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Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D. is professor of psychology and adjunct professor of
psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. She is
also director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, federally funded research
projects evaluating the efficacy of treatments for suicidal behavior, substance abuse, and
borderline personality disorder. She received her Ph.D. in 1971 from Loyola University
Chicago. She then completed a clinical internship at the Suicide Prevention and Crisis
Clinic in Buffalo, NY, and a post-doctoral fellowship in behavior modification and SUNY at
Stony Brook. She was on the faculty at The Catholic University, Washington, DC., before
going to the University of Washington. She has been on the board of directors of the
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, on the editorial boards of several
journals, and has published numerous articles on suicidal behaviors, drug abuse, behavior
therapy, and behavioral assessment.
WHAT IS DBT?
The Empirical Basis
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT, Linehan, 1993) is a systematic cognitive-behavioral approach to working with individuals who meet criteria for borderline personality disorder, especially those with chronic patterns of suicidal or other severe dysfunctional behaviors. DBT is a synthesis of behavior therapy change strategies and acceptance and validation strategies united by dialectical strategies and underlying assumptions. DBT is currently the only psychosocial treatment that has demonstrated efficacy in treating BPD. In treating chronically parasuicidal BPD women, DBT was more effective than community based treatment-as-usual (TAU) in reducing incidence and severity of parasuicidal acts (including suicide attempts), therapy drop-outs, inpatient psychiatric days, and self-reported anger, and in increasing interpersonal and global adjustment (Linehan, 1991, 1993, 1994). DBT has been adapted for BPD opiate-dependent substance abusers (DBT-S) with very promising initial pilot data. The major modifications to standard DBT are the addition of 1) specific targets relevant to drug use, 2) a set of attachment strategies, 3) a drug replacement program 4) weekly urinalysis, and 5) case management. Linehan Training Group, Inc. is a consortium of talented, experienced workshop leaders and consultants with expertise in DBT and DBT-S. Linehan Training Group, Inc. offers 1-day, 2-day, and 10-day workshops, as well as lectures and consultation to teach mental health professionals Dialectical Behavior Therapy. (For references, see DBT LITERATURE.)
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
If you would like to attend a workshop, check the workshop schedule to see if there is a workshop being held in your area. If there is a phone number listed, you may call the contact person for that workshop. If you would like to schedule a workshop, please contact Kelly Koerner at Linehan Training Group, (206) 675-8588 and fax number (206) 675-8590.
DBT LITERATURE
Books by Marsha Linehan
•Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder (1993), New York: Guilford Press. •Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder (1993), New York: Guilford Press.
Research
•Linehan, M.M., Armstrong, H.E. Suarez, A., Allmon, D., & Heard, H.L. (1991). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of chronically parasuicidal borderline patients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 1060-1064. •Linehan, M.M. & Heard, H.L. (1993). Impact of treatment accessibility on clinical course of parasuicidal patients: In reply to R.E. Hoffman. [Letter to the editor]. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50, 157-58. •Linehan, M.M., Heard, H.L. & Armstrong, H.E. (1993). Naturalistic follow-up of a behavioral treatment for chronically parasuicidal borderline patients. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50, 971-974. •Linehan, M.M., Tutek, D.A., Heard, H.L., & Armstrong, H.E. (1994). Interpersonal outcome of cognitive-behavioral treatment for chronically suicidal borderline patients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 1771-1776.
Chapters
•Heard, H.L. & Linehan, M.M. (1994). Dialectical behavior therapy: An integrative approach to the treatment of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 4, 55-82. •Linehan, M.M. & Kehrer, C.A. (1993). Borderline personality disorder. D.H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders (2nd Ed.). New York: Guilford Press, 396-441. •Linehan, M.M. & Schmidt, H. III (1995). The dialectics of effective treatment of borderline personality disorder. In W.O. O'Donohue & L. Krasner (Eds.), Theories in Behavior Therapy: Exploring Behavior Change. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics
•National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) -funded study •National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) -funded study •Assessment instruments.
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