Following are links to other websites with information about DBT. Click here to jump to:
Recommended Sites
DBT Overviews
News Reports on DBT
DBT Research: Articles and Summaries
Educational Materials
Borderline Personality Disorder
Following that is a list of
Recommended Reading for people who want to practice DBT skills.
Following that is a list of My Favorite Links to interesting topic-related websites.

All these lists are expected to expand.


Recommended Sites
I recommend the Middle Path website for more, but different information about DBT.


DBT Overviews
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.
California Mental Health Alliance’s The Journal, March 1, 1997, Vol. 8/ Iss. 1

Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder Using Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Thomas Lynch, Ph.D. and Clive Robins, Ph.D. California Mental Health Alliance’s The Journal, March 1997, Vol. 8/ Iss. 1

An Overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
Barry Kiehn and Michaela Swales, Psychiatry On-Line

Dialectic Behavior Therapy: Frequently Asked Questions
Behavioral Tech, LLC.

Mindfulness Meditation and Concentration Meditation
4Mindfulness Meditation.com

Using DBT to Treat BPD: A Broad Overview
Michael Osada, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

BF Skinner meets the Buddha
Sally Hansell, LCSW, The Group Circle. April/May 2002, American Group Psychotherapy Association

A Promising Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
Elizabeth T. Murphy, Ph.D., and John Gunderson, MD,McLean Hospital Psychiatric Update, January 1999

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Making Its Way East
Phyllis Hanlon, MassPsy.com December 2000

Mindfulness for Clients, their Friends & Family Members
Sanderson, Cindy, Ph.D.

DBT Opens the Door to Recovery For Many
Robin Boyd, Monadnock Family Services

News Reports on DBT (back to top)
Please note that to access the following Clinical Psychiatry News articles requires free registration here.

DBT Program in Manchester, NH Wins American Psychiatric Association Award
American Psychiatric Association, Psychiatric News

DBT Empowers Abusive Men to Regain Self-control
Batya Swift Yasgur, Clinical Psychiatry News, March 2001
Jeff Evans, Clinical Psychiatry News, February 2003

DBT Practical Approach for Eating Disorders
Batya Swift Yasgur, Clinical Psychiatry News, March 2001

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Promising for Binge Eating
Bruce Jancin, Clinical Psychiatry News, April 2003

DBT Helps Dysfunction in Borderline Personality
Jeff Evans, Clinical Psychiatry News, February 2003

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Cuts Self-Mutilating Behavior
Batya Swift Yasgur, Clinical Psychiatry News, July 2001

Dialectical Behavior Therapy May Benefit Couples
Batya Swift Yasgur, Clinical Psychiatry News, March 2001
DBT Research:  Articles and Summaries (back to top)

DBT, FAP, and ACT: How Empirically Oriented Are the New Behavior Therapy Technologies?
In press, S.C. Hayes, A. Masuda, R. Bissett, J. Luoma; L.F. Geurrero

Preliminary Findings for the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration’s DBT Program
Washington State Institute for Public Policy

The Application of DBT for Patients with BPD on Inpatient Units
C.R. Swenson MD, C. Sanderson Ph.D., R.A. Dulit MD, M.M. Linehan Ph.D., Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 4, 2001

Evaluation of Inpatient Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder a Prospective Study
M. Bohus,  B Haaf, C. Stiglmayr, U. Pohl, R. Bohme, M. Linehan, Behavior Research and Therapy 38 (2000)

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Chronically Parasuicidal Patients
M.M. Linehan, H.E. Armstrong, A. Suarez, D. Allmon & H.L.Heard, Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, 1060-1064 (1991)

The Empirical Basis of Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Summary, Critique, and Implication
K.R. Scheel, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 7, 68-86 (2000)

Further Data on Dialectical Behavior Therapy
K. Koerner & L. A. Dimeff, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 7, 104-112(2000)

Educational Materials (back to top)

DBT Slide Show Presentation
PDF Slide show from Fordham University Undergraduate Psychology Class

DBT Practicum Handouts
Linehan’s handouts for therapists in training are copyrighted but OK for personal use.

Slide Show Presentation for Trainers


A slide show created by Marsha Linehan that outlines guidelines for teaching DBT.

Recommended Reading: (back to top)

(For people who want to practice DBT skills)

Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
by Marsha Linehan. Her theories and practical worksheets and handouts.

Full Catastrophe Living
by Jon Kabat-Zinn. A Practical guide to mindfulness meditation and healing, using the wisdom of your body and mind to face pain, stress and illness; based on his work at the Stress and Pain Clinic at the U. of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Wherever You Go, There You Are
by Jon Kabat-Zinn. The practice of mindfulness mediation in everyday life. Stories, anecdotes, poems.

The Miracle of Mindfulness
by Thich Nhat Hanh. Basic book on mindfulness meditation.

Peace is Every Step
by Thich Nhat Hanh. Mindfulness in everyday life.  A wonderful collection of personal anecdotes, stories, and experiences from his own life that show the reader how to attain awareness and peace.

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
by Steven C. Hayes, PH.D. Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this book is about developing a willingness to embrace every experience life has to offer.

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook
byMatthew MCKay, PH.D., Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D., & Jeffrey Brantley, MD. Each of the four skill sets are developed into basic and advanced exercises.

The Four Agreements
by Miguel Don Ruiz. Techniques to live a peaceful life.

Instant Calm
by Paul Wilson. A complete collection of calming techniques that are easy to use.

Emotional Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman. The author argues that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged.

The Places that Scare You
by Pema Chodron. Teaches how to awaken our basic goodness and connect to others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

Way of the Peaceful Warrior
by Dan Millman. A story of a world champion athlete who is guided by a powerful old man who teaches Millman what it means to live like a peaceful warrior.

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