Welcome
Here you will get to know the Frilufts team at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ABUP) at Sørlandet hospital in Southern Norway.
Welcome
Here you will get to know the Frilufts team at the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ABUP) at Sørlandet hospital in Southern Norway.
About us
The Frilufts team is responsible for the treatment approach that we call Friluftsterapi and a variety of nature-based day programmes and family-oriented interventions, across the three hospital locations Lister, Kristiansand and Arendal.
On these pages, you find information that can be of interest whether you consider participating or already are participating in friluftsterapi, you are close to someone participating, or whether you are a student, researcher, teacher/lecturer, practitioner, or otherwise interested in what we do and believe in.
![Lillesand](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lillesand.png)
Lister
![Kristiansand](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Kristiansand.png)
Kristiansand
![Arendal](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Arendal.png)
Arendal
Our services
The Frilufts team offers a range of nature-based services for children, youth and families.
Here you can find more information about our various programmes, in addition to clinical research, development and innovation.
![Bilde 1 ABUP UT Basecamp-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Bilde-1-ABUP-UT-Basecamp-min.jpg)
BASECAMP
Here you can read about our day programme in nearby nature
![pexels-karolina-3669288](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pexels-karolina-3669288-scaled-e1663587200631.jpg)
EXPEDITION
Here you can read about friluftsterapi in the mountains
![familieterapi ut familieterapi ut](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/familieterapi-ut.jpg)
FAMILY THERAPY
Here you can read about multi-family interventions and systemic approaches
![klatreterapi ut](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/klatreterapi-ut-1.jpg)
CLIMBING THERAPY
Here you can read about how we use climbing as therapeutic tools
![padleterapi ut-min ABUP UT Padleterapi](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/padleterapi-ut-min.jpg)
PADDLING THERAPY
Here you can read about our work in water, rivers and sea
![pexels-yaroslav-shuraev-8968141](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/pexels-yaroslav-shuraev-8968141-scaled-e1663587785210.jpg)
RESEARCH
Here you can read about our research activity
Våre Tilbud
Friluftsteamet driver en rekke naturbaserte tilbud for både barn, ungdommer og familier. Her kan du finne mer informasjon om våre ulike tjenester, i tillegg til forskning og fagutivkling.
BASECAMP
Here you can read about our day programme in nearby nature
EXPEDITION
Here you can read about friluftsterapi in the mountains
FAMILY THERAPY
Here you can read about multi-family interventions and systemic approaches
CLIMBING THERAPY
Here you can read about how we use climbing as therapeutic tools
PADDLING THERAPY
Here you can read about our work in water, rivers and sea
RESEARCH
Here you can read about our research activity
Our team
![UT Andreas Koksvik-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-Andreas-Koksvik-min.png)
Martin Hirte
Arendal
![Arendal Andreas Koksvik-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Arendal-Andreas-Koksvik-min.png)
Andreas Koksvik
Arendal
![Camilla Larsen UT-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Camilla-Larsen-UT-min.png)
Camilla L. Major
Arendal
![helene friluft](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/helene-friluft.webp)
Helene Espeland
Arendal
![UT Vibeke Palucha-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-Vibeke-Palucha-min.png)
Vibeke Palucha
Kristiansand
![UT Gunnar Oland Åsen-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-Gunnar-Oland-Asen-min.png)
Gunnar Oland Åsen
Kristiansand
![Halvor Vaaje copy](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Halvor-Vaaje-copy.webp)
Halvor Vaaje
Kristiansand
![UT forsk Carina Ribe Fernee-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-forsk-Carina-Ribe-Fernee-min.png)
Carina Ribe Fernee
Research
![UT forsk Markus Mattsson-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-forsk-Markus-Mattsson-min.png)
Markus Mattsson
Research
![Lister-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lister-min.png)
Anne Kari Jansen
Lister
![UT Andreas Koksvik-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-Andreas-Koksvik-min.png)
Martin Hirte
Arendal
![Camilla Larsen UT-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Camilla-Larsen-UT-min.png)
Camilla L. Major
Arendal
![UT Vibeke Palucha-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-Vibeke-Palucha-min.png)
Vibeke Palucha
Kristiansand
![Halvor Vaaje copy](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Halvor-Vaaje-copy.webp)
Havlor Vaaje
Kristiansand
![Arendal Andreas Koksvik-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Arendal-Andreas-Koksvik-min.png)
Andreas Koksvik
Arendal
![Lister-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lister-min.png)
Anne Kari Jansen
Lister
![UT Gunnar Oland Åsen-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-Gunnar-Oland-Asen-min.png)
Gunnar Oland Åsen
Kristiansand
![UT forsk Carina Ribe Fernee-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-forsk-Carina-Ribe-Fernee-min.png)
Carina Ribe Fernee
Research
![UT forsk Markus Mattsson-min](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UT-forsk-Markus-Mattsson-min.png)
Markus Mattsson
Research
![helene friluft](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/helene-friluft.webp)
Helene Espeland
Arendal
Collaborative partners
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![](https://friluftsterapi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Logo_NordicFullText.png)
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