Katherine L Dixon-Gordon Author

Alexander L. Chapman, PhD, R.Psych, is a professor in the psychology department at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and President of the DBT Centre of Vancouver. He studies emotion regulation, borderline personality disorder (BPD), self-injury, and related problems. Dr. Chapman has authored/co-authored over 100 publications, including 12 books and many journal articles. He has received multiple awards, including a Career Investigator Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the Dean's Medal for Academic Excellence at SFU. Alex Chapman lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Katherine L. Dixon-Gordon, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass). She directs the DBT program at UMass, as well as the Clinical Affective Science Lab, where her team studies emotion regulation, BPD, self-injury, and other risky behaviors. Dr. Dixon-Gordon was named a rising star by the Association for Psychological Science and received an early career award from the National Register of Health Service Psychologists. She regularly trains clinicians and students in evidence-based treatments for complex clinical problems. Katherine Dixon-Gordon lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.