Dialectical Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features highlights theoretical and practical features of the treatment using extensive clinical examples to demonstrate how the theory translates into practice.

Michaela A. Swales is a Reader in Clinical Psychology on the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme, Bangor University and a consultant clinical psychologist with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. She is the Director of the British Isles DBT Training Team and co-author of Changing Behavior in DBT.

Heidi L. Heard is the co-author of Changing Behavior in DBT. She is a senior trainer for BehavioralTech, USA and an international consultant and supervisor in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. She has written extensively about DBT and borderline personality disorder.