Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, the developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, is a Professor of Psychology and an adjunct Professor of   Psychiatry at the University of Washington. She is also the Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, where she conducts   research to develop and evaluate treatments for severe and complex mental disorders. She is the Founder of the Linehan Institute, Behavioral Tech, LLC, and Behavioral Tech Research. She has played a major role in the consultation, supervision, and training of mental health professionals around the world. DBT was celebrated by TIME in the book 100 New Scientific Discoveries. In 2016, the Association   for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies honored Dr. Linehan with a Career/Lifetime Achievement award.

 

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP is the treatment developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Her research clinic receives licensing   fees for Behavioral Tech’s use of her materials. Dr. Linehan’s company (Behavioral Tech Research) owns the online training courses distributed by Behavioral Tech and Dr. Linehan receives royalties for use of the content she wrote for these products. She also receives royalties for her books on DBT and her research on DBT is funded by the US federal government.

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