Brianna Johnson

Brianna by the numbers: 1 dog that looks like a fox named Jeffrey 10 dream vacations planned for some time in the (hopefully near) future 1 the number of stop lights in Brianna’s hometown Brianna grew up in a small

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Andrew by the numbers: 2 Dogs in his house who wear ties 89 Year of manufacture of his current VW (and 1991 for his “new” VW) 100 Watts of hearing damage in his current Ampeg V4 guitar amp  120 Pounds

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Linda Dimeff

Linda Dimeff, PhD joins Portland DBT Institute, Inc. as Institute Director after previously serving as Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President at BTECH Research, Inc., an organization she co-founded with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD to facilitate the training and dissemination

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DBT Training Calendar

(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


(Free CE Hour) Liberating Healing: Clinician Foundations in Black and Liberation Psychology
March 11, 2026
Shawntell Pace, PhD


Diving into DBT Skills
March 12 - 13, 2026
Tali Wigod, PsyD, DBT-LBC


Postvention from Suicide in Mental Health Practice: Balancing Process and Outcomes
March 13, 2026
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


Ethics, Boundaries of Competence, Avoiding Harm, and Risk Management: Working Well with the Suicidal Patient
April 3, 2026
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Culturally Adapting Mental Health Treatment for Ethnic-Racial Minoritized Clients
April 8, 2026
Alayna Park, PhD


DBT in a Nutshell for Adolescents and Caregivers 
April 16 - 17, 2026
Jamie Bedics, PhD, ABPP


Introduction to DBT Next Steps 
April 23 - 24, 2026
Adam Carmel, PhD, DBT-LBC


DBT for People with Substance Use Disorders
April 30 - May 1, 2026
Dorian Hunter, PhD, DBT-LBC


Optimizing Eating Disorder Treatment with DBT: The MED-DBT Protocol
May 7-8, 2026
Dean Malec, PhD


(Free CE Hour) Working With Interpreters in a Therapeutic Setting: How to Ensure Effective Communication with Clients That Speak Languages Other Than English
May 13, 2026
Toby Lyons, LCSW


Diving into DBT Skills for Adolescents and Caregivers
May 14-15, 2026
Andrea Gold, PhD


(EXCLUSIVE) Liberating Healing, A Deeper Look: Healing Racial Trauma and Cultivating Collective Wellbeing
June 26, 2026
Shawntell Pace, PhD


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