 Linehan then returned to her alma mater Loyola University in 1973 and served as an adjunct professor at the university until 1975.During this same time Linehan also served as an assistant professor in Psychology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. from 1973 to 1977.In 1977, Linehan took a position at the University of Washington as an adjunct assistant professor in the Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences department.