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Meet Yva Fauskevåg

Yva Fauskevåg

Trauma-informed coach | Expat spouse & narcissistic abuse specialist

Helping women name what's hard to name —

and come home to themselves.

✨ Somatic healing & identity rebuild

🌍 20+ years lived expat experience

🕊️ Coercive control & toxic relationship recovery

ICF & CPD Accredited Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach

Integral Therapist (Norsk Psykologforening)

Special Needs Teacher & Adviser (20+ years)

Assistant Professor, University College Norway

Oslo-based, global reach 🌍

My Qualifications

  • Coaching & Therapeutic Qualifications

  • ICF & CPD Accredited Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach

  • Integral Psychology Coaching Certification,

    Integral Psykologisk Institutt (IPI) — founded by Grethe Nordhelle, approved by Norsk Psykologforening (Norwegian Psychology Association)

  • Certificat EduCare — Special Education, Teaching & Child Protection, International School of Geneva

  • Continued professional education, The Mental Wellbeing Company (Caroline Strawson)

    Academic Background

  • MA in Society, Science and Technology in Europe (ESST), University of Oslo (studies at East London University)

  • MA in French Literature — Lektor- og adjunktprogrammet, University of Oslo

  • Cand. Mag. in French, English/American Language, Psychology and Informatics, University of Bergen

  • Praktisk Pedagogisk Utdanning (PPU) — Teacher

    Qualification, University of Osl

  • Spesialpedagogikk Grunnfag — Special Educational Needs, University of Oslo

  • Videreutdanning in Nordic Language and Literature, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • History of Art, University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne (Erasmus exchange)

  • Sorbonne Université, Paris

  • Roman and Greek Mythology, University of Cambridge (online course)

    Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor in Languages and Literature, Volda University College — since 2016

  • Special Educational Needs (SEN) Adviser & Teacher, Holtet VGS (Oslo) — since 2022

  • Special Needs Teacher, Coach & Adviser — since 2001

  • Nearly two decades as an accompanying expat spouse European Commission & United Nations)

A Message From Caroline Strawson

CEO & Founder of The Mental Wellbeing Company

Caroline Strawson is a globally recognised mental health and nervous system educator, therapist, and coach.

She has lived experience of homelessness, domestic abuse, debt, and mental illness. Having not only survived, she has gone on to become a world-leading expert in the study and education of mental health and human behaviour. Caroline brings a wealth of knowledge to her mission of making mental health and trauma mainstream subjects for all.

Through founding the Mental Wellbeing Company, she is leading a movement to make trauma informed awareness and positive psychology tools the norm in schools, workplaces, public sector organisations, and beyond.

Her vision is a world where every human understands their nervous system, leading to more compassion, passion, resilience, and thriving.

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We Believe In…

Compassion

Resilience

Empowerment

Inclusivity

Healing is not a destination, but as your journey unfolds and you heal yourself, you heal the next generation, too.

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