Karin Grip Champion

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology

Telephone

+46 31-786 16 58

Mail

karin.grip@psy.gu.se

Visiting address

Haraldsgatan 1

41314 Göteborg

Postal address

Box 500

40530 Göteborg

About Karin Grip Champion

Biography

Licensed psychologist and licensed psychotherapist. I got my degrees from Umeå University in 1999 and Gothenburg University in 2007.

Teaching

I have been teaching among several of the educations given at the department in Gothenburg, as well as at the department of psychology in Umea in developmental psychology, attachment theory and application, developmental psychopathology and basic neuropsychology and psychological assessment.

Research interests

My research focuses has been on child exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) and mothers survivors of IPV as well as other vulnerable groups like parents with mental health problems and children growing up with a parent with mental health problems. A special interest of mine is attachment theory and assessment of attachment.

Current research

In collaboration with researchers from universities of Lund, Linköping and Växsjö we are starting in autum 2024 the project "Do relational skills in psychology students increase during their education?" The psychology profession requires different kinds of competencies. In addition to theoretical knowledge, a psychologist is supposed to handle complicated relational situations. The psychology programs’ educational plans state that the student should develop empathy, be able to create constructive alliances with clients, and increase self-awareness. It is uncertain how theses kills are taught and examined. The aim of the project is to study how relational skills are taught in psychology programs at four universities in Sweden, and to analyze the development of relational skills in psychology student to increase knowledge about effective training methods.