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Linehan MM. DBT Skills Training Manual. 2nd ed. New York: Guilford Press; 2015. 504 p.
Why we cite it
The clinical manual for implementing DBT skills training, including detailed teaching notes, handouts, and worksheets for all four skill modules. Provides the project's foundational framework for distress tolerance as a learnable skill — specifically the crisis survival strategies (STOP, TIPP, ACCEPTS, self-soothing, IMPROVE) and reality acceptance skills (radical acceptance, turning the mind, willingness). The core premise that "pain + non-acceptance = suffering" while "pain + acceptance = ordinary pain" directly informs the project's approach to sitting with discomfort rather than eating in response to negative emotions.
About the author
– **Marsha M. Linehan**, PhD, ABPP: Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington. Director Emeritus, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics. PhD Psychology, Loyola University Chicago (1971). Developer of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the gold-standard treatment for borderline personality disorder. Past President, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy and Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12). Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology (APA, 2012). Grawemeyer Award for Psychology (2017). 200+ scientific papers.
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