Professional Organizations
Links to all the organizations and professional websites dedicated to Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Borderline Personality Disorder and mental illness

Sites By Clients
I strongly encourage people to visit these websites by people who have recovered from BPD and used their experiences to help other people.

Focus on Clients
These links are for specific, helpful ways of providing services directly focused on the needs of people with BPD and using the DBT Skills.

Resources
To find a DBT group or DBT center in your area, you might find it on one of these links. Also, you’ll find links for families of people with BPD

Recommended Books
A list of some of my favorite books on DBT, Mindfulness, BPD, and related subjects.

Educational Videos
You Tube videos with helpful content (in my opinion)

Commercial
These links are for companies selling products, coaching and online therapy targeted toward DBT or a related aspect of mental illness

DBT Documents (specific)
These are the links at the bottom of the page leading directly to documents, research and educational materials for DBT.

DBT Overviews and Research

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
4 Mindfulness 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
Mindfulness for Clients, their Friends & Family Members
Sanderson, Cindy, Ph.D.
DBT Opens the Door to Recovery For Many
Robin Boyd, Monadnock Family Services
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
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)
DBT Slide Show Presentation
PDF Slide show from Fordham University Undergraduate Psychology Class
Slide Show Presentation for Trainers
A slide show created by Marsha Linehan that outlines guidelines for teaching DBT.