Kathi Gerspach

Kathi by the numbers: 4 Musical instruments 38 Years of doing life with teenagers and their parents 2 Mountains summited Kathi received her Master’s in Professional Counseling in 2009. Prior to this she worked as an alternative high school teacher

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DBT Training Calendar

(Intensive Training) DBT CITI Part I
October 6-8 & 14-15, 2025
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC
Ashley Maliken, PhD, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Your Parent Compass: DBT and Behavioral Parent Training for Parents who Support Struggling Youth
October 8, 2025
Nancy Cohen, PhD
Tracy Kalloway, MA, LPC


DBT in a Nutshell for Adolescents and Caregivers
October 16-17, 2025
Tali Wigod, PsyD, DBT-LBC


Maximizing Individual Therapy in DBT: Moving Beyond Life Threatening Behavior
October 30-31, 2025
Leah Smart-Gordon, LCSW, DBT-LBC


Diving into DBT Skills
November 6-7, 2025
Jason Fritts, LCSW, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) The Role of Zen in DBT
November 12, 2025
Randy Wolbert, MSW, Zen Roshi


Ethics, Boundaries of Competence, Avoiding Harm, and Risk Management: Working Well with the Suicidal Patient
December 5, 2025
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


(EXCLUSIVE) Dialectics can be Challenging and Freeing: Tools for Teaching and Applying Dialectics
December 12, 2025
Andrea Gold, PhD
Jesse Finkelstein, PsyD


DBT in a Nutshell: Treating Multi-Diagnostic, Complex Individuals
January 15-16, 2026
Irmary Rodriguez Rivera, PhD, DBT-LBC


(EXCLUSIVE) Digging Deeper into Clinical Credibility: Practical and Ethical Applications for Challenging Pseudoscience and Utilizing Evidence-Based Treatments
January 30, 2026
Sarah Hope Lincoln, PhD


DBT for Psychosis
February 20, 2026
Maggie Mullen, LCSW, DBT-LBC


(EXCLUSIVE) Zen Based Mindfulness and Psychotherapy: Cultivating your own Zen Garden
February 26, 2026
March 5, 2026
March 12, 2026
March 19, 2026
Randy Wolbert, MSW, Zen Roshi
Julianne Ballón-Casement, MSW, LCSW


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