Marsha M. Linehan

	CAN YOU HELP? If yes, contact Elaine Franks (206) 685-2037 THANKS!	CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME *The Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics (BRTC) is a* *clinical research and training center focusing primarily on* *the development and evaluation of psychotherapies* *for individuals with severe and chronic personality disorders.* *Research focuses on the understanding, assessment and* *treatment of suicidal behaviors and of Borderline Personality* *Disorder. Most research has been funded by the National* *Institutes of Health. The primary treatment under development is* *Dialectical Behavior Therapy, a cognitive behavioral treatment* *developed by Dr. Linehan. We are a free standing unit at the* *University of Washington. All of our funding to date has been* *via research grants and the clinical income generated by* *Dr. Linehan and other staff members.*
Behavioral Research & Therapy Clinics Department of Psychology University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195-1525 Phone: (206 )685-2037 Fax: (206) 616-1513 brtc@u.washington.edu

We need of financial and volunteer support

from the community to:

Develop and maintain a clinic infrastructure;
Develop and put in place a method of fund raising;
Further develop and maintain our web site;
Develop computerized procedures to provide more efficient and effective services to our clients.

What we need most right now:

-Air conditioning for our computer server room
-Soundproofing of four therapy rooms
-A web master to aid dissemination of treatments
-Administrative staff to organize our extensive library
of psychotherapy video tapes, copy them to DVD to
to preserve them and code them so that they can be
used in training other therapists
-Volunteers to take phone calls from people seeking
referrals, information, and resources
- And, of course, we can always use $$MONEY$$

This page last updated: 03-20-02 (by MML)