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I am an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, investigating digital interventions for addictive behaviors at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. I also am a full Professor of Psychology at the Division of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, where my research focus is on a broader spectrum of mental health problems and digital interventions among university students. From 2020 and onwards I have thus been teaching and doing research at Uppsala University, affiliated in parallel with ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. I am currently also Scientific Counsel on psychological aspects of alcohol and drug use at the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen.se) and recently participated as an expert in the government White Paper on Drugs (Narkotikautredningen). I conduct my research together with fellow researchers, post-doctoral and doctoral students.

Earlier, I served as Director of the National Telephone Support Line for Problem Gamblers (stodlinjen.se) 2015-2019. In 2018, in collaboration with local and national experts, I launched a free Swedish-langugage online course on problem gambling for staff in social and healthcare services who encounter persons with gambling problems. An important contribution I am responsible for is development of the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) and its in-depth correlate, the DUDIT-E. I have taught behavioral medicine and problematic substance use treatment research at advanced undergraduate and graduate levels. I worked clinically for 10 years as a psychotherapist at the Stockholm Center for Dependency Disorders and have been a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) since 2002. I have served two terms as President of the Swedish Behavioral Medicine Society, 2009-2015 and 2017-2021. I am currently Past President of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) after serving as Chair of the Education and Training Committee 2010-2018, President-Elect 2018-2021 and President 2021-2023. I also currently serve as a board member of the Swedish Behavioral Medicine Society and of the Swedish Existential Psychotherapy Society (SEPT.nu).

PhD students and postdoctoral researchers

Current

Ella Tiblin, registered autumn 2020 at Uppsala University, completed half-time control October 2022, PhD defense planned for 2025. Co-supervisor
Danilo Romero, registered 2020-02-21 at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, completed half-time control June 2022, PhD defense planned for 2025. Co-supervisor

Prior

Elisabeth Petersén, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, June 2024. Main supervisor.

Karoline Kolaas, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, October 2023. Main supervisor.
Viktor MÃ¥nsson, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, April 2023. Main supervisor.
Olof Molander, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, March 2022. Main supervisor.
Niels Eék, Gothenburg University, March 2022, Co-supervisor.
Magnus Johansson, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, September 2020. Co-supervisor.
Christopher Sundström, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, December 2017. Main supervisor.
Lena Bergdahl, PhD, Uppsala University, June 2017. Co-supervisor.
Mikael Gajecki, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, June 2016. Main supervisor.
Kristina Sinadinovic, PhD, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, June 2012. Main supervisor.

Postdoctoral supervision 

2022- Naira Topooco, PhD, 100%, UU, researcher
2022-2023 Olga Perski, PhD, 20%, UU, researcher
2020-2022 Christopher Sundström, PhD, 20%, KI
2019-2020 Philip Lindner, PhD, 40%, KI
2016-2020 Mikael Gajecki, PhD, 20%, KI
2012-2016 Kristina Sinadinovic, PhD, 50%, KI
2009-2014 Claes Andersson, PhD, Associate Professor, Malmö högskola, Affiliated to Lund University and Uppsala University

Education
Advanced Psychotherapy Degree, 2007, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

PhD, 2004, Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

MSc, 1998, Clinical Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Diploma in Law, 1995, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

B.A., 1980, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel

Academic honours, awards and prizes
2023- ISBM Outstanding Service Award in Behavioral Medicine

2018 - ISBM Distinguished Career Contribution Award in Behavioral Medicine.

2015 - EiNAR (Excellence in Neuroscience Research) award for first KI MOOC, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI

2008 - Best abstract in Behavioral Medicine, ICBM 2008, Tokyo, Japan

2005 - Best PhD dissertation in Psychology 2004, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology

I have been teaching Behavioral Medicine since 2005, with an inter-professional course for psychology, medicine and physiotherapy students and professionals running both fall and spring terms every year. The course runs in Swedish during the last five weeks of every term. My collaborator is Gabriele Biguet, Physiotherapy Division, Department of Neurobiology, Caring Sciences and Society. For more information about current courses, click here. The course was given for the last time in the fall of 2024. 

Alongside the live course, the MOOC on Behavioral Medicine, , has been available since the fall of 2014. This course is open to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Att Uppsala University I teach existential psychology, addiction psychology, motivational interviewing, assessment and psychometrics and digital psychology, as well as supervising and examining theses at different levels.