ABOUT LIV
I am a licensed psychologist and certified ISTDP therapist and ISTDP supervisor, and I run ISTDP training courses. I also have a background in CBT, specifically trauma-focused CBT Prolonged exposure, and broad expertise in psychedelic therapy and non-ordinary states of consciousness.
I have my practice in Kungsbacka outside Gothenburg, but I also accept online meetings.
Liv has a talent for quickly capturing the core of a problem, which makes clients quickly gain trust in her. She is often described as a safe and confident person, and has the ability to give feedback in an honest but humble way.
The fact that she has met a wide variety of people with different problems and life experiences, as well as being in various different environments privately, and has her own history of many challenging life events... makes her a psychologist you will experience as authentic and feel seen by.
Liv is motivated by making people feel more secure and free in relation to themselves and others.
Many are helped after the first meeting with Liv and motivated to continue working on their own or with continued continuous support.
Employment
- ISTDP Psychology Gothenburg AB, Gothenburg, 2017–present
- Liv Raissi sole proprietorship, Gothenburg, 2011–2017
- Sapu, Gothenburg, 2020–present
Hourly employed as a lecturer in the psychotherapy programme - Department of Psychology, Gothenburg, 2014–2021
Hourly employed as a lecturer and supervisor - Licensed psychologist, part-time, PTSD clinic, Borås, 2011–2014
- Licensed psychologist, part-time, Psychiatric outpatient clinic for asylum seekers, Borås, 2011–2013
- PTP psychologist (pre-licensure psychologist), Psychiatric outpatient clinic Kronan, Sundbyberg, Stockholm, 2010–2011
Mission
- Pre-core training, Gothenburg, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
- Pre-core training, Malmö, 2017
- Pre-core training, Lund, 2020
- Core training, Gothenburg, 2016–2019, 2017–2020, 2018–2021, 2019–2022, 2021–2024, 2022–2025
- Core training, Lund, 2020–2022
- Core training, Malmö, 2021–2023
- ISTDP as a guide, Psychotherapy Fair, Gothenburg, 2018
- Immersion, Stockholm, 2018
Introduction to ISTDP, Halmstad Psychiatry, 2018 - Immersion, Stockholm, 2019
- Lecture on therapeutic uncertainty, Stockholm, 2019
- Lecture on resistance, fragility, and external focus, Örebro, 2019
- Workshop on high resistance, Gothenburg, 2019
- Immersion, Stockholm, 2020
- Introductory lecture on ISTDP, Zoom, 2021
- ISTDP for trauma-related difficulties, Zoom, 2021
- Undoing Positions, online, 2022
- Undoing Positions, online, Angela Cooper, 2022
- ISTDP as a guide, Åland, 2022
- ISTDP as a guide, Psychotherapy Fair, Stockholm, 2022
- ISTDP Days, Stockholm, 2023
Higher education
- Psychotraumatology
Uppsala University, 2012–2013 - Psychology Programme (Professional Degree in Psychology)
University of Gothenburg, 2005–2010 - Introductory Course in Psychology
University of Gothenburg, 2005
Other relevant training
- IPI 1-year Online Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training, Colorado, 2022
- Debra Silverman Applied Astrology, Levels 1–3, Colorado, 2021
- Training of Trainers, Stockholm, 2016–2019
ISTDP teacher and supervisor training with Jon Frederickson - Core Training, Stockholm, 2012–2015
Three years of advanced studies and supervision in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) with Patricia Coughlin
Continued education
- Angela Cooper, Online, 2021
- Joel Town, Online, 2021
- ISTDP Immersion, Stockholm, 2021
- ISTDP and Depression, Jon Frederickson, Stockholm, 2020
- Reiko Ikemoto-Joseph, Online, 2020
- ISTDP Immersion, Stockholm, 2020
- Joel Town, Treatment-Resistant Depression, Gothenburg, 2019
- ISTDP Immersion, Stockholm, 2019
- ISTDP, Filip Myhre, Gothenburg, 2019
- Trauma, Jon Frederickson, Stockholm, 2019
- Medically Unexplained Symptoms, Stockholm, 2019
- Jon Frederickson, Gothenburg, 2018
- ISTDP Immersion, Stockholm, 2018
Allan Abbass - Jon Frederickson, Stockholm, 2018
- How to Treat Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Depression with ISTDP, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Gothenburg, 2017
- Jon Frederickson & Angela Cooper
- ISTDP Immersion, Copenhagen, 2017
Allan Abbass - IEDTA Conference – Overcoming Treatment-Resistant Depression, International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association, Amsterdam, 2016
- Maximizing Effectiveness in Dynamic Psychotherapy, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Malmö, 2016
Patricia Coughlin - Establishment, corrosion, and re-establishment of the working alliance with a traumatised and somatising patient, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Gothenburg, 2016
Vidar Maximilian Husby - The Man Who Awoke from Coma – Working with Dissociation, Gothenburg, 2016
Jon Frederickson - Working with the Highly Resistant Patient, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Stockholm, 2015
Jon Frederickson - Workshop ISTDP, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Gothenburg, 2014
Roger Sandvik Hansen - Pathological Mourning – ISTDP, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Gothenburg, 2014
Patricia Coughlin - Workshop ISTDP Dissociation, Stockholm, 2013
Jon Frederickson - ISTDP – The Unconscious Signalling in the Body, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, Gothenburg, 2013
Jon Frederickson and Monica Urru - From Neurobiology to Clinical Practice, Kris- och Traumacentrum, Stockholm, 2013
Rachel Yehuda, Ruth Lanius, and Marylene Cloitre - Treating PTSD in Suicidal and Self-Injuring Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder: Integrating DBT and Modified Prolonged Exposure, Part II, Stockholm, 2013
Workshop with Melanie Harned - Psychotrauma, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Dissociative Disorders, Kris- och Traumacentrum, Stockholm, 2012
Two-day lecture series by Giovanni Liotti and Bessel A. van der Kolk - Workshop in Prolonged Exposure, Stockholm, 2012
Four-day workshop in trauma-focused CBT with Edna Foa - Treating PTSD in Suicidal and Self-Injuring Clients with Borderline Personality Disorder: Integrating DBT and Modified Prolonged Exposure, Part I, Stockholm, 2012
Workshop with Melanie Harned - ISTDP – From Despair to Hope, Gothenburg, 2012
Conference organised by Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, with Patricia Coughlin and Allan Abbass - Trauma Day Conference, Stockholm, 2011
- Mastering the Art and Science of Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Drammen, Norway, 2011
Patricia Coughlin and Jon Frederickson on ISTDP – theory, method, and research - Psykoterapimässan, Stockholm, 2010
- Intervention in Groups and Organisations, Gothenburg, 2009
- Stress Management Programme Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Gothenburg, 2009
- Study Circle in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Gothenburg, 2009
Organised by Föreningen för Behavioristisk Psykoterapi, where I served as chair; two separate study circles based on relevant literature - 9th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Gothenburg, 2007
Trust
- Chair of Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, 2014–2016, 2016–2018
- Board Member and Web Administrator, Svenska Föreningen för ISTDP, 2012–2014
- Chair of Föreningen för Behavioristisk Psykoterapi, Gothenburg, 2010
- Board Member, Föreningen för Behavioristisk Psykoterapi, Gothenburg, 2009