Prof. Alan Fruzzetti is an internationally recognized DBT researcher, teacher, therapist and supervisor. He is a Research Fellow at the National Suicide Research Foundation/ University College Cork and Lead for supervision & implementation for the National DBT Team in Ireland. Alan was previously on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and is professor emeritus at the University of Nevada-Reno.  Alan is Past-President of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (now BPD Alliance) and on the Board of Directors for the DBT-L Board of Certification, a co-founder of the World Association for DBT, and the Center for DBT and Families. He has authored more than 130 research and clinical papers and book chapters, two books, is the editor of the Guilford DBT Practice series, and has trained professionals and provided public lectures and training in more than twenty-five countries on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT with parents, couples and families, and other topics and problems related to severe emotion dysregulation. His research focuses on the connections between interpersonal processes and severe psychological problems such as transdiagnostic emotion dysregulation. He has founded and directed both outpatient and residential DBT programs, for adults, adolescents, and their families. Alan is the co-creator of the NEA-BPD no-cost Family Connections programs for parents, partners, and other loved ones of people with borderline personality disorder, severe emotion dysregulation, suicide attempts and related problems. His work has been widely cited in research and clinical publications. He has testified before U.S. Congressional committees about problems related to suicide and has received many honors for research, teaching, and community service. He received his BA from Brown University and MS and PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle.