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Marsha Linehan, who changed care for people in suicidal distress, dies at 83
The psychologist built dialectical behavior therapy around acceptance, practical skills and the conviction that people in profound psychological pain were not beyond help.
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What we knew first
- Marsha Linehan’s favorite Gregorian chants were playing as she died, colleagues wrote in a tribute quoted by The Seattle Times. For the psychologist who brought Zen mindfulness into a practical treatment for suicidal distress, spirituality had remained a thread through a life devoted to helping people endure pain—and find something beyond it.
