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" Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of the life-saving behavioral therapy DBT, using her own struggle to develop life skills for others.&ldquo,his book is a victory on both sides of the page.&rdquo,mdash,loria Steinem &ldquo,re you one of us?&rdquo,a patient once asked Marsha Linehan, the world-renowned psychologist who developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy. &ldquo,ecause if you were, it would give all of us so much hope.&rdquo,#160,br〉 Over the years, DBT had saved the lives of countless people fighting depression and suicidal thoughts, but Linehan had never revealed that her pioneering work was inspired by her own desperate struggles as a young woman. Only when she received this question did she finally decide to tell her story. In this remarkable and inspiring memoir, Linehan describes how, when she was eighteen years old, she began an abrupt downward spiral from popular teenager to suicidal young woman. After several miserable years in a psychiatric institute, Linehan made a vow that if she could get out of emotional hell, she would try to find a way to help others get out of hell too, and to build a life worth living.160 She went on to put herself through night school and college, living at a YWCA and often scraping together spare change to buy food. She went on to get her PhD in psychology, specializing in behavior therapy. In the 1980s, she achieved a breakthrough when she developed Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, a therapeutic approach that combines acceptance of the self and ways to change. Linehan included mindfulness as a key component in therapy treatment, along with original and specific life-skill techniques. She says, You can't think yourself into new ways of acting,you can only act yourself into new ways of thinking. Throughout her extraordinary scientific career, Marsha Linehan remained a woman of deep spirituality. Her powerful and moving story is one of faith and perseverance. Linehan shows, in Building a Life Worth Living , how the principles of DBT really work&mdash,nd how, using her life skills and techniques, people can build lives worth living."
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Rezension(1): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: June 24, 2019 In this powerful and intimate memoir, psychologist Linehan shares the history of her own mental illness as well as the development of her treatment for suicidal individuals, called Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Her memoir follows her “descent into hell” with mental illness, her spiritual evolution (raised a Catholic, she becomes a self-described Zen master), and her work as a research professor. She writes of her youth in Tulsa, Okla., as one of six children born to an oil executive and his wife, who was active in their community. At 18, Linehan entered a deep depression and became suicidal,her parents committed her to a mental institution, where she engaged in self-burning and self-cutting, was heavily medicated, placed in seclusion for 12 weeks, and received shock therapy. Linehan made a vow to help others like herself, and after two years she was released and became a psychologist, ultimately developing DBT by combining practical life skills, Zen teachings, and behavior therapy. Linehan ably guides readers along her roller-coaster life as she conquers the male-dominated world of academia while hiding her physical and emotional scars. In spite of challenges, the author was determined and optimistic: “You can’t think yourself into new ways of acting,you can only act yourself into new ways of thinking.” Readers looking to overcome their past will find inspiration in this dramatic, heartfelt narrative." Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: December 1, 2019 The psychologist who developed dialectical behavior therapy to treat suicidal individuals reflects on her own life in this gripping memoir. Linehan (DBT Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets, 2014, etc.) grew up in a reasonably well-off family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the 1940s and '50s. A happy-go-lucky, confident high school girl, though not a good fit for her more sedate family, she experienced a breakdown during her senior year of high school and was institutionalized for more than two years at the Institute for Living in Hartford, Connecticut. The psychoactive drugs and electroconvulsive therapy she was given, in addition to long periods of solitary confinement, left her with few memories of her childhood and adolescence, which she reconstructs here with the help of others. Linehan went on to study psychology and, later, train as a Zen master and work as a research scientist at the University of Washington. These Western and Eastern strands combined to influence the therapeutic protocol she developed, which has been clinically proven to benefit those affected by borderline personality disorder and suicidal tendencies. DBT, one of the first psychological treatment plans to incorporate the teaching of mindfulness, combines a recognition and deep acceptance of what the patient is feeling with the implementation of a behavioral plan for change. While the technique may not strike readers as revolutionary as Linehan contends it is, the author obviously has deep empathy for those she treats and a willingness to try a range of techniques to help them. Although she has chosen not to write about any of her clients, for the sake of their privacy, her description of her own slow, uneven recovery from what she calls a version of hell is compelling, and it's easy to see how it would translate to other individuals. While she doesn't stress the point, it's also clear that both the spiritual and practical approaches she takes would also benefit those with less extreme psychological challenges. An inspiring account of healing and helping. COPYRIGHT(2019) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from January 1, 2020 Many readers will identify with the journey at the heart of this moving memoir from renowned psychologist Linehan (psychiatry & behavioral sciences, Univ. of Washington, Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder ). Diagnosed with schizophrenia in her late teens but believing her condition to be closer to borderline personality disorder, Linehan devoted her life to researching this complicated illness. Here, the author describes the electroconvulsive therapy treatments she received in the 1960s, and how she promised God that once cured, she would do all she could to help others coping with mental illness. Her development of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in the 1980s, which centers on principles of self-acceptance and changing one's patterns of behavior, led to a groundbreaking program for people experiencing suicidal ideation. Readers will admire how Linehan persevered and rose to the top of her field in the aftermath of trauma. VERDICT Survivors of all kinds and seekers of professional and spiritual growth will appreciate Linehan's inquisitive nature and her path to recovery and understanding. Her groundbreaking work should be read by anyone considering a career in psychology and related fields. --Chad Clark, San Jacinto Coll. Dist., Pasadena, TXCopyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 1, 2019 Bringing together science and the divine, psychologist and creator of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) Linehan tells her story in this practical and engaging memoir. She turned from a cheerful teen who was nominated as class Mardi Gras queen to experiencing such a mental break that she was admitted to a secure institution and placed in a unit for the most disturbed patients. While Linehan admits never knowing what happened to cause that change, she dates her life's mission to that time, when she vowed to get herself out of hell and promised to do the same for others. She more than succeeded by creating DBT, the first treatment proven effective for those diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Linehan leads readers through her life and details how key moments brought her to develop DBT, bringing mindfulness into psychotherapy. Weaving the instructive with the personal, she alternates anecdotes with universal tools for approaching life with a combination of acceptance and motivation to change.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.) "
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