Dbt Skills Training Manual Marsha Linehan Biography

Marsha Linehan Dbt Manual

Marsha Linehan is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington and is Director Emeritus of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, a consortium of research projects developing new treatments and evaluating their efficacy for severely disordered and multi-diagnostic and suicidal populations. Her primary research was in the application of behavioral models to suicidal behaviors, drug abuse, and borderline personality disorder. She also worked to develop effective models for transferring science-based treatments to the clinical community.She received awards recognizing her clinical and research contributions to the study and treatment of suicidal behaviors, including the Louis I. Dublin Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Suicide, the Distinguished Research in Suicide Award (American Foundation of Suicide Prevention), and the creation of the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior established by the American Association of Suicidology.