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Special Edition Newsletter. We are all in this together

As we find ourselves in the midst of a global health crisis, we have all had to find our new norm. With that comes many unexpected challenges that we have not had an opportunity to prepare for. So many of us are faced with the challenge of balancing work and home and creating a system…
Kimberly
October 15, 2020
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Letter from the New President’s Desk

Hello all My name is Kimberly Vay and I am humbled to have been elected as the new President of DBT-LBC and will be working alongside Joan Russo, Immediate Past President. I am so excited to work with the DBT-LBC organization in this new role. Congratulations to Dan Finnegan on his new position as Treasurer.…
Kimberly
April 2, 2020
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Letter from the President’s Desk – March 2020

Wow. It’s hard to believe DBT-LBC has been in operation for over 5 years now. One of our Policies and Procedures states that we will review our certification process every 5 years. We’ve spent about 12 months of intense examination doing so, consulted with other organizations offering certification and also with two organizations that do…
Kimberly
March 7, 2020
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Spotlight: Mary Ihnenfeld

Mary Ihnenfeld, MSW, LCSW Certified Clinician Family Counseling Service, Aurora , IL "I completed the 10-day intensive DBT training in 1998. I worked for a community mental health agency that was a referral source for the state hospital. In 1997, the State of Illinois brought out the Linehan Training Group (now Behavioral Tech) to train…
Kimberly
January 8, 2020
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Spotlight: Dr. Alex Chapman, PhD,

Alexander L. Chapman, Ph.D., R.Psych., a DBT_ LBC Certified Clinician, is the President of the DBT Centre of Vancouver, as well as the director of the Personality and Emotion Research Laboratory at Simon Fraser University, where he studies the role of emotion regulation in BPD, self-harm, impulsivity, and other behavioral problems. A DBT Trainer and…
Kimberly
December 8, 2019
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Spotlight: Dr. Jennifer Sayrs

Jennifer Sayrs, PhD., a DBT – LBC Certified Clinician, is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Evidence Based Treatment Center of Seattle (EBTCS). As part of her role there, she serves as the director of the DBT Center, which is one of the first DBT programs in the nation to be certified by the…
Kimberly
September 22, 2019
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Spotlight: Lisa Fitzgibbons

PhD, ABPP - Certified Clinician "My initial interest in DBT was sparked when I completed an internship rotation on inpatient borderline personality disorder unit for women in 1999. The unit did not use DBT; however, I really enjoyed the women on the unit and as a result read Linehan’s groundbreaking text. Who knew I would…
Kimberly
January 8, 2019