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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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Loren Wampler

Loren Wampler

Loren by the numbers: 2 years spent as a certified first responder teaching CPR 3 surfboards owned (and broken) 33 1/3 rotations per minute Loren Wampler is a member of the Executive Management team at PDBTI and its sister organization,

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Andrew White

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

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Psychosis
February 7, 2025
Maggie Mullen, LCSW, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Incorporating Loved Ones into DBT Treatment: Strategies to Set Up Sessions for Success!
February 12, 2025
Tali Wigod, PsyD, DBT-LBC


Diving into DBT Skills
February 27-28, 2025
Claudia Avina, PhD


DBT in a Nutshell for Adolescents and Caregivers
March 6 - 7, 2025
April Sobieralski, PsyD, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) An Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Moral Injury (ACT-MI)
March 12, 2025
Lauren M Borges, PhD


(EXCLUSIVE) Introduction to DBT Next Steps
March 21 & April 18, 2025
Adam Carmel, PhD, DBT-LBC
Katherine Comtois, PhD, MHP, DBT-LBC


Ethics, Boundaries of Competence, Avoiding Harm, and Risk Management: Working Well with the Suicidal Patient
April 11, 2025
Andrew White, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


(Free CE Hour) Behaviorism for DBT Therapists
April 9, 2025
Aditi Vijay, Ed.M., Ph.D.


DBT in a Nutshell: Treating Multi-Diagnostic, Complex Individuals
April 24-25, 2025
Jason Fritts, LCSW, DBT-LBC


Optimizing Eating Disorder Treatment with DBT
May 8-9, 2025
Dean Malec, PhD


(Free CE Hour) Brushing Up on Chain Analysis
May 14, 2025
Shireen Rizvi, PhD, ABPP, DBT-LBC


Diving into DBT Skills for Adolescents and Caregivers
May 15-16, 2025
Jamie Bedics, PhD


(EXCLUSIVE) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Moral Injury (ACT-MI): An Experiential Approach to Exploring Meaning while Holding Moral Pain
June 13, 2025
Lauren M. Borges, PhD
Jacob K. Farnsworth, PhD


(Exclusive) DBT and Chronic Pain: A Dialectical Workshop on Treating Sensory Dysregulation
July 11, 2025
Deborah Barrett, PhD, LCSW


(Exclusive Half-Day) Incorporating Loved Ones into DBT Treatment: Strategies and Skills for Effective Sessions and Enhanced Relationships
July 18, 2025
Tali Wigod, PsyD, DBT-LBC


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