Description: Radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT) is a breakthrough, evidence-based treatment supported by twenty years of clinical research, and targets a spectrum of disorders characterized by excessive emotional overcontrol (OC)--including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, eating disorders, and more. People with OC struggle to express vulnerability and build emotional connection, leading to loneliness, perfectionism, and isolation. This groundbreaking workbook offers readers skills to encourage strong social connections as a powerful tool for recovery.
Brief description: Thomas R. Lynch, PhD, FBPsS, is professor emeritus of clinical psychology at the University of Southampton school of psychology. Previously, he was director of the Duke Cognitive-Behavioral Research and Treatment Program at Duke University from 1998-2007. He relocated to Exeter University in the UK in 2007. Lynch's primary research interests include understanding and developing novel treatments for mood and personality disorders using a translational line of inquiry that combines basic neurobiobehavioral science with the most recent technological advances in intervention research. He is founder of radically open dialectical behavior therapy (RO DBT).
Lynch has received numerous awards and special recognitions from organizations such as the National Institutes of Health-US (NIMH, NIDA), Medical Research Council-UK (MRC-EME), and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). His research has been recognized in the Science and Advances Section of the National Institutes of Health Congressional Justification Report; and he is a recipient of the John M. Rhoades Psychotherapy Research Endowment, and a Beck Institute Scholar.Review Quotes:
"This insightful and practical book offers powerful skills to loosen the grip of perfectionism and excessive control by helping readers build flexibility, develop close bonds with others, and find more joy in life. It's a compassionate guide for anyone seeking to thrive socially and emotionally while pursuing meaningful goals. And along the way, the reader will have a little fun, too, while working with this book."
--Martina Wolf-Arehult, PhD, psychologist, coordinator of the national highly specialized medical care unit for severe self-harm and eating disorders, cofounder of the Swedish DBT association, and author of Out of Loneliness