| Marsha Linehan is a Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and
Director 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 populations. Her
primary research is in the application of behavioral models to suicidal
behaviors, drug abuse, and borderline personality disorder. She is also
working to develop effective models for transferring efficacious
treatments from the research academy to the clinical community. She has
received several awards recognizing her clinical and research
contributions, including the Louis I. Dublin Award for Lifetime
Achievement in the Field of Suicide and the Distinguished Scientist
Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, American
Psychological Association, as well as awards for Distinguished Research
in Suicide (American Foundation of Suicide Prevention), Distinguished
Contributions to the Practice of Psychology (American Association of
Applied and Preventive Psychology), Distinguished Contributions for
Clinical Activities, (Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy), and Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Clinical
Psychology (Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological
Association). She is the past-president of the Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy, a fellow of the American Psychological
Association and the American Psychopathological Association, a diplomat
of the American Board of Behavioral Psychology and past-President,
Division 12, Society of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological
Association.
She has written four books, including two treatment manuals:
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder and
Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder.
She serves on a number of editorial boards, and has published
extensively in scientific journals.
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