JoAnne Dahl was born 1951 in Bennington Vermont where she spent her first 18 years. During her Earlham College years in Indiana, JoAnne attended a foreign study program in Scandinavia, where she moved after graduating, tempted by love but more so free graduate school. After learning Swedish JoAnne relished the clinical psychology program at Uppsala University in Sweden, followed by clinical work and research in behavioral treatments of physical illnesses, such as epilepsy, intestinal disorders, chronic pain, asthma and obesity. She was the first woman to receive a doctorate in clinical psychology at Uppsala University, 1987. Besides a busy clinical and research schedule, JoAnne has brought up 3 children, mostly as a single mom, who are now grown up but live nearby. After the twin boys graduated and left home, JoAnne sold her home and worked periodically in India and South Africa, bringing effective self-help therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment therapy to poor institutions. JoAnne lives at present in central Uppsala Sweden and holds a tenured professorship at the department of psychology at Uppsala University.I host a self help psychology radio program focusing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy called ACT taking hurt to hope. I interview researchers and clinicians from around the world who apply ACT to a great diversity of applications from inside prisons, to Tinnitus and everything in-between. This is free and is a public service. Join us!Here is the linkhttp://webtalkradio.net/internet-talk-radio/act-taking-