therapist, working in a public agency that provides family therapy to ”at-risk” families, children, and couples.
Anne Sofie teaches, supervises and is in charge of FIT implementation in an organization with 35 professionals. She has been working as FIT supervisor in several other public services since 2019 and has been using FIT in her practice as a therapist since 2016.
Denmark
Mai-Britt Sølvbjerg Moldt, Certified FIT Trainer
Mai-Britt S. Moldt has many years of experience working with systemic Family therapy and counseling, working with children, adolescents and families. She currently works as leader of Tidlig Forebyggelse and is in charge of FIT implementation, FIT supervision and facilitating implementation processes and training practitioners. She is passionate about engaging private and professional networks and has a special interest in facilitating taksonomi processes and ongoing deliberate practice. She has been working with FIT since 2014
Denmark
Christina Munke Budde, Certified FIT Trainer
Christina is a nurse working with psychiatric treatment and social
psychiatric rehabilitation since 2007. She currently works with adults in a recovery
rehabilitation agency, motivating and helping people of all social backgrounds and with many different
mental health issues, to find their own direction and way back to a more meaningful and hopeful life.
Christina is also a passionate and educated Åben Dialog meeting facilitator and works with the implementation of this approach in her own agency as well as in the overall organization. FIT has been a part of her everyday therapeutic work life since 2015.
Denmark
Allen Becker Larsen, Certified FIT Trainer
Allan is a clinical psychologist working within the field of Social Psychiatry on a recovery-oriented basis with adolescents and young adults (age 16-30 years) experiencing mental health challenges in different areas of life and existence.
Allan has been working with FIT since 2014 and has been implementing FIT over the last years in the organization where he works.
Denmark
Anja Bender-Jacobsen, Certified FIT Trainer
I am a social worker and a family therapist with 15 years of experience in children and family protective and therapy service. I work in Copenhagen. I have usen FIT since 2010, and am having a central role in implementing FIT in Copenhagen. I like to do FIT supervisions and trainings.
Denmark
Dorte Jark
Dorte Jark has a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy from Roskilde Universitet Center and a psychotherapist degree from Nordisk Gestalt Institute. Her office is in Copenhagen, but she works all around Zealand.
Dorte uses FIT, whether she is working with children and youth with special needs or is treating adults with stress or other forms of mental heaths issues. For Dorte the core value of FIT, is the ability to create a structured communication culture where feedback is an ongoing part of the client’s treatment. That reminds her every day that no two clients are alike, that the purpose of her job is to help people get better and that “better” is in the eye of the client.
Denmark
Ane Landgren Vinther
Ane works with children, young people, adults and families at a substance abuse center in Aarhus, Denmark. She has been using FIT since 2012, and has experience with implementation in small as well as large groups of employees.
Denmark
Maiken Kruse Westergaard
Maiken has a master’s degree in political science and has worked with the implementation of FIT since 2016 in social services for children and young people in vulnerable positions in Denmark. She has experience with structuring all parts of the implementation, e.g. conducting FRIFM, analysis of aggregated data, introducing partners and new employees to FIT and facilitating workshops.
Denmark
Lasse Jespersen
Lasse has a candidate degree in social science. As a social worker at a shelter for homeless people In Copenhagen, he found an interest in working as a therapist for people with substance addiction. For the past 12 years Lasse has worked at “Treatment Center Svendborg”, as a therapist and professional coordinator, where he has implemented and maintained focus and practical use of FIT since 2013.
Denmark
Ingela Vest
Ingela has a BA in social work and worked for a period as a professional coordinator at “Forsorgscenter Sydfyn” a shelter for homeless people. She has a deep founded interest in working with personal change for people with addiction. She has worked as a counsellor in “Alkoholamublatoriet Svendborg” and works now as a therapist at “Treatment Center Svendborg”. A part of this work is to administer FIT and to educate and supervise the personnel in the practical use of FIT.
Denmark
Linda Maria Grunnet Askholt
Linda works with children and young people in families with substance abuse related problems in Aarhus, Denmark. She is also very experienced with suicide prevention care. She has been using FIT since 2016, and is now working with FIT as a practitioner, supervisor and internal trainer.
Denmark
Anders Marthedal
Anders is a Sociologist and Psychotherapist MPF and provides psychotherapy for adolescents and adults as well as clinical supervision and teaching. He has vast experience in substance abuse treatment and working with stress, anxiety and depression among other disorders. He also teaches, trains and supervises
professional staff in using FIT and helps organizations implement FIT.
Denmark
Mikkel Kjersgaard Rasmussen
Mikkel is an authorized psychologist who works in family therapy center in Odense, Denmark, as well as in private practice. Mikkel works with couples therapy, families, teams, and organization development and he also has a role in implementing FIT in the organization where he works part time. Mikkel has been using FIT since 2018.
Denmark
Meagin Sheehan, FIT Certified Trainer
Meagin Sheehan, LCSW, is a therapist, program manager, and FIT trainer at a community mental health agency serving two counties in rural Southern Oregon
United States
Layla Davis
Layla Inés Davis is a bilingual (Spanish) and bicultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the State of California. In addition to her work as a mental health provider in an outpatient psychiatric clinic, she performs psychiatric evaluations in the emergency department and teaches child development at the community college level.
United States
Fredrik Samuelsson
Fredrik Samuelsson works as a trainer in the field of Supported Employment, Supported Education and Case Management. Fredrik has worked full time as a trainer and supervisor at Misa Kompetens in Stockholm since 2016 , helping organizations and co-workers developing their work, focusing on supporting people in achieving their goals when it comes to work and studies. Fredrik has worked with FIT since 2017 and believes FIT plays an important role in developing new ways of working in the field of social work and supporting clients in the best possible way.
Sweden
Martin Rydberg
Martin is an experienced and licensed psychologist who specializes in clinical psychology and has worked extensively in outpatient psychiatric settings. He has provided consultation services and implemented FIT within these settings. Martin’s dedication to providing the best care possible has led him to explore many different treatment approaches, including Feedback-Informed Treatment. He is committed to staying up-to-date with the latest developments in clinical psychology and sharing his expertise to help others in the mental health community.