May 28, 2020

A DBT Client Shares 10 Lessons From the Memoir of Marsha Linehan

When I was in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for a year, we regularly watched Marsha Linehan — its creator — in her “Crisis to Survival” skills videos and the opinion of her was mixed. She was at times a polarizing figure. Perhaps this was an antipodean bias against her (perceived) grating Tulsan accent, or over-the-top manner. But for me, I loudly declared my love. I felt she was the ultimate wise mind.’