Dr. Olga V. Berkout was introduced to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) at the University of Mississippi, where she completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She has applied ACT and behavioral interventions to a range of psychological difficulties and populations including refugees from a number of different countries. Dr. Berkout completed a T-32 funded doctoral research fellowship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and currently works as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. She continues to be interested in acceptance and mindfulness-based behavioral interventions and is interested in ways that behavioral science can intersect with technology.