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Joan Russo

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My Path Toward Certification – Courtney Westin, LMFT

Courtney Westin LMFT, first began practicing DBT in 2013, when she moved to California with her husband. Before that, Courtney ran her own practice for four years in Bethesda, Maryland, with a focus on clients with eating disorders. She began practicing DBT for four years working with the DBT Center of Orange County. In 2017,…
Joan Russo
March 7, 2019
DBT-LBC Certified Programs

Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants (CBC)

www.cbc-psychology.com Team Lead Alec Miller, PsyD Date Certified 10/22/19 City, State White Plains and Manhattan, NY Insurance Accepted No Population Served Adults; Adolescents; Children Level of Care Provided Outpatient; Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Additional Program Information We have offices in White Plains and Manhattan NY
Joan Russo
November 8, 2018
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Clinical trial shows dialectical behavior therapy effectiveness in reducing risk in suicidal adolescents.

Adapted from • Science Update, June 27, 2018 Researchers at the University of Washington, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and collaborators at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have published findings from a year’s long RTC showing…
Joan Russo
June 28, 2018
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Spotlight: Jacqueline Stratton

When asked, “What made you want to go for DBT-Linehan Board Certification?,” Jacqueline Stratton, MSW, LICSW and now DBT-Linehan Board of Certification, Certified Clinician and Founder of MN DBT Providers Coalition LLC, said, “I thought it would be kinda cool,” and “Why not try something that would enhance my practice and take my skills to…
Joan Russo
February 14, 2018
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Need a little Inspiration to get Certified?

Consider that DBT's developer, Marsha Linehan, has been profiled in the just released 2018 edition of TIME magazine's Great Scientists. TIME's list of the 100, "geniuses, eccentrics, and visionaries who transformed our world" included Marsha along with such luminaries as Jonas Salk, Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Margaret Mead, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein and…
Joan Russo
January 11, 2018
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Spotlight: Nick Salsman

My name is Nick Salsman and I am a DBT-LBC certified clinician, as well as a volunteer for the DBT-LBC fundraising committee. I choose to volunteer my time to this organization because I believe that the mission of DBT-LBC is critical. This issue of Certification Matters is dedicated to May being Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)…
Joan Russo
December 8, 2017