Jennifer H. R. Sayrs, PhD, ABPP, has served as a research therapist on three of Marsha Linehan's dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) clinical trials and as DBT adherence coder on several trials. As a trainer for Behavioral Tech, she provides a wide range of DBT workshops in the United States and around the world. She is Director of the DBT Center at the Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle (EBTCS), where she provides DBT to adults, adolescents, and families. The DBT Center was one of the first DBT teams in the nation to be awarded Program Certification by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. Dr. Sayrs is also a founding member and Executive Director of EBTCS. She is a board member of the American Board of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology, a specialty board of the American Board of Professional Psychology.

Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, the developer of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Director Emeritus of the Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics at the University of Washington. Her primary research interest is in the development and evaluation of evidence-based treatments for populations with high suicide risk and multiple, severe mental disorders. Dr. Linehan's contributions to suicide research and clinical psychology research have been recognized with numerous awards, including the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology and the Career/Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. She is also a recipient of the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation and the James McKeen Cattell Award from the Association for Psychological Science. In her honor, the American Association of Suicidology created the Marsha Linehan Award for Outstanding Research in the Treatment of Suicidal Behavior. She is a Zen master.