From the Book - First edition.
Foreword by Dr. Allen Frances
Part one. Building a life experienced as worth living
A traumatic invalidating environment
A stranger in a strange land
Part two. On my way to Chicago
Intellectual and spiritual transformations
The path to thinking like a scientist
My enlightenment moment in the Cenacle Chapel
Love that came and went, came and went
A suicide clinic in Buffalo
The development of behaviorism and behavior therapy
Fitting in at last: small fish in a big pond
Finding a nurturing community
Finding a therapist, and an ironic twist
Part three. A thumbnail sketch of DBT
Finding my feet in Seattle and learning to live an anti-depressant life
My first research grant for behavior therapy and suicide
The birth of dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectics: the tension, or synthesis, between opposites
Learning acceptance skills
Not just acceptance-radical acceptance
Good advice from Willigis: keep going
Trying to put zen into clinical practice
Mindfulness: we all have wise mind
Part four. The circle closes
Going public with my story: the real origins of DBT.
