- Suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
- Developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
- Was an adjunct professor at Loyola University from 1973-1975.
- Has earned several awards for her research and clinical work, including the Louis Israel Dublin award for Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Suicide in 1999, The Outstanding Educator Award for Mental Health Education from the New England Educational Institute in 2004, and Career Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association in 2005.
- Attended Loyola University in Chicago, where she graduated cum laude with a B.S in Psychology in 1968. She went on to earn a M.A in 1970 and Ph.D. in 1971, both in Clinical Psychology also from Loyola University Chicago.
- Her pre-doctoral internship was The Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service in Buffalo, New York between 1971-1972. Followed by the Behavior Modification program at Stony Brook University.
- Seattle, WA, USA: Professor of Psychology and a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington and Director of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics. (August 2013)
- She is the founder of the Linehan Institute of Behavioral Technology, a non-profit organization that owns the company she founded, Behavioral Tech LLC, a behavioral technology transfer group. With them she is actively involved in developing effective models for transferring efficacious treatments from the research academy to the clinical community.
- Has one daughter, Geraldine, whom she adopted as a single parent.
- Is a is a long-time Roman Catholic and reports that she is involved in such practices as meditation that she was taught by Roman Catholic priests.
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