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Ottar Ness

Ottar Ness

Professor

Department of Psychososial Health >

 

+47 901 25 312

Scientific publications

  • Bartels, Koen; Heimburg, Dina von; Jordan, Gerald; Ness, Ottar (2025). Debate: A relational agenda for changing public administration research and practice. Public Money & Management. ISSN: 0954-0962. 45 (1). doi:10.1080/09540962.2024.2402873.
  • Scarpa, Michael P.; Martino, Salvatore Di; Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar; Prilleltensky, Isaac (2025). Mattering as Citizens: Correlates and Consequences. The Routledge International Handbook of Human Significance and Mattering. ISBN: 9781032543444. Routledge. 17.
  • Prilleltensky, Isaac; Scarpa, Michael P.; Martino, Salvatore Di; Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar (2025). Mattering as citizens: Conditions. The Routledge International Handbook of Human Significance and Mattering. ISBN: 9781032543444. Routledge. 16.
  • Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag; Hope, Øyvind Johannes; Ness, Ottar; Friesinger, Jan Georg (2025). The New Institutional Landscape for People with Mental Health Problems. Routledge Handbook on Spaces of Mental Health and Wellbeing. ISBN: 9781032385761. Routledge. 41.
  • Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar (2025). Thriving Families and Friendships. How People Thrive: Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. ISBN: 9781009308953. Cambridge University Press. 3. s 65 - 98.
  • Prilleltensky, Isaac; Scarpa, Michael; Martino, Salvatore Di; Ness, Ottar (2025). Thriving as the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. How People Thrive: Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. ISBN: 9781009308953. Cambridge University Press. 1. s 1 - 36.
  • Ness, Ottar; Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Aksjonsforskning. Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag. ISBN: 9788245034868. Fagbokforlaget. 16. s 231 - 242.
  • Sundqvist, Amanda; Hemberg, Jessica; Pia, Nyman-Kurkiala; Ness, Ottar (2024). Are educational transitions related to young people’s loneliness and mental health: a systematic review. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. ISSN: 0267-3843. 29 (1). doi:10.1080/02673843.2024.2373278.
  • Ruysscher, Clara De; Tritter, Jonathan Quetzal; Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar; Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn; Nathan, Naomi Limaro; Pastorino, Gabriele (2024). Empowering people: how to ensure equitable representation for improved health system governance. Eurohealth. ISSN: 1356-1030. 30 (1). s 32 - 37.
  • Ness, Ottar; Heimburg, Dina von (2024). Relasjonell velferd: livskvalitet, medborgerskap og deltakelse. Erfaringskonsulent : med mål om endring. ISBN: 9788215071411. Universitetsforlaget. 15. s 226 - 235.
  • Russell, Cormac; Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar (2024). Relasjonelt arbeid i lokalsamfunnsutvikling. Håndbok i relasjonelt arbeid. ISBN: 9788245041057. Fagbokforlaget. 8. s 119 - 135.
  • Møgster, Birthe; Ness, Ottar; Reime, Monika Alvestad (2024). Research circles as a method for implementing new services in the public health and welfare system. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN: 1748-2623. 19 (1). doi:10.1080/17482631.2024.2366087.
  • Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Reed, Nina Petersen; Ness, Ottar; Bjerck, Mari Eyde; Pinto, Arnfrid Farbu; Memet, Ipar Ehet; Lineer, Katie Aurora (2024). StudyWell: a co-design project for enhancing student mental health and wellbeing through service design and relational welfare. Proceedings of the Design Society. ISSN: 2732-527X. 4s 1647 - 1656. doi:10.1017/pds.2024.167.
  • Sundqvist, Amanda J.; Nyman-Kurkiala, Pia; Ness, Ottar; Hemberg, Jessica (2024). The influence of educational transitions on loneliness and mental health from emerging adults’ perspectives. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN: 1748-2623. 19 (1). doi:10.1080/17482631.2024.2422142.
  • Nord-Baade, Silje; Ness, Ottar; Jensen, Camilla Bergsve; Rowe, Michael; Landheim, Anne Signe (2024). “I’ve always felt like I’m on the outside”: Identity and social inclusion among young adults with mental illness and complex needs – a qualitative study. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN: 1748-2623. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2024.2433320.
  • Rose, Pernelle; Ness, Ottar (2023). A qualitative study of children’s experiences with school-based divorce-groups led by teachers in Denmark. Health Promotion International. ISSN: 0957-4824. 38 (5). s 1 - 12. doi:10.1093/heapro/daad106.
  • Tønnessen, Siw Heidi; Ness, Ottar; Klevan, Trude (2023). Co-Exploring Meaning in Everyday Life for People in Mental Health Recovery: A Photovoice Study. The Qualitative Report (TQR). ISSN: 1052-0147. 28 (4). s 1070 - 1095. doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2023.5782.
  • Martins, Pedro Pablo Sampaio; Doricci, Giovanna Cabral; Ness, Ottar; Guanaez-Lorenzi, Carla (2023). Collaboration and politics: Can a therapist work coherently while being informed by both collaborative-dialogic and narrative practices?. European Journal of Psychotherapy & Councelling. ISSN: 1364-2537. 24 (4). s 473 - 489. doi:10.1080/13642537.2023.2175886.
  • Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Storm, Marianne; Ness, Ottar (2023). Erfaringskonsulenters roller og involvering i helse- og velferdstjenester. Erfaringskonsulenten : funksjoner, roller og involvering. ISBN: 9788245046700. Fagbokforlaget. Kapittel 3. s 59 - 82.
  • Hovland, Jan-Freddy; Langeland, Eva; Ness, Ottar; Skogvang, Bente Ovedie (2023). Experiences of the Quality of the Interplay between Home-Living Young Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Their Social Environments. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. ISSN: 0161-2840. 44 (8). s 735 - 745. doi:10.1080/01612840.2023.2224877.
  • Hovland, Jan-Freddy; Langeland, Eva; Ness, Ottar; Skogvang, Bente Ovedie (2023). Experiences with physical activity, health and well-being among young adults with serious mental illness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN: 1748-2623. 18 (1). doi:10.1080/17482631.2023.2221911.
  • Tønnessen, Siw Heidi; Klevan, Trude; Ness, Ottar (2023). Giving can be meaningful. A two-part qualitative analysis to restore and decode professionals’ understandings of meaningfulness in dual recovery. Human Systems - Therapy, Culture and Attachments. 3 (3). s 134 - 151. doi:10.1177/26344041231160345.
  • Bahl, Nina Kavita Heggen; Nafstad, Hilde Eileen; Blakar, Rolv Mikkel; Øversveen, Emil Mortensrud; Brodahl, Morten; Ness, Ottar; Prilleltensky, Isaac (2023). How older adults recovering from substance use problems experience mattering. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN: 1472-6963. 23 (1). doi:10.1186/s12913-023-10413-x.
  • Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn; Agdal, Rita; Ness, Ottar (2023). Managers as peer workers’ allies: A qualitative study of managers’ perceptions and actions to involve peer workers in Norwegian mental health and substance use services. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN: 1752-4458. 17 (1). doi:10.1186/s13033-023-00588-5.
  • Prilleltensky, Isaac; Scarpa, Michael; Ness, Ottar; Martino, Salvatore Di (2023). Mattering, Wellness, and Fairness: Psychosocial Goods for the Common Good. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. ISSN: 0002-9432. 93 (3). s 198 - 210. doi:10.1037/ort0000668.
  • Montesano, Adrian; Madigan, Stephen; Çakmak, Kevser; Ness, Ottar; Brønseth, Stein Roger (2023). Reconnecting with relational values in highly-conflicted separating couples: A narrative therapy-informed relational interviewing teamwork-based supervision approach. Journal of Clinical Psychology. ISSN: 0021-9762. 79 (6). s 1521 - 1536. doi:10.1002/jclp.23480.
  • Norozi, Sultana Ali; Ness, Ottar (2023). The Teacher’s Wellbeing as a Binary Asset When Working with Newly Arrived Immigrant Pupils. Education Sciences. ISSN: 2227-7102. 13 (8). doi:10.3390/educsci13080800.
  • Åkerblom, Kristina Bakke; Mohn-Haugen, Torbjørn; Lundquist, Rune; Ness, Ottar (2023). Å forske sammen. Erfaringskonsulenten : funksjoner, roller og involvering. ISBN: 9788245046700. Fagbokforlaget. 7. s 133 - 156.
  • Hope, Øyvind Johannes; Ness, Ottar; Friesinger, Jan Georg; Topor, Alain Pierre; Bøe, Tore Dag (2023). ‘Living needs a landscape’: A qualitative study about the role of enabling landscapes for people with mental health and substance abuse problems. Health and Place. ISSN: 1353-8292. 84s 1 - 8. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103144.
  • Ness, Ottar; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik (2022). As pequenas coisas – Ética relacional e colaboração no serviço de cuidado em saúde mental. Construcionismo social e práticas colaborativo-dialógicas a serviço de ações generativas e humanizadoras. ISBN: 978-65-251-2768-2. CRV. 22. s 327 - 344.
  • Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar; Storch, Jacob (2022). Co-Creation of Public Values: Citizenship, Social Justice, and Well-Being. Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change. ISBN: 9781668437070. IGI Global. 74. s 1371 - 1392.
  • Starbæk Bager, Ann; Hersted, Lone; Ness, Ottar (2022). Critical discussion on dialogic engagement and various researcher positions in research concerning co-creation and co-production. Akademisk Kvarter. ISSN: 1904-0008. 24s 4 - 22. doi:10.54337/academicquarter.vi24.7247.
  • Heimburg, Dina von; Prilleltensky, Isaac; Ness, Ottar; Ytterhus, Borgunn (2022). From public health to public good: Toward universal wellbeing. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. ISSN: 1403-4948. 50 (7). s 1062 - 1070. doi:10.1177/14034948221124670.
  • Bahl, Nina Kavita Heggen; Øversveen, Emil; Brodahl, Morten; Nafstad, Hilde Eileen; Blakar, Rolv Mikkel; Ness, Ottar; Landheim, Anne Signe; Tømmervik, Kristin (2022). In what ways do emerging adults with substance use problems experience their communities as influencing their personal recovery processes?. Journal of Community Psychology. ISSN: 0090-4392. 50 (7). s 3070 - 3100. doi:10.1002/jcop.22816.
  • Høgås, Mariell Pedersen; Elstad, Toril Anne; Ness, Ottar; Alsaker, Sissel (2022). Picturing healthcare: a photovoice study of how healthcare is experienced by service users in a mental-health low threshold service. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN: 1472-6963. 22 (1). doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08013-2.
  • Ness, Ottar; Davidson, Larry; Hansen, Jeppe Oute; Heimburg, Dina von (2022). Recovery, Social Inclusion and the Capability Approach in Mental Health. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Critical Perspectives on Mental Health. ISBN: 9783030128524. Palgrave Macmillan. 53-1.
  • Zahl-Olsen, Rune; Hillesund, Odd Kenneth; Ness, Ottar; Oterholt, Frank (2022). Å bli familieterapeut: En kvalitativ studie av videoveiledning i familieterapiutdanning. UNIPED. ISSN: 1500-4538. 45 (3). s 233 - 244. doi:10.18261/uniped.45.3.7.
  • Zahl-Olsen, Rune; Hillesund, Odd Kenneth; Ness, Ottar; Oterholt, Frank (2022). Å bli familieterapeut: En kvalitativ studie av videoveiledning i familieterapiutdanning.. UNIPED. ISSN: 1500-4538. doi:10.18261/uniped.45.3.7.
  • Syrstad, Ellen; Ness, Ottar (2021). "It is not just about doing or saying the right things": Working systemically with parents whose children are placed in public care. Journal of Family Therapy. ISSN: 0163-4445. 43 (3). s 458 - 468. doi:10.1111/1467-6427.12339.
  • Ness, Ottar; Heimburg, Dina von (2021). Aksjonsforskning: samskapt kunnskap som endrer liv og samfunn. Aksjonsforskning: samskapt kunnskap som endrer liv og samfunn. ISBN: 9788245032635. Fagbokforlaget. 1. s 19 - 33.
  • Starbæk Bager, Ann; Hersted, Lone; Ness, Ottar (2021). Co-Production and Co-Creation: Critical Examination of Contemporary Dominant Participatory Discourses. Akademisk Kvarter. ISSN: 1904-0008. 23 (1). s 4 - 20. doi:10.5278/academicquarter.vi23.7042.
  • Heimburg, Dina Von; Ness, Ottar; Storch, Jacob (2021). Co-creation of Public Values: Citizenship, Social Justice and Well-being. Processual Perspectives on the Co-Production Turn in Public Sector Organizations. ISBN: 9781799849759. IGI Global. 2. s 20 - 41.
  • Hovland, Jan Freddy; Skogvang, Bente Ovèdie; Ness, Ottar; Langeland, Eva (2021). Development of salutogenic coping skills: experiences with daily challenges among young adults suffering from serious mental illness. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. ISSN: 1748-2623. 16 (1). doi:10.1080/17482631.2021.1879369.
  • Ims, Reidun; Lorås, Lennart; Ness, Ottar; Finlay, Linda (2021). Immigrants’ experiences on integration while attempting to access the labour market: Implications for social work practice. Social Sciences. ISSN: 2076-0760. 10 (4). doi:10.3390/socsci10040121.
  • Soggiu, Anna-Sabina; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik; Klevan, Trude Gøril; Ness, Ottar (2021). Inner and Outer Voices in Research: How Dialogical Approaches Can Enhance Knowledge Development in Mental Health Care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. ISSN: 0814-723X. 42 (2). s 225 - 240. doi:10.1002/anzf.1450.
  • Sommer, Mona; Biong, Stian; Borg, Marit; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik; Klevan, Trude Gøril; Ness, Ottar; Nesse, Linda; Hansen, Jeppe Oute; Sundet, Rolf; Kim, Hesook Suzie (2021). Part II: Living Life: A Meta-Synthesis Exploring Recovery as Processual Experiences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). ISSN: 1661-7827. 18 (11). s 1 - 22. doi:10.3390/ijerph18116115.
  • Ness, Ottar; Hansen, Jeppe Oute; Davidson, Larry; Heimburg, Dina Von (2021). Recovery-kapital og kapabiliteter. Recovery-orienterede praksisser – i velfærdsinstitutioner og civilsamfund. ISBN: 9788759335055. Samfundslitteratur. 3. s 61 - 73.
  • Marszalek, Maja Anna; Faksvåg, Helene Nordli; Frøystadvåg, Thea Hannestad; Ness, Ottar; Veseth, Marius (2021). “A mismatch between what is happening on the inside and going on, on the outside”: a qualitative study of therapists’ perspectives on student mental health. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN: 1752-4458. 15:87s 1 - 10. doi:10.1186/s13033-021-00508-5.
  • Stokkebekk, Jan; Iversen, Anette Christine; Hollekim, Ragnhild; Ness, Ottar (2021). “The troublesome other and I”: Parallel stories of separated parents in prolonged conflicts. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. ISSN: 0194-472X. 47 (1). s 52 - 68. doi:10.1111/jmft.12474.
  • Sundet, Rolf; Kim, Hesook Suzie; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik; Borg, Marit; Sælør, Knut Tore; Ness, Ottar (2020). A heuristic model for collaborative practice – Part 1: A meta-synthesis of empirical findings on collaborative strategies in community mental health and substance abuse practice. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN: 1752-4458. 14s 1 - 16. doi:10.1186/s13033-020-00376-5.
  • Sundet, Rolf; Kim, Hesook Suzie; Karlsson, Bengt Eirik; Borg, Marit; Sælør, Knut Tore; Ness, Ottar (2020). A heuristic model for collaborative practice – Part 2: Development of the collaborative, dialogue‑based clinical practice model for community mental health and substance abuse care. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN: 1752-4458. 14s 1 - 16. doi:10.1186/s13033-020-00377-4.
  • Ness, Ottar; Heimburg, Dina Von (2020). Collaborative Action Research: Co-constructing Social Change for the Common Good. The SAGE Handbook of Social Constructionist Practice. ISBN: 978-1-5264-8887-9. Sage Publications. 4. s 34 - 45.
  • Hansen, Jeppe Oute; Glasdam, Stinne; Ness, Ottar (2020). Den psykopolitiske, den kønspolitiske og den radikale - diskussioner af menneskesyn og etiske perspektiver i tre dominerende forestillinger om god praksis på psykisk sundhedsområdet. Dansk pædagogisk tidsskrift. ISSN: 0904-2393. (2).
  • Maagerø-Bangstad, Erlend Rinke; Sælør, Knut Tore; Lillevik, Ole Greger; Ness, Ottar (2020). Exploring staff conceptions of prevention and management practices in encounters with staff-directed aggression in supported housing following education and training. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN: 1752-4458. 14doi:10.1186/s13033-020-00387-2.
  • Reams, Jonathan; Fikse, Camilla; Ness, Ottar (2020). Leadership Development Laboratory. Maturing Leadership: How Adult Development Impacts Leadership. ISBN: 9781789734027. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Chapter 2. s 37 - 57.
  • Holter, Marianne Therese Smogeli; Ness, Ottar; Johansen, Ayna Beate; Brendryen, Håvar (2020). Making Come-Alive and Keeping Un-Alive: How People Relate to Self-Guided Web-Based Health Interventions. Qualitative Health Research. ISSN: 1049-7323. 30 (6). s 927 - 941. doi:10.1177/1049732320902456.
  • Maagerø-Bangstad, Erlend Rinke; Sælør, Knut Tore; Ness, Ottar (2020). Managers’ perceptions of competence and practice development following education in the prevention and management of staff-directed aggression: promoting person-centred practice. International Practice Development Journal. ISSN: 2046-9292. 10 (2). doi:10.19043/ipdj.102.008.
  • Brekke, Eva; Ness, Ottar; Lien, Lars (2020). Relational recovery in co-occurring conditions: a qualitative study of first-person experiences. Advances in Dual Diagnosis: Policy, practice and research in mental health and substance use. ISSN: 1757-0972. 13 (2). s 89 - 100. doi:10.1108/ADD-12-2019-0017.
  • Kalsås, Øyvind Reehorst; Selbekk, Anne Schanche; Ness, Ottar (2020). «Jeg får et helt annet innblikk»: Fagpersoners erfaringer med familieorientert praksis i rusfeltet. Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD). ISSN: 1455-0725. 37 (3). s 243 - 261. doi:10.1177/1455072520914207.
  • Sivertsen, Elin; Almvik, Arve; Ness, Ottar (2020). «Å gjøre noe sammen vi ikke kunne gjort alene»: Rask psykisk helsehjelp som et interkommunalt psykisk helsetjenestetilbud. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN: 1503-6707. 17 (2-3). s 83 - 94. doi:10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2020-02-03-02.
  • Sivertsen, Elin; Almvik, Arve; Ness, Ottar (2020). «Å gjøre noe sammen vi ikke kunne gjort alene»: Rask psykisk helsehjelp som et interkommunalt psykisk helsetjenestetilbud. Tidsskrift for psykisk helsearbeid. ISSN: 1503-6707. 17 (2-3). s 83 - 94. doi:10.18261/issn.1504-3010-2020-02-03-02.
  • Montesano, Adrian; Ness, Ottar (2019). A carta relacional en terapia de pareja: un recurso narrativo para la reconstrucción de la ética y el bienestar interpersonal. Revista de Psicoterapia. ISSN: 1130-5142. 30 (114). s 107 - 128. doi:10.33898/rdp.v30i114.323.
  • Hersted, Lone; Ness, Ottar; Frimann, Søren (2019). Action Research: tradition and renewal.. Action Research in a Relational Perspective: Dialogue, reflexivity, power and ethics.. ISBN: 9780429289408. Routledge. 1. s 4 - 16.
  • Maagerø-Bangstad, Erlend Rinke; Sælør, Knut Tore; Ness, Ottar (2019). Encountering staff‑directed aggression within mental health and substance abuse services: exploring conceptions of practice following education. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. ISSN: 1752-4458. 13 (20). doi:10.1186/s13033-019-0277-8.
  • Holter, Marianne T. S.; Ness, Ottar; Johansen, Ayna Beate; Brendryen, Håvar (2019). Getting Change-Space: A Grounded Theory Study of Automated eHealth Therapy. The Qualitative Report (TQR). ISSN: 1052-0147. 24 (7). s 1636 - 1657. doi:10.46743/2160-3715/2019.3988.
  • Ness, Ottar (2019). Learning new ideas and practices together through relational action research.. Action Research in a Relational Perspective: Dialogue, reflexivity, power and ethics.. ISBN: 9780429289408. Routledge. 6. s 93 - 110.
  • Holter, Marianne T. S.; Johansen, Ayna Beate; Ness, Ottar; Brinkmann, Svend; Høybye, Mette Terp; Brendryen, Håvar (2019). Qualitative Interview Studies of Working Mechanisms in Electronic Health: Tools to Enhance Study Quality. Journal of Medical Internet Research. ISSN: 1438-8871. 21 (5). doi:10.2196/10354.
  • Syrstad, Ellen; Ness, Ottar (2019). To navigate the normative and the not-normative family therapists negotiating their professional identities with parents whose children are placed in public care. Contemporary family therapy. ISSN: 0892-2764. 41 (2). s 201 - 210. doi:10.1007/s10591-019-09491-z.
  • Åbø, Regine; Viddal, Kristine Rensvik; Ness, Ottar; Langvik, Eva (2019). «Jeg føler meg som en utvidet organisme» – unge voksnes opplevelse av parforholdet som mulighet og begrensning. Scandinavian Psychologist. ISSN: 1894-5570. (6). s 1 - 31. doi:10.15714/scandpsychol.6.e3.
  • Stokkebekk, Jan Kristian; Iversen, Anette Christine; Hollekim, Ragnhild; Ness, Ottar (2019). “Keeping balance”, “Keeping distance” and “Keeping on with life”: Child positions in divorced families with prolonged conflicts. Children and Youth Services Review. ISSN: 0190-7409. 102s 108 - 119. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.04.021.
  • Ness, Ottar; Borg, Marit; Sælør, Knut Tore; Semb, Randi; Johnson, Therese Austrheim; Hoff, Trine; Andersen, Marielle (2018). Hvordan samarbeide om et forskningsprosjekt? Erfaringer fra samarbeid om forskning mellom en kommune og en høgskole.. Perspektiver på psykisk helse- og rusarbeid: Recovery, erfaringsbasert kunnskap og samarbeidsbasert kunnskapsutvikling. ISBN: 9788245023992. Fagbokforlaget. 13. s 187 - 199.
  • Sommer, Mona; Ness, Ottar (2018). Å utforske fenomenet støtte gjennom dialogiske samtaler i en medforskergruppe. Perspektiver på psykisk helse- og rusarbeid: Recovery, erfaringsbasert kunnskap og samarbeidsbasert kunnskapsutvikling. ISBN: 9788245023992. Fagbokforlaget. 8. s 123 - 132.
  • Jacobs, Gaby; Lieshout, Famke van; Borg, Marit; Ness, Ottar (2017). Being a Person‐Centred Researcher: Principles and Methods for Doing Research in a Person‐Centred Way. Person-Centred Healthcare Research. ISBN: 978-1-119-09960-4. Wiley-Blackwell. 4. s 51 - 60.
  • Holthe, Jahn-Fredrik; Kristiansen, Lena; Sundet, Rolf; Ness, Ottar (2017). Parterapiens historie. Håndbok i parterapi. ISBN: 978-82-450-2206-3. Fagbokforlaget. Kapittel 1. s 19 - 25.
  • Reitan, Toril; Ness, Ottar (2017). Relasjonell parterapi: Bruk av Johnella Birds relasjonelle språk i samtaler med par. Håndbok i parterapi. ISBN: 978-82-450-2206-3. Fagbokforlaget. Kapittel 23. s 326 - 341.
  • Gergen, Kenneth J.; Gergen, Mary; Ness, Ottar (2017). Social Construction and Therapeutic Practices. Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. ISBN: 978-3-319-15877-8. Springer Publishing Company. S. s 2687 - 2694.
  • Gergen, Kenneth J.; Ness, Ottar (2016). Therapeutic Practice as Social Construction. The Palgrave Handbook of Adult Mental Health. ISBN: 978-1-137-49684-3. Palgrave Macmillan. 25. s 502 - 519.
  • Prilleltensky, Isaac; Martino, Salvatore Di; Scarpa, Michael; Ness, Ottar (2025). How People Thrive: Promoting the Synergy of Wellness, Fairness, and Worthiness. ISBN: 9781009308953. Cambridge University Press. s 322.
  • Lorås, Lennart; Ness, Ottar (2024). Håndbok i kvalitativ forskning: For psykologi, helsefag og sosialfag. ISBN: 9788245034868. Fagbokforlaget. s 500.
  • Ness, Ottar; Martino, Salvatore Di; Prilleltensky, Isaac (2022). Psychology for the Common Good: The Interdependence of Citizenship, Justice, and Well-being Across the Globe. ISBN: 9782832504437. Frontiers Media S.A.. s 278.
  • Heimburg, Dina von; Ness, Ottar (2021). Aksjonsforskning: samskapt kunnskap som endrer liv og samfunn. ISBN: 9788245032635. Fagbokforlaget. s 257.
  • Ness, Ottar; McNamee, Sheila; Kvello, Øyvind (2021). Relational Processes in Counselling and Psychotherapy Supervision. ISBN: 978-3-030-71009-5. Palgrave Macmillan. s 178.
  • Loewenthal, Del; Ness, Ottar; Hardy, Billy (2020). Beyond the Therapeutic State. ISBN: 978-0-367-43662-9. Routledge. s 150.
  • Hersted, Lone; Ness, Ottar; Frimann, Søren (2019). Action Research in a Relational Perspective: Dialogue, reflexivity, power and ethics.. ISBN: 9780429289408. Routledge. s 224.
  • Lorås, Lennart; Ness, Ottar (2019). Håndbok i familieterapi. ISBN: 978-82-450-2790-7. Fagbokforlaget. s 495.
  • Ness, Ottar (2017). Håndbok i parterapi. ISBN: 978-82-450-2206-3. Fagbokforlaget. s 466.
  • Ness, Ottar (2013). Therapists in continuous education: A collaborative approach. ISBN: 978-1-938552-18-2. WorldShare Publications, Taos Institute.
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