Thomas R. Lynch PhD

Thomas R. Lynch is Professor Emeritus in the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton in England and the treatment developer of Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (RO DBT). He was the Director of the Duke Cognitive Behavioural Research and Treatment Program at Duke University (USA) from 1998-2007 and latterly the Director of the Emotion and Personality Bio-behavioural Laboratory at the University of Southampton. He has been the recipient of multiple large research grants from a range of sources and is a recipient of the John M. Rhoades Psychotherapy Research Endowment and a Beck Institute Scholar. Recognized internationally as a world-leading expert in difficult-to-treat disorders; such as, personality disorders, chronic depression, and anorexia nervosa, Dr Lynch is in frequent demand as a speaker internationally. For more information on RO DBT please visit www.radicallyopen.net