Peter Fonagy, PhD is the co-developer of Mentalization Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder. Mentalization Based Treatment is rooted in attachment theory and the primary goals of treatment are to improve mentalization skills, learn how to work with current emotions and establish r...

Alan Fruzzetti, PhD is an internationally recognized Dialectical Behavior Therapy researcher, teacher, and supervisor. His research focuses on the connections between severe individual problems (including suicidality and non-suicidal self-harm) and interpersonal/family processes, and their inter...

Alec Miller, PsyD specializes in the treatment of adolescents for borderline personality disorder, depression, stress, suicide and self-injury. He has researched and adapted the use of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for suicidal, multi-problem adolescents and has disseminated the use of evidence-ba...

Jon G. Allen, PhD is a prominent clinical psychologist known for his expertise in trauma, psychotherapy, and attachment theory. He emphasizes the central role of mentalizing in building effective therapeutic relationships, particularly for individuals struggling with attachment-related trauma.
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John Gunderson, MD, is often referred to as "The Father of BPD”. As a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, he was a pioneer in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of Borderline Personality Disorder. He discovered that many patients were being misdiagnosed as ...

Harriet Lefley, PhD, was a highly distinguished pioneer in the fields of cross-cultural mental health care and advocacy for the mentally ill. As Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Lefley was Principle or Co...