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Misconceptions and DBT treatment – What’s Being Left Out?

As DBT therapists, we know that part of our job is to validate our client’s experiences while challenging misconceptions. But how do we address the false impressions in the community at large? Click here to read what we’ve found and what to do next! Recent examples of public misconceptions about DBT left us wondering what…
Kimberly
February 16, 2021
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Spotlight: Susan Snyder Young

How DBT Finds Us Susan Snyder Young, LCSW, DBT-LBC™ I often joke with colleagues that DBT “found me.” I was living in Detroit, shortly after graduate school, and I had my sights set on working for a community mental health center in the Southwest neighborhood of Springwells. On the day of my interview, my would-be…
Kimberly
February 10, 2021
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An Interview with Joan Russo

Celebrating the Contributions of an Integral Member to DBT-LBC Joan Russo, Ph.D., DBT-LBC Immediate Past President, has made countless contributions to DBT-LBC over the past 10 years. In the following interview, Joan discusses the early days of DBT, her experiences with the development of DBT-LBC, and her adventurous plans for the future! How did you…
Kimberly
February 8, 2021
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Letter from the President’s Desk – November 2020

What are you grateful for? Greetings all, The chatter in our conference rooms or our cafeterias is replaced with the disquiet we are experiencing in our social distancing bubbles. These new adjustments have made everyday normalcies like getting dressed in the mornings or making dinner feel like the day’s greatest achievements. It is extremely easy to…
Kimberly
November 8, 2020
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Focus on DBT & Prolonged Exposure

Exciting news from the research corner on the effectiveness of delivering the DBT-PE protocol! Check out this article by M.S. Harned, S.C. Schmidt, K.E. Korslund, et al., Does Adding the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Prolonged Exposure (DBT PE) Protocol for PTSD to DBT Improve Outcomes in Public Mental Health Settings? A Pilot Nonrandomized Effectiveness Trial with…
Joan Russo
November 8, 2020
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Spotlight: Jonathan Tinniswood

Why I pursued DBT-LBC Certification My journey to seeking DBT certification is a personal story. I could write about positive therapy experiences I had early in the learning of DBT. I could also write about the effectiveness of the treatment, the efficiency and the sense of accomplishment that comes with completing such a rigorous process.…
Joan Russo
November 8, 2020
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Dr. Linehan named as one of the Great Scientists.

Marsha M. Linehan, Ph.D., the founder of DBT and a behavioral scientist, is listed among the likes of Salk, Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Newton, and Hawking as one of the great scientists of our time in Time Magazine’s “Great Scientists: The Geniuses and Visionaries Who Transformed Our World.” because of her tireless efforts to understand and…
Joan Russo
November 8, 2020
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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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Letter from the Old President’s Desk

Well former president, anyway. I thought I’d share why DBT, DBT-LBC and working as a Board member has made my career as a psychologist a true “life worth living.” I hope it encourages you too. After I graduated with my Ph.D. in 1985, I started a private practice in Brookfield WI. I didn’t intend to…
Joan Russo
March 1, 2020
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The parent of a child who is ill feels pain

Thoughts from our Public Member - Chris Kallas The parent of a child who is ill feels pain. The parent of a child who is mentally ill feels pain, along with a whole host of other emotions: fear, anger, and lots of frustration: at the inability of the doctors to ‘cure’, at the coldness of…
Chris Kallas
February 8, 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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In Memoriam – Dr. Perry Hoffman

We learned the tremendously sad news that Dr. Perry Hoffman, co-creator of Family Connections™ and founder of NEABPD, died peacefully at home on November 3rd. We know that this news may come as a shock to many of you. Perry became ill very suddenly five weeks ago with a rapidly debilitating disease. At the onset…
Joan Russo
December 8, 2019
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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