Lainen, Marsha

Marsha Lainen was born in Tulsa , Oklahoma , USA . She was the third child of six children in the family of the oilman and his wife, who was actively engaged in public work. From an early age, the girl was notable for her high marks and talented playing the piano . As a teenager, Marsha experienced many problems, considered herself inferior in comparison with her brothers and sisters. Nobody paid attention to the difficulties of Marsha until she, while studying in the graduating class, began to suffer from severe headaches and thought about suicide . ^{[7] [8] [9]}

In March 1961, at the age of 17, she entered the Institute of Life, where she was diagnosed with schizophrenia . ^[8] Lainen underwent electroshock therapy , psychoanalysis , often ended up in the isolation ward in the department for the most severe patients, and received medical treatment. ^[7] In the same year, she decided to take control of her life. ^[8] In May 1963 she was discharged from the Institute of Life, where she received treatment. ^[7] She recalls that she made a vow to God in the event of victory over the disease to help others out of it. ^[8] He claims to be suffering from borderline personality disorder . ^{[7] [8]}

After being discharged from the Life Institute, Lainen made several suicide attempts, and for some time ended up in the hospital, from where she was allowed to be discharged only on condition of being under the care of her brother. After discharge, she lived in a monastic Catholic monastery in Chicago , and spent many hours in prayer. She got a job as a clerk in an insurance company and began to study at the evening department of the University of Chicago Loyola . During one of the visits to the temple during the night prayer I experienced a feeling that was later called "radical acceptance." After that, Lainen's life changed, she learned to survive her emotional states without causing herself physical harm. ^{[7] [8]}

She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago at Loyola in 1968 and received a bachelor 's degree in psychology . In 1970 she received a master 's degree , and in 1971 - a doctor. ^{[7] [9]} During her studies, she began to teach psychology . ^[9]

After studying at the University of Chicago at Loyola , Between 1971 and 1972, Lainen completed an internship at the Buffalo Crisis Suicide Prevention Service and was an associate professor at New York State University . After Buffalo, Lainen completed a residency training course on behavior modification at Stony Brook State University of New York . Then, in 1973 , Lainen returned to Loyola University of Chicago and worked there as an associate professor until 1975 . At the same time, from 1973 to 1977 , Lainen worked as an assistant professor of psychology at the Catholic University of America in Washington . ^[9] At this time, she investigated the effectiveness of behavioral therapy in people who had attempted suicide, and came to the conclusion that “radical acceptance” should be added to the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder, which served as the reason for developing her own method of therapy, in which includes elements of Zen practice, she specially trained by it. ^{[5] [10]}

In 1977, Lainen took the post of assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington . ^[9]

1981 - 1983 - Lainen becomes an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington . ^[9]

1983 - 1989 - Assistant Professor of Psychology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington . ^[9]

Lynen is currently a professor of psychology and a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington , head of the behavioral research and therapy clinics, and the founder of The Linehan Institute . ^{[3] [4] [6]} He is also a member of the American Psychological Association . ^[10]

In 2011, Lainen told her own story of the fight against borderline personality disorder in an audience at the Life Institute, where she was treated in her youth; ^[8] The New York Times also wrote about her life. ^[7] Lainen admitted that it was not easy for her to decide to tell her story in public, but she was able to do this thanks to the desire "not to die a coward." ^[8]

Speaks for renaming borderline personality disorder . ^[5]

Lainen is best known as the creator of dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT) , aimed at working with people with borderline personality disorder and a high risk of suicide . ^[6]

Lainen received many awards for her research and clinical work, including the Louis Israel Dublin Prize in 1999 for her achievements in suicidology, the Outstanding Mental Health Education Award from the New England Institute of Education in 2004, and the American Professional Achievement Award The Psychological Association in 2005 et al. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}

In 2015, she became the first psychologist to receive the NAMI Research Award ( National Alliance on Mental Illness ). ^{[5] [6] [13]}

Lainen is the author and co-author of many books, her work is widely represented in scientific journals. ^{[3] [9] [10]}

Two therapeutic guidelines are best known:

• Lainen, Marsha. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder ;
• Lainen, Marsha. Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder .

Unmarried. He lives with his foster daughter of Peruvian origin, Geraldine and her family. ^[5]

Behaviorism

Dialectic Behavioral Therapy

Behavioral Psychotherapy

Borderline personality disorder

• The linehan institute
• UW Lecture 2007, “Suicidal Individuals: Evaluation, Therapies, and Ethics, Part 2 - 2007”
• Video interview with Marsha Lainen in English from The New York Times
• Interview translation by Marsha Lainen of The New York Times in 2011
• Marsha Lainen page on the University of Washington site