Live Sveingard Bentsen

Live Sveingard Bentsen is a University lecturer at the Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Agder (UiA), Norway, employed since March 2016. Her professional background includes project management in municipal low-threshold mental health and substance abuse rehabilitation services, extensive work in neurological rehabilitation and multi-trauma at Sørlandet Hospital HF (AFR), and experience as Children's Manager at BarnsBeste.

She holds a Master's degree with specialization in clinical nursing science, where her thesis explored nature as an arena for neurological rehabilitation, and has additional formal education in outdoor recreation and nature guiding—directly supporting her expertise in nature-based rehabilitation methodologies.

Dr. Bentsen's research centers on therapeutic rehabilitation frameworks, emphasizing neurological and substance abuse contexts through nature-based and outdoor interventions. Her work integrates adventure therapy, relatives' perspectives, and salutogenesis principles to address resilience and recovery.

• Neurological Rehabilitation
• Outdoor Rehabilitation
• Substance Abuse Rehabilitation
• Nature-based Therapeutic Work
• Adventure Therapy
• Relatives' Perspective
• Resilience and Recovery
• Salutogenesis
• Mindfulness
• Stress Management

No scientific awards or grants are documented in the provided text. She actively disseminates research through conference engagements, including a poster at the 9th International Adventure Therapy Conference (2022) and speaking roles at the National Conference in Outdoor Rehabilitation (2016), NSF's Nurses' Conference (2016), and REHAB2014.

She is affiliated with two research groups: Anthrozoology (focusing on animal-human interaction dynamics) and HEIFA (Health and quality of life from a family perspective), reflecting interdisciplinary collaboration in rehabilitation science.