Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT equips individuals with tools to manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and practice mindfulness. My expertise in DBT allows me to help clients build emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills, fostering lasting personal growth and resilience.

Mondays I work with Kristen Lund in St. Paul as a DBT therapist, helping those struggling with emotional regulation. Difficulty regulating emotions often stems from past trauma and from not being taught these skills as young children. Part of your treatment can include participation in DBT group in order to learn and practice concrete skills needed to be effective in your life moving forward.

We teach DBT skills in a flexible way tailored to our clients. These are skills that are helpful for all of us (why didn’t we learn them in middle school?) to support emotional awareness and regulation, develop healthy communication and assertiveness, and be able to get through intense moments in our life. These skills can also be helpful for clients to gain more self-reliance between therapy sessions, and trust themselves to make wise choices!

We will use DBT to develop new, healthy behaviors that will improve how you manage stress and improve communication to create a positive life worth living.

I have extensive clinical experience, coursework, and additional ceu training and certification in using DBT for a variety of clinical concerns.

DBT is a mindfulness based therapy rooted in 4 skill sets: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. This counseling theory was created for people who struggle with intense/reactive emotions, impulsive behaviors, self harm and suicidal urges, and Borderline Personality Disorder. I have experience teaching these skills to clients who are working on issues related to Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Bipolar, and communication skills.

I was one of 14 individuals selected for a fellowship in the DBT Training Program at Columbia University, where I completed a year-long course of concentrated DBT study, received DBT Intensive Training through The Linehan Institute's training company, Behavioral Tech, and worked at a DBT-specific clinical internship. I have been working as a DBT therapist for over three years in group practices, first in New York City and now, in Los Angeles.

With over six years of dedicated work integrating sleep science into Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), I’ve developed innovative tools to enhance emotional regulation, improve learning and memory of DBT skills, and reduce suicide risk. My training as a clinical psychologist, expertise in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and commitment to evidence-based care uniquely position me to transform DBT practice by addressing sleep disruptions, a critical yet often overlooked component of mental health.

I have provided Comprehensive DBT since 2019 when I joined a team. I have completed several advanced trainings on DBT. I have run several DBT groups and tons of individual sessions. I find DBT so useful, I use it with all my trauma clients regardless of diagnosis. I can often be found holding up my DBT skills book proudly! :)

I utilize Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in my work with children and adolescence to support them with developing resiliency. I utilize elements of Radically Open DBT to support my clients struggling with restrictive disordered eating.

While working in a PHP/IOP setting, I was taught how to utilize DBT as a treatment modality. I provided interventions through DBT both "informally" as well as in a traditionally structured setting in DBT skills groups, individual therapy with diary cards, and attending DBT Consultation.

DBT aims to help people create lives worth living. For treatment with DBT to be comprehensive, it needs to include all four of these modes of treatment: • Individual therapy to enhance motivation • Skills groups to enhance capabilities • Phone coaching to generalize skills to natural environment • Consultation team meetings to enhance therapist motivation and capability

DBT helps you build healthy coping skills, feel a part of the therapeutic process and build your emotional resilience.

DBT skills training uses mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance skills training to help people improve their coping skills and ability to communicate effectively with others. I have completed trainings in DBT and have experience with this modality.

I have extensive training and experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I originally led an inpatient DBT-informed program. Since transitioning to private practice, I have been specializing in DBT applications for anxiety and panic disorders.

I have experience and training in treating DBT in a variety of clinical settings. My approach emphasizes the balance between acceptance and change, enabling clients to develop skills in mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. I create a safe, supportive environment that fosters trust and growth, empowering individuals to transform their lives by learning to manage intense emotions and build healthier relationships.

I may utilize DBT to help you manage your responses to overwhelming emotions to increase your sense of balance and agency, improve your relationships, and increase your distress tolerate in managing future stressors or life changes.