Michaela A. Swales
Michaela A. Swales, PhD, is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board, the largest health organization in Wales, and Senior Lecturer at the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, School of Psychology, Bangor University. She is also Director of British Isles DBT Training. Dr. Swales has trained more than a thousand professionals in DBT. Her research interests are primarily in the effective implementation of evidence-based psychological therapies in routine clinical practice; she is currently investigating the efficacy of DBT for treatment-resistant depression. Dr. Swales is a participant in the Working Group on Classification of Personality Disorders that reports to the World Health Organization's International Advisory Group for the revision of the ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioral disorders.
Changing Behavior in DBT: Problem Solving in Action
This book delves into problem solving, one of the core components of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). The authors are leading DBT trainers who elucidate the therapy's principles of behavior change... (more)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features: Second Edition
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach used to treat individuals with complex psychological disorders, particularly chronically suicidal individuals with borderline... (more)