Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating and Bulimia

About Christy F. TelchDebra L. SaferEunice Y. ChenLucene WisniewskiMarsha M. Linehan

Debra L. Safer MD ABPN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University Medical Center. Dr. Safer attended medical school at the University of California San Francisco followed by a residency in psychiatry at Stanford University. Her postdoctoral fellowship was also at Stanford where she worked closely with W. Stewart Agras MD and his eating disorders research team. Dr. Safer's research and clinical work focus on treating eating disorders in adults and adolescents utilizing DBT and other empirically validated treatments.Christy F. Telch PhD is in private practice in Palo Alto California. Dr. Telch obtained her PhD in counseling psychology from Stanford University. She joined Stanford's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences where she established a national reputation for her research on eating disorders. In 1997 Dr. Telch received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to adapt DBT for the treatment of binge-eating disorder. Her subsequent research and treatment manual Emotion Regulation Skills Training Treatment for Binge Eating Disorder are the basis for this book.Eunice Y. Chen PhD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the University of Chicago where she runs a DBT program for adults with eating disorders. Dr. Chen received her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Sydney Australia. She subsequently completed postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and at the University of Washington with Marsha M. Linehan PhD.