Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks) Marsha Linehan and Radical Acceptance
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Jan 29, 2023 
Marsha Linehan, creator of DBT, discusses radical acceptance and her journey to alleviate suffering. The podcast explores emotional reactivity in personality disorders, the foundations of DBT, and the importance of radical acceptance in Zen practice. It emphasizes understanding deep emotional pain and accepting change, as well as compassion towards individuals' suffering.
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Vow Born From Personal Breakdown
- Marsha Linehan vowed after a psychiatric breakdown to get herself out of 'hell' and help others do the same.
- That personal suffering drove her to develop DBT and work with suicidal, hard-to-treat patients.
Borderline As Emotional Dysregulation
- Linehan defines borderline personality disorder as pervasive emotional dysregulation across feelings, thoughts, physiology, and actions.
- This explains why standard therapies that target single emotions often fail for this group.
Therapy Attempts Trigger Volcanic Reactions
- Linehan repeatedly tried standard behavior therapy and then pure acceptance, each provoking volcanic reactions from clients.
- Those failures led her to balance acceptance and change instead of privileging one side.