BPD Day 23 The Role of Acceptance in Recovery: Lessons from Marsha Linehan's Life

Amanda Smith, LCSW, is a trained DBT therapist from Waco, Texas, and author of DBT Wellness Planner: 365 Days of Healthy Living for Your Body, Mind and Spirit. She founded Hope for BPD, and a blog called My Dialectical Life. Amanda started out in the mental health field by serving as the executive director of the Pinellas County, Florida affiliate of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). In 2007, she founded the Florida Borderline Personality Disorder Association - a non-profit organization dedicated towards providing advocacy, education and support for persons diagnosed with BPD and their families.