Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences

 Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Research Fields Clinical Psychology Unit for Bereavement Research Members Lars Petter Sødal Bergsmark

Lars Petter Sødal Bergsmark

“Talking about grief as an illness can be upsetting. It is important to understand why and when grief may require treatment, so that we can help those in need while at the same time avoiding the medicalization of entirely normal grief.”

PhD Fellow, Cand.psych.

Lars Petter Sødal Bergsmark is a PhD fellow at the Research Unit for Grief, Aarhus University. His research focuses on the lived experience of prolonged grief disorder and on how disturbed grief manifests. His work draws on philosophy of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and primarily qualitative methods. Lars Petter has previously worked as a psychologist in an inpatient psychiatric unit and is strongly committed to fostering dialogue and collaboration in a complex field.

Contact:
lpbergsm@psy.au.dk
+45 8715 0014

Revised 28.01.2026
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Malene Hoffmann Buskbjerg