Patricia E. Zurita Ona, PsyD, is director of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. Her clinical work started first as a school psychologist, and then as a clinical psychologist. She has significant experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with mood, anxiety, and body-image concerns; particular areas of expertise are obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Zurita Ona also provides specialized services for individuals struggling with emotion dysregulation problems, such as borderline personality disorder (BPD), with or without self-harm and suicidal behaviors. She is coauthor of Mind and Emotions, a universal protocol for emotional disorders that has received a Self-Help Seal of Merit from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).Zurita Ona serves on the board of directors for OCD SF Bay Area, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), and is in charge of the clinical symposium for the annual conference of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). In addition to private practice, Zurita Ona is a clinical faculty member for the Wright Institute, where she supervises and teaches doctoral students.

“Patricia presents a long overdue book about applying acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and psychological flexibility principles to one of the most needing populations in psychotherapy—challenging some myths about working with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Attention-gripping exercises utilizing an array of experiential and didactic avenues for learning important life knowledge and skills will benefit any practitioner that struggles with BPD clients. Additional ‘nerdy comments’ and an ample theoretical introduction integrates ACT with useful perspectives on BPD and emotion regulation—broadening the therapist repertoire not only practically, but also conceptually.”—Bartosz Kleszcz, MA, ACT therapist and researcher in Poland

Patricia E. Zurita Ona, PsyD, is director of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. Her clinical work started first as a school psychologist, and then as a clinical psychologist. She has significant experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with mood, anxiety, and body-image concerns; particular areas of expertise are obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Zurita Ona also provides specialized services for individuals struggling with emotion dysregulation problems, such as borderline personality disorder (BPD), with or without self-harm and suicidal behaviors. She is coauthor of Mind and Emotions, a universal protocol for emotional disorders that has received a Self-Help Seal of Merit from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).Zurita Ona serves on the board of directors for OCD SF Bay Area, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), and is in charge of the clinical symposium for the annual conference of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). In addition to private practice, Zurita Ona is a clinical faculty member for the Wright Institute, where she supervises and teaches doctoral students.

“Patricia presents a long overdue book about applying acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and psychological flexibility principles to one of the most needing populations in psychotherapy—challenging some myths about working with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Attention-gripping exercises utilizing an array of experiential and didactic avenues for learning important life knowledge and skills will benefit any practitioner that struggles with BPD clients. Additional ‘nerdy comments’ and an ample theoretical introduction integrates ACT with useful perspectives on BPD and emotion regulation—broadening the therapist repertoire not only practically, but also conceptually.”—Bartosz Kleszcz, MA, ACT therapist and researcher in Poland

Patricia E. Zurita Ona, PsyD, is director of the East Bay Behavior Therapy Center and adjunct professor at the Wright Institute. Her clinical work started first as a school psychologist, and then as a clinical psychologist. She has significant experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with mood, anxiety, and body-image concerns; particular areas of expertise are obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Zurita Ona also provides specialized services for individuals struggling with emotion dysregulation problems, such as borderline personality disorder (BPD), with or without self-harm and suicidal behaviors. She is coauthor of Mind and Emotions, a universal protocol for emotional disorders that has received a Self-Help Seal of Merit from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT).Zurita Ona serves on the board of directors for OCD SF Bay Area, an affiliate of the International OCD Foundation (IOCDF), and is in charge of the clinical symposium for the annual conference of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). In addition to private practice, Zurita Ona is a clinical faculty member for the Wright Institute, where she supervises and teaches doctoral students.

“Patricia presents a long overdue book about applying acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and psychological flexibility principles to one of the most needing populations in psychotherapy—challenging some myths about working with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Attention-gripping exercises utilizing an array of experiential and didactic avenues for learning important life knowledge and skills will benefit any practitioner that struggles with BPD clients. Additional ‘nerdy comments’ and an ample theoretical introduction integrates ACT with useful perspectives on BPD and emotion regulation—broadening the therapist repertoire not only practically, but also conceptually.”—Bartosz Kleszcz, MA, ACT therapist and researcher in Poland