NeuroTalk Support Groups - Marsha M. Linehan, DBT founder, disclosed her Borderline Personality Disorder

Hi,

It's good when people feel successful enough to come out of the closest.
She feels safe to do this now. I wonder what other reasons she has.

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archive...lity-disorder/

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Dr. Linehan told her story in public for the first time last week before an audience of friends, family and doctors at the Institute of Living, the Hartford clinic where she was first treated for extreme social withdrawal at age 17, according to The New York Times.

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DBT combines techniques from a number of different areas of psychology, including mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and relaxation and breathing exercises. Research has demonstrated its general effectiveness for people with borderline personality disorder.

Here She Is Giving a Talk On Youtube:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eec_S...eature=related
Part Two: Marsha Linehan - Mindfulness Skills & DBT II
Here shows how to learn radical acceptance.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTWIT...eature=related
Part Three: Marsha Linehan - Mindfulness Skills & DBT III
Here she is going over
~Wise mind
~Observing non-judgmentally and mindfully
~Describing
~Participating

She also mentions:
~Distress tolerance skills
~Crisis Survival -- how to get through a crisis without making things worse
~How to get through a life that is not the life you want
~Reality Acceptance Skills
~Radical Acceptance
~Willingness
~Turning the mind

"Learning to accept is change."

M